During the first 6 months of 2008, the United States imported from Africa, Asia, and Latin America more than 1.6 billion pounds of coffee and did not export any coffee. Based on this, we know definitively that:

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The fact that the US imported more than 1.6 billion pounds of coffee from Africa, Asia, and Latin America indicates that these regions have a comparative advantage in coffee production. This means that they can produce coffee at a lower opportunity cost than the US, making it more efficient for the US to import from them rather than produce it domestically. The absence of coffee exports from the US does not necessarily imply that the US lacks an absolute advantage in coffee production, as it could choose not to export for a variety of reasons.

During the First 6 Months of 2008, the United States