United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Circular Series FHORT 07-01 July 2001

World Horticultural Trade and U.S. Export Opportunities

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Export Summary
April 2001

U.S. exports of horticultural products to all countries in April totaled $900 million, an increase of 10 percent from the same month a year earlier. Categories with the most significant increases in April were essential oils (up 37 percent to $58 million), wine and beer (up 30 percent to $73 million), fresh fruit (up 19 percent to $155 million), and tree nuts (up 19 percent to $69 million). The only categories that declined were processed vegetables (down 6 percent to $14 million) and fresh vegetables (down 1 percent to $12 million).

April exports to Canada, the largest market, were up 3 percent from April 2000, to $290 million. Exports to the European Union (EU) and Japan were up 28 and 1 percent, respectively to $166 million and $142 million. Exports to Mexico rose 5 percent to $63 million. Exports to China showed the most dramatic jump for April 2001, up 110 percent from April 2000, to $15 million, while exports to Malaysia rose 51 percent to $8 million. Exports to Korea rose 9 percent, to $31 million and exports to Hong Kong and Taiwan rose to $26 million and $21 million, respectively.

Exports for the October-April 2000/01 period were up 9 percent from the same period in 1999/2000 to $6.5 billion. Tree nut exports are up 23 percent to $744 million for the October-April 2000/01 period, while fresh fruit exports are up 17 percent to $1 billion, and fresh vegetable exports are up 9 percent to $756 million. The fastest growing markets for FY 2001 to date are: China, up 102 percent; Malaysia, up 64 percent; Taiwan, up 20 percent; the Philippines, up 18 percent; Hong Kong, up 16 percent; Mexico, up 13 percent; and the EU, up 13 percent. Exports to Japan are down 1 percent for the October-April 2000/01 period compared with the same period last year.

What’s New on the Homepage?

New U.S. Trade Internet System

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.

To view the site go to http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade

For more information on the U.S. Trade Internet System, e-mail: usthelp@fas.usda.gov

To Access FAS Attache Reports online, please reference the following Internet address: http://www.fas.usda.gov/scriptsw/attacherep/default.asp

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.

The Horticultural and Tropical Products Division has redesigned its homepage in order to bring the latest information to the public as efficiently as possible. The site now contains information on policy and technical developments affecting trade in horticultural commodities, as well as selected reports submitted by FAS overseas offices and special reports prepared by the division. The information will be updated every two weeks, with older news being archived. Other new features include updated commodity pages and U.S. trade data. Go to http://www.fas.usda.gov/htp

 

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