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                                                 U.S. Imports of Selected Horticultural Products  
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Product and Country                      Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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       Country       Aug        Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep |  Aug      Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep
       Region        FY 1996    FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996 |  FY 1996  FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996
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Fresh Apples       MT                                                      |
  Canada               1,423      1,500       64,705     66,059     71,851 |      739      683       25,500     25,027     28,137
  Chile                  126         39       28,467     26,611     28,467 |       39       17       13,088     14,386     13,088
  New Zealand          7,899      9,655       55,453     52,508     56,234 |    7,362    6,302       54,260     33,322     54,970
  Other Countries      3,542      2,096       18,939     16,514     18,939 |      904      852        7,035      8,028      7,035
      Subtotal:----   12,990     13,289      167,564    161,692    175,491 |    9,044    7,854       99,883     80,762    103,231
Fresh Pears        MT                                                      |
  Chile                    0          0       33,411     37,216     33,411 |        0        0       15,665     18,537     15,665
  Argentina                0          0       15,637     31,230     15,637 |        0        0       10,261     21,123     10,261
  South Africa, Rep        0          0        5,240      3,792      5,240 |        0        0        2,231      2,644      2,231
  Other Countries          5          5        3,006      5,991      3,084 |        3       10        5,759      7,736      5,949
      Subtotal:----        5          5       57,294     78,229     57,371 |        3       10       33,916     50,041     34,106
Fresh Apricots     MT                                                      |
  Chile                    0          0        1,344      1,011      1,344 |        0        0        1,604      1,146      1,604
  Turkey                  14          0           42          0         60 |       24        0           69          0        115
  New Zealand              0          0          310        245        310 |        0        0          852        656        852
  Other Countries         26         10           26         39         26 |       55       13           55        118         55
      Subtotal:----       40         10        1,722      1,295      1,740 |       78       13        2,579      1,920      2,625
Fresh Peach/Nect   MT                                                      |
  Canada                 251         60          259         79        448 |      234       67          240         83        403
  Mexico                   0          0          127         62        127 |        0        0          153         60        153
  Chile                    0          0       40,680     41,216     40,680 |        0        0       30,487     32,464     30,487
  Other Countries          0          0           32         60         32 |        0        0           42         61         42
      Subtotal:----      251         60       41,098     41,418     41,287 |      234       67       30,922     32,668     31,085
Fr. Plums/Prunes   MT                                                      |
  European Union           0          0           58         20         58 |        0        0          117          3        117
  Leeward-Windward        38         16          117         69        145 |       46       19          138         75        166
  Chile                    0          0       19,943     22,684     19,943 |        0        0       16,793     20,724     16,793
  Other Countries          5         35           53        124         72 |       13       63           77        193         99
      Subtotal:----       43         51       20,172     22,897     20,218 |       59       82       17,125     20,996     17,176
Fresh Grapes       MT                                                      |
  Mexico                  92          0       60,033     75,701     60,033 |       40        0       86,826     95,439     86,826
  Chile                    0          0      276,293    264,609    276,293 |        0        0      253,861    280,190    253,861
  South Africa, Rep        0          0        3,218      7,437      3,218 |        0        0        2,856      8,676      2,856
  Other Countries          0         33          901      2,852      1,554 |        0       44        1,090      1,517      1,257
      Subtotal:----       92         33      340,446    350,599    341,098 |       40       44      344,633    385,822    344,799
Raspberries        MT                                                      |
  Canada               1,217         54        4,562      4,164      4,623 |    2,339       43        8,933      5,803      9,069
  Guatemala                1          0          314        194        316 |        3        2          594        427        605
  Chile                    0         39        1,097      1,387      1,097 |        0       38        2,015      3,017      2,015
  Other Countries          1          0          411        271        414 |        4        0        3,280      2,349      3,296
      Subtotal:----    1,219         94        6,384      6,016      6,450 |    2,346       83       14,822     11,597     14,985
Fresh Strawberries MT                                                      |
  Canada                   2          9          390         81        410 |        4       29          468        164        493
  Mexico                   0          0       28,932     14,459     28,946 |        0        0       52,133     24,496     52,146
