On The Cover				.PDF
Staff Contacts				.PDF
Feature Reports
	Tree Nut Situation			.PDF
	Kiwifruit Situation and Outlook			.PDF
	World Pear Situation			.PDF
	World Apple Situation			.PDF
	World Table Grape Situation and Outlook			.PDF
World Trade Situation and Trade Policy Updates				.PDF
	Citrus Canker Has Spread Into Key-Producing County of Florida
	Mexico Moves to Limit Use of High Fructose Corn Syrup
	United Kingdom’s (UK) Food Standards Agency Calls for Ban on Iranian Pistachios
	USDA Lifts Some Restrictions On Imports of Japanese Unshu Oranges
	Mexico Still Not in Agreement on Apple Reference Price
	Hungarian Market for U.S. Tree Nuts and Grapefruit Set to Improve Due to New Concessions
	U.S. Apples Under Food for Progress Arrive in the Russian Far East
	Canada Extends Its Deadline for Making Preliminary Decision on Antidumping Margins Against U.S. Tomato Exports to Canada
Export News and Opportunities				.PDF
	GSM-102
	Supplier Credit Guarantee Program
	GSM-102 and SCGP
Statistics
	Almonds: Production, Supply, and Distribution In Selected Countries	XLS	or	.PDF
	Walnuts: Production, Supply, and Distribution In Selected Countries	XLS	or	.PDF
	Hazelnuts: Production, Supply, and Distribution In Selected Countries	XLS	or	.PDF
	Kiwifruit: Production, Supply, and Distribution In Selected Countries	XLS	or	.PDF
	Pears: Production, Supply, and Distribution In Selected Countries	WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Pear Exports and Imports	WK4	or	.PDF
	Apple: Production, Supply, and Distribution In Selected Countries	WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Apple Exports	WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Table Grape Exports and Imports	XLS	or	.PDF
	Table Grapes, Production, Supply and Distribution	XLS	or	.PDF
	FY 2002 Supplier Credit Guarantee Coverage	WK4	or	.PDF
	FY 2002 GSM-102 Coverage	WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Exports By Value	XLS	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Exports By Volume	XLS	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Imports By Value	XLS	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Imports By Volume	XLS	or	.PDF

U.S. exports of horticultural products to all countries in December totaled $869 million, a drop of 4 percent from the same month a year earlier. The categories with increases in December were tree nuts (up 6 percent to $115 million), essential oils (up 8 percent to $47 million), miscellaneous products (up 12 percent to $175 million), and wine and beer (up 1 percent to $52 million). The categories with the most significant decreases were fresh fruit (down 17 percent to $133 million), fresh vegetables (down 14 percent to $103 million), and processed fruit (down 11 percent to $49 million).

December exports to Mexico were up 24 percent to $27 million, while exports to Korea rose 21 percent from December 2000 to $27 million. Exports to most major markets declined in December, with sharp declines in sales to Japan (down 10 percent to $108 million), Hong Kong (down 24 percent to $38 million), China (down 15 percent to $16 million), and Taiwan (down 53 percent to $15 million).

Exports for the October-December 2001 period were down almost 3 percent from the same period in 2000 to $2.9 billion. Tree nut exports were up about 2 percent to $470 million for the October-December 2001 period, while essential oils exports were up 10 percent to $160 million, and miscellaneous products rose about 2 percent to $524 million. Processed vegetables remained at the same level as the October-December 2001 period ($459 million). All other categories declined. Exports to Canada, the European Union, and Japan fell 2 percent, 3 percent, and 8 percent respectively, during the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2002, compared with the same period in FY 2001. The fastest growing markets for FY 2002 to date are: Venezuela, up 22 percent; Mexico, up 18 percent; Korea, up 18 percent, and China, up 7 percent. Export to most other major markets declined during the October-December 2001 period from the same period in 2000.

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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.

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

The Horticultural and Tropical Products Division has introduced a feature on its homepage designed to bring the latest information to the public as efficiently as possible. The site contains information on policy and technical developments affecting trade in horticultural commodities, selected reports submitted by FAS overseas offices, and special reports. For further information, please contact Nancy Hirschhorn (202) 720-2974. Go to http://www.fas.usda.gov/htp/