On The Cover				.PDF
Staff Contacts
Feature Articles
	Outlook for Concentrated Apple Juice Production and Trade			.PDF
	U.S. Canada Horticultural Trade: An Update			.PDF
	Canned Deciduous Fruit Situation			.PDF
	U.S. Greenhouse Tomato Industry Files Antidumping Petition			.PDF
World Trade Situation and Trade Policy Updates				.PDF
	Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation on Spring Table Grapes from Mexico and Chile
	ITC Staff to Visit Europe to Review European Union (EU) Horticultural Sector Support Policies
	The EU Modifies Fruit and Vegetable Regime
	Mexico’s 2001 Safeguard Quota Filled for Coffee Products from the United States
	U.S. Import Duties on Iranian Pistachios to Remain in Place
	U.S. and Canadian Officials Agree on Conditions for the Movement of Potatoes
	ITC Issues Affirmative Preliminary Injury Ruling in Canada Hothouse Tomato Dumping Case
	Prague Wine Promotion
	Italy Begins Implementing $60 million Citrus Plan
	Prospects for Increased Demand for Processed Food in Latvia
	United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Issues Proposed Volume Regulation to Assist Cranberry Industry
	USDA Extends Potato Diversion Deadline
	USDA Launches On-Line Manual of Permitted Fruits and Vegetables
Export News and Opportunities				.PDF
	GSM-102
	GSM-102 and SCGP
Statistics
	Major Suppliers’ Market Share of U.S. Apple Juice Imports			.PDF
	Apple Juice: Production, Supply, and Utilization in Selected Countries			.PDF
	U.S. Apple Juice Imports			.PDF
	Canada’s Imports of Fresh Produce from the U.S.: Value of Imports and Exchange Rate			.PDF
	Canada’s Fruit and Nut Imports from the United States			.PDF
	Canada’s Vegetable Imports from the United States			.PDF
	Canada’s Horticulture Imports: Growth from 1990-2000			.PDF
	Canadian Grape Import Market: Total Grape Imports and Market Share of Major Suppliers			.PDF
	Canada’s Import of Fresh Tomatoes: Volume Imported in 2000			.PDF
	Canada’s Fresh Orange Import Market			.PDF
	U.S. Frozen Potato Fry Imports from Canada			.PDF
	Canned Pears: Production, Supply, and Distribution			.PDF
	Canned Peaches: Production, Supply, and Distribution			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Canned Peaches			.PDF
	U.S. Imports of Canned Peaches			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Canned Pears			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Canned Fruit Mixtures			.PDF
	U.S. Imports of Greenhouse Tomatoes & Percentage of Total Fresh Tomato Imports			.PDF
	Unit Price of U.S. Imported Greenhouse Tomatoes Compared to all Other Tomatoes			.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			.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 March totaled $954 million, an increase of 8 percent from the same month a year earlier. Categories with the most significant increases in March were fresh fruit (up 36 percent to $208 million), processed fruit (up 11 percent to $56 million), essential oils (up 7 percent to $63 million), tree nuts (up7 percent to $66 million), and wine and beer (up 6 percent to $61 million). The only category that declined was fruit and vegetable juices (down 11 percent to $65 million).

March exports to Canada, the largest market, were up 4 percent from March 2000, to $289 million. Exports to Japan and the European Union (EU) were up 2 and 8 percent, respectively to $168 million and $165 million. Exports to Mexico rose 15 percent to $78 million. Exports to Malaysia showed the most dramatic jump for March 2001, up 185 percent from March 2000, to $14 million, while exports to China rose 71 percent to $13 million. Exports to Korea rose 18 percent, to $41 million and exports to Hong Kong and Taiwan rose to $30 million and $26 million, respectively.

Exports for the October-March 2000/01 period were up 8 percent from the same period in 1999/2000 to $5.6 billion. Tree nut exports are up 23 percent to $675 million for the October-March 2000/01 period, while fresh fruit exports are up 17 percent to $1 billion, and fresh vegetable exports are up 11 percent to $636 million. The fastest growing markets for FY 2001 to date are: China, up 101 percent; Malaysia, up 66 percent; Taiwan, up 22 percent; the Philippines, up 20 percent; Hong Kong, up 18 percent; Mexico, up 14 percent; and the EU, up 11 percent. Exports to Japan are down 1 percent for the October-March 2000/01 period compared with the same period last year.

Search through the country and market reports prepared by FAS attaches covering over 20 horticultural and tropical product commodities and nearly 130 countries. Search by keyword, including country and commodity.

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