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Mexicans eat 414 pounds of corn in average in a year

1.4 million tons of beans and 21 million tons of white corn were cultivated last year in the country.

White corn is the main ingredients of tortillas, a staple in Mexican diet. (Photo: Reuters)
15/10/2015 |11:16Diana Cabrera |
Redacción El Universal
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Mexicans eat 188 kilos (414 pounds) of corn and 13 kilos (28 pounds) of beans in average in a year, the 2014 National Agricultural Survey revealed.

It added that 1.4 million tons of beans and 21 million tons of white corn were cultivated last year in the country.

Also Mexicans ate 28.4 million bovines, 14 million pigs and 231 million chicken in 2014.

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