On The Cover				.PDF
Staff Contacts				.PDF
Feature Articles
	Asparagus Production and Trade in Selected Countries			.PDF
	United States Horticultural Exports to Asia			.PDF
Organic Updates				.PDF
	New Organic Legislation in Poland Requires Import Certification
	New Zealand Market for Organic Food
	Benelux Organic Food Market: A Challenge Worth Exploring
World Trade Situation and Trade Policy Updates				.PDF
	Mexico and U.S. Continue Dialog on Protocol for U.S. Potato Access
	Greek Peach Canners Benefit from Low Costs
	Commerce Extends Antidumping Review on Thai Canned Pineapple
	Mexico Announces the Financing Program for the 2000/2001 Sugar Crop
	Spanish Producers Push for Extension of EU Tree Nut Program
	Chile Approves Imports of Apples and Pears from Oregon and Idaho
Export News and Opportunities				.PDF
	GSM-102
	GSM-102 and SCGP
Statistics
	World Exports of Asparagus			.PDF
	Fresh Asparagus Production, Supply, & Distribution in Selected Countries			.PDF
	United States Exports of Fresh and Chilled Asparagus			.PDF
	United States Imports of Fresh and Chilled Asparagus			.PDF
	U.S. Horticultural Exports to Asia by Countries			.PDF
	U.S. Horticultural Exports to Asia by Commodities			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Potatoes			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Oranges			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Grapes			.PDF
	FY 2001 GSM-102 Coverage	.WK4		.PDF
	FY 2001 Supplier Credit Guarantee Coverage	.WK4		.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 June totaled $978 million, an increase of 2 percent from the same month a year earlier. The only categories with increases in June were essential oils (up 61 percent to $92 million) and processed fruit (up 4 percent to $54 million). All of the other categories declined, with fruit and vegetable juices showing the greatest decline (down 10 percent from June 2000, to $65 million).

June exports to Canada, the largest market, were up 2 percent from June 2000, to $332 million. Exports to the European Union (EU) and Japan were up 22 percent and down 11 percent, respectively to $183 million and $165 million. Exports to Mexico rose 9 percent to $78 million. Exports to China showed the most dramatic jump for June 2001, up 90 percent from June 2000, to $14 million. Exports to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea dropped to $30 million (down 2 percent), $26 million (down 12 percent), and $24 million (down 1 percent), respectively, from June 2000.

Exports for the October-June 2000/01 period were up 8 percent from the same period in 1999/2000 to $8.4 billion. Essential oil exports have shown the most growth, up 24 percent to $523 million for the October-June 2000/01 period. Tree nut exports are up 20 percent to $885 million, while fresh fruit exports are up 12 percent to $1.6 billion, and fresh vegetable exports are up 6 percent to $1.0 billion. The fastest growing markets for FY 2001 to date are: China, up 95 percent; Malaysia, up 65 percent; the Philippines, up 17 percent; Mexico, up 14 percent; Taiwan, up 13 percent; the EU, up 13 percent; and Hong Kong, up 11 percent. Exports to Japan are down 2 percent for the October-June 2000/01 period compared with the same period last year.

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New U.S. Trade Internet System Prompts Elimination of Statistical Tables and Charts on U.S. Horticultural Product Trade, Effective with the October 2001 Issue of "World Horticultural Trade and Export Opportunities."

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, to the 10-digit Harmonized System (HS) classification code level. 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 HS codes or commodity groupings to track trends going back to 1989.

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

Given the availability of these statistics on the internet, the Horticultural and Tropical Products Division intends to stop publishing statistical tables and charts on U.S. horticultural product trade, beginning with the October 2001 issue. The following tables and charts will be discontinued: U.S. Horticultural Product and Market Export Summaries; U.S. Exports of Selected Horticultural Products Summary and By Country of Destination; U.S. Imports of Selected Horticultural Products Summary and By Country of Origin. For questions or comments on this decision, please contact Nancy Hirschhorn (202)720-2974.

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