The food aid plan also may be expanded to other surplus commodities, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said.

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Although Brazil enjoys a big overall trade surplus with China, most of its exports are of commodities (mainly iron ore, soya beans and crude oil).

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Despite a long history as a huge exporter of commodities, Indonesia has flipped from having a trade account surplus to a deficit in recent months, and last quarter recorded its biggest ever current-account deficit.

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