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The US exports a massive amount of crops to China, not vice versa.

US Agriculture Exports to China = $25B US Agriculture Imports from China = $5B

Source: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/inline-files...

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5b is a lot.

A large quantity of imports will be used to make US domestic food as well.

The exported good is not the same as the imported one.

Anecdote: Our caterer in silicon valley said there was a supply issue for tofu.

So I guess they import the beans, manufacture the tofu, then ship it back to us? Sounds inefficient, though I'm not sure how much demand there is for a large-scale domestic tofu manufacturing industry in the US.

US Tofu is by and large for animal feed or oil, not tofu.

Soy, you mean?

Trans-oceanic shipping is actually incredibly cheap that companies will do things like this if they are able to save a bit of money

see: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1534286/12000-mile-t...

China exports honey (real or fake), snacks, garlic and farmed shrimps etc.

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