As global trade increases, many goods including those we use on a daily basis are produced in other countries and have to be transported long distance.  Do the benefits of this trend outweigh the drawbacks?

Due to
the rise in worldwide sales, many
products
that are utilized on a
day to day
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basis are manufactured in different nations and have to be shipped to faraway distances. I believe that
this
has more positive implications than negative. Admittedly, transporting
goods
from one country to another does not come without its drawbacks. One minor demerit is that it leads to food spoilage.
This
is because the
products
that are being transported
takes
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a long time to get to the destination country, and as
such
the
goods
get spoilt in the process.
For example
, my Neighbor’s
products
that were moved from Lagos State to Abia State, by road, took more than a week, and , in the process, all the produce rotted.
Therefore
, produce
get
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spoilt when moved to far distance.
Nevertheless
, despite the above minor drawback, I believe the advantage associated with the transportation of
goods
to a long-distance far supersedes its
disadvantage
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. One major benefit is that it increases the revenue of the host country.
In other words
, the exporting nation has more income being generated
as a result
of the
products
they export.
For instance
, the income of China has greatly increased because they export
products
globally. So, countries gain more when they transport
goods
to
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long distances. In conclusion,
although
the transportation of produce to distant countries has some demerits, I believe that the benefit in terms of a rise in the income of the exporting nation far surpasses the drawback of food spoilage. Efforts should be made by relevant authorities to make it a norm.
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