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Table 1

Emission factors adopted in this study

Food categories	Food items	Emission factors	Top two import origins
Staple food	Rice	3.60	USA, Vietnam
	Wheat	0.80	USA, Australia
	Corn	0.50	Brazil, USA
	Sorghum	0.20	China, Australia
	Other grains	0.93	Australia, USA
Side dishes	Sugar	0.50	Thailand, Guatemala
	Honey	0.43	Thailand, Vietnam
	Soybeans	0.16	USA, Brazil
	Other oilseeds	1.40	India, Myanmar
	Vegetables and mushrooms	0.20	China, USA
	Root and tuber vegetables	0.20	Thailand, USA
	Pork	4.60	Canada, Spain
	Beef	41.30	USA, Australia
	Lamb	21.90	Australia, New Zealand
	Poultry	2.50	USA, Canada
	Eggs	1.30	USA
	Aquatic products	7.65	China, Vietnam
	Milk	1.70	New Zealand, USA
Fruit	Fruit	0.38	USA, Chile

Food categories	Food items	Emission factors	Top two import origins
Staple food	Rice	3.60	USA, Vietnam
	Wheat	0.80	USA, Australia
	Corn	0.50	Brazil, USA
	Sorghum	0.20	China, Australia
	Other grains	0.93	Australia, USA
Side dishes	Sugar	0.50	Thailand, Guatemala
	Honey	0.43	Thailand, Vietnam
	Soybeans	0.16	USA, Brazil
	Other oilseeds	1.40	India, Myanmar
	Vegetables and mushrooms	0.20	China, USA
	Root and tuber vegetables	0.20	Thailand, USA
	Pork	4.60	Canada, Spain
	Beef	41.30	USA, Australia
	Lamb	21.90	Australia, New Zealand
	Poultry	2.50	USA, Canada
	Eggs	1.30	USA
	Aquatic products	7.65	China, Vietnam
	Milk	1.70	New Zealand, USA
Fruit	Fruit	0.38	USA, Chile

Note(s): Unit: kg CO₂e/kg of food

Source(s): Compiled based on Poore and Nemecek (2018), Kendall et al. (2010), Arrieta et al. (2018), Porter et al. (2016)