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Today many people buy imported food, rather than consuming local products. Do advantages outweigh disadvantages?

#people #food #products
Many individuals tend to consume more goods from foreign countries rather than the local ones.
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are
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may be some benefits of
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the
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overseas
product
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 the consumers, I believe that the drawbacks of
this
 tendency are more significant. Purchasing foreign commodities is extremely beneficial from the buyers’ point of view. They may get to experience
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 extent of variety of
products
 which can give them the opportunity to
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 their desired selection. There is a likelihood that imported food may not even exist in a particular country,
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 it would capture
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 enormous segment of
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.
However
, from the economic stance, it would demotivate the local farmers and producers to actively
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 in food production and delivery to the market,
additionally
, there is a huge possibility that it would endanger the economic and food security of the state. In my opinion, the negative sides of
this
 trend outweigh the positive ones. One of the major disadvantages is that when the population redirect its preferences towards international
products
, it creates massive inflation among aforementioned items,
as a result
, not only these
products
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also
local’s
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one
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price
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 will change
up
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. Another negative side is the decoupling
domestic
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of domestic
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 farmers and producers from the desire
of
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to be involved in trade relations.
Therefore
, their reluctance and hesitation would be encroached
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formed
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unprecedented
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 situation. In conclusion, even though consuming
the
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international commodities can be plausible from the consumer standpoint,
this
 advantage is clearly overshadowed by two major disadvantages : the surge of prices in the whole market
due to
 buyers’ decision not to select
the
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domestic foods and the discouragement of farmers from producing local
products
.
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