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"food vs foods" and "clothing vs clothes"?

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There are two pair sentences about products in Japan, as follows.

Which one, each, is better or (more) correct?And why?

  1. food vs foods

1a) More than 60% of food consumed in Japan is imported from abroad.

1b) More than 60% of foods consumed in Japan are imported from abroad.

Some definitions say:

  • food (uncountable): general things to eat
  • foods (countable): various food products

1b. ?In fact, I can find it in many official documents.

  1. clothing vs clothes

2a) More than 90% of clothing sold in Japan is made abroad.

2b) More than 90% of clothes sold in Japan are made abroad.

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

  • clothing[uncountable]: clothes, especially a particular type of clothes
  • clothes[plural]: the things that you wear, such as trousers, dresses and jackets

2b?

What do you think about these?

Thanks in advance.


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