The countries with surprising stockpiles worth a fortune
Anna Tobin
28 January 2020
Weird and wonderful reserves around the world
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Barrels of maple syrup stack up in Canada
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Barrels of maple syrup stack up in Canada
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China piles up pork
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China piles up pork
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America has millions of pounds of pork belly
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America has millions of pounds of pork belly
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Russia is collecting wheat
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Russian wheat surplus hits European markets
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America has too much cheese
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Have millennials killed American cheese?
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Japan piles up plutonium
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Japan stores the bulk of its plutonium overseas
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Malaysia stocks up for times of need
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Malaysia stocks up for times of need
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Butter built up in Europe in the 1980s
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Europe's butter is now spread more thinly
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Norway has a vault of seeds
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Norway has a vault of seeds
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Antarctica is the home of the world's ice bank
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Antarctica is the home of the world's ice bank
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India banks on cotton
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India banks on cotton
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England has a bank of frozen animal DNA
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England has a bank of frozen animal DNA
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Rice stacks up in Vietnam
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Vietnam's government boosts national rice reserves
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Rubber is on tap in Thailand
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Thailand sells off some of its rubber reserves
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Cuba saves up tobacco
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Cuba saves up tobacco
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Rhino horn stockpiles are the subject of debate in Africa
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Calls for the rhino horn stockpile to be destroyed
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