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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.

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...

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

Soy, you mean?

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