Close to half (45 percent) of product developers in the food processing industry in the United States surveyed in March and April 2020 were rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak. Some 14 percent responded that they will be changing sourcing to sites over which they have better control.
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Share of food processing companies rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States in 2020*
Product developers in the food processing industry
Supplementary notes
*Original survey question was the following: "Did the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak make you rethink any sourcing decisions? Perhaps about maintaining plants in or sourcing ingredients from China or any other foreign country?"
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FoodProcessing.com. (June 1, 2020). Share of food processing companies rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States in 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126194/coronavirus-impact-on-food-processing-sourcing-us/
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FoodProcessing.com. (2020). Share of food processing companies rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States in 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126194/coronavirus-impact-on-food-processing-sourcing-us/
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FoodProcessing.com, Share of food processing companies rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States in 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126194/coronavirus-impact-on-food-processing-sourcing-us/ (last visited July 05, 2025)
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