摘要 : GLOBAL trade in chicory is confined to a small number of countries, almost exclusively in Europe. Export and import statistics for the vegetable are nevertheless somewhat unreliable, even though it has its own code number for trad... 展开 GLOBAL trade in chicory is confined to a small number of countries, almost exclusively in Europe. Export and import statistics for the vegetable are nevertheless somewhat unreliable, even though it has its own code number for trade data. Owing to thesteady decline in French chicory shipments in recent years, the Netherlands has taken over the top slot among chicory exporting countries. The commonly used term for the vegetable in the various consumer nations already helps to create confusion, with the words for chicory and endive swapping places in different languages. This means that, although chicory and endive each have their own trade category, the name confusion can easily result in mis-allocation of import or export volumes. Chicory is also referred to as Brussels endive, and in the Netherlands and Belgium aswitloof. 收起