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	Argentina Agrees to Expand U.S. Citrus and Stone Fruit Market Access
	Japan Food Service Wholesaler Demonstrates American Foods’ Allure in Western Japan
	FAO Convened Committee on Agriculture
	FAO Convening Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (ICPM)
	United States Exports Record Level of Almonds to India
	ATO’s First Virtual Wine Tasting a Big Success
	APHIS Begins Phytosanitary Training in Ghana
	USDA Grants Protection to 28 New Plant Varieties
	USDA Issues Referendum Order on Proposed Amendments to Washington Sweet Cherry Marketing Order
	Independent Panel Completes Biotechnology Report for the EPA
	Winery Finds Success in Malaysia
	Mexico’s 2001 Tariff Rate Quota for U.S. Potato Products Fills
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Statistics
	Pears: Production, Supply & Distribution in Selected Countries: Marketing Years 1997/98 - 2000/01, Northern Hemisphere	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Pears: Production, Supply & Distribution in Selected Countries: Marketing Years 1997/98 - 2000/01, Southern Hemisphere	.WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Pear Exports: Marketing Years 1997/98 - 1999/2000 July-January 1999/2000-2000/01 Comparisons	.WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Pear Imports: Marketing Years 1996/97 - 1999/2000	.WK4	or	.PDF
	FY2001 GSM-102 Coverage	.WK4	or	.PDF
	FY2001 Supplier Credit Guarantee Coverage	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Exports By Value	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Exports By Volume	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Imports By Value	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Imports By Volume	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Selected Horticultural Crop Prices Received by U.S. Growers	.WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Horticultural Product and Market Export Summaries		or	.PDF
U.S. Exports of Horticultural Products
	Summary	.TXT	or	.PDF
	By Country of Destination	.TXT	or	.PDF
U.S. Imports of Horticultural Products
	Summary	.TXT	or	.PDF
	By Country of Origin	.TXT	or	.PDF

U.S. exports of horticultural products to all countries in January totaled $814 million, an increase of 6 percent from the same month a year earlier. Categories with the most significant increases in January were essential oils (up 41 percent to $52 million), fruit and vegetable juices (up 18 percent to $59 million), and miscellaneous horticultural products (up 16 percent to $155 million) . The only categories with decreases were fresh fruit (down 2 percent to $135 million) and wine and beer (down 18 percent to $45 million).

January exports to Canada, the largest market, were up 7 percent from January 2000, to $252 million. Exports to China were up 128 percent to $13 million, while exports to the Philippines rose 45 percent, to $8 million and exports to Mexico rose 21 percent to $81 million. Exports to the EU were up 8 percent to $154 million while exports to Japan rose 2 percent to $124 million.

Exports for the October-January 2000/01 period were up 9 percent from the same period in 1999/2000 to $3.83 billion. Tree nut exports are up 28 percent to $535 million for the October-January 2000/01 period, while fresh fruit exports are up 13 percent to $673 million, and fresh vegetable exports are up 13 percent to $430 million. The fastest growing markets for FY 2001 to date are: China, up 122 percent; Malaysia, up 48 percent; Taiwan, up 22 percent; Hong Kong, up 21 percent; Venezuela, up 17 percent; and the EU, up 14 percent.

The public now has unlimited access to the most up-to-date data on U.S. exports and imports of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products. The U.S. Trade Internet System allows users the flexibility to customize their data searches and save their criteria for repeated use. Users can obtain value or volume data for selected harmonized codes or commodity groupings to track trends going back to 1989.

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