  New Zealand              0          0          444        544        444 |        0        0        1,397      1,926      1,397
  Other Countries          0          0          244        111        248 |        0        0          480        237        486
      Subtotal:----        2          9       30,011     15,196     30,048 |        4       29       54,479     26,822     54,522
Bananas            MT                                                      |
  Honduras            48,841     59,402      644,543    495,537    683,722 |   12,282   15,494      167,750    131,030    177,675
  Costa Rica          83,910     65,976      865,687    893,328    958,097 |   25,991   20,547      277,262    287,694    305,968
  Ecuador             64,620     80,570      789,330    802,668    859,864 |   18,036   24,844      218,595    246,676    237,956
  Other Countries    110,852    110,309    1,154,897  1,214,078  1,281,024 |   32,519   31,550      335,294    368,374    371,614
      Subtotal:----  308,224    316,257    3,454,457  3,405,611  3,782,707 |   88,829   92,436      998,900  1,033,773  1,093,212
Mangoes            MT                                                      |
  Mexico              10,882     18,059      138,589    155,138    139,197 |    4,769    6,948       79,967     95,856     80,298
  Guatemala                0          0        6,883      6,766      6,883 |        0        0        2,736      2,851      2,736
  Haiti                    0        975        8,029     10,348      8,029 |        0      634        4,931      7,028      4,931
  Other Countries          6          6       11,750     15,450     11,949 |        3        9       11,760     15,429     12,075
      Subtotal:----   10,887     19,040      165,252    187,702    166,058 |    4,772    7,592       99,393    121,163    100,039
Pineapple          MT                                                      |
  Mexico                 468      1,354        7,600     12,287      7,847 |      101      398        2,254      3,483      2,343
  Honduras             1,386      1,669       30,023     20,856     30,895 |      387      481        7,944      5,974      8,189
  Costa Rica           4,366     11,232       68,861    106,443     75,979 |    1,940    3,820       26,039     49,059     29,233
  Other Countries      3,261        906       12,154     10,740     13,827 |    2,079      670        7,421      7,641      7,992
      Subtotal:----    9,481     15,161      118,639    150,325    128,547 |    4,508    5,369       43,658     66,158     47,758
Cantaloupe         MT                                                      |
  Mexico                   0        765      140,128    144,954    140,388 |        0      166       41,469     57,238     41,534
  Guatemala                0          0       55,093     66,739     55,093 |        0        0       16,190     21,621     16,190
  Costa Rica               0          0       59,247     60,356     59,247 |        0        0       27,724     25,151     27,724
  Other Countries         47          8       79,037    122,993     79,174 |       17        3       20,518     26,095     20,584
      Subtotal:----       47        773      333,504    395,043    333,902 |       17      169      105,900    130,105    106,031
                                                 U.S. Imports of Selected Horticultural Products  
			                                        By Destination
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Product and Country                      Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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       Country       Aug        Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep |  Aug      Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep
       Region        FY 1996    FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996 |  FY 1996  FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996
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Other Melons       MT                                                      |
  Mexico                  19          0      248,568    275,102    248,606 |        3        0       63,678     62,023     63,686
  Honduras                 0          0       20,592     32,643     20,592 |        0        0        6,858      5,829      6,858
  Costa Rica               0          0       20,068     27,345     20,068 |        0        0        8,471     10,627      8,471
  Other Countries         15          3       38,211     47,283     38,258 |        6        4       13,718     17,568     13,765
      Subtotal:----       33          3      327,439    382,373    327,524 |        9        4       92,725     96,047     92,781
Fr. Orng Inc Tmpl  MT                                                      |
  Mexico                   0          0        7,401     10,288      7,401 |        0        0        3,196      4,415      3,196
  Dominican Republi      673        455        2,856      2,750      3,294 |      314      208        1,009      1,032      1,257
  Australia            5,234     12,303       10,168     15,117     11,523 |    8,636   16,563       15,636     20,571     17,617
  Other Countries          0          7          987      1,083      1,175 |        0       12          328        506        359
      Subtotal:----    5,907     12,766       21,412     29,237     23,393 |    8,950   16,783       20,169     26,524     22,428
Canned Mandarins   MT                                                      |
  European Union       1,741      1,128       28,610     22,037     30,512 |    1,905    1,135       31,410     22,155     33,369
  Mexico                  91        188        1,054      1,446      1,135 |       89      195        1,150      1,515      1,231
  China, Peoples Re    2,488      3,109       25,295     28,396     26,740 |    2,539    2,724       26,264     26,654     27,697
  Other Countries         56         46        1,441        596      1,460 |       88       80        1,811        888      1,852
      Subtotal:----    4,376      4,472       56,400     52,475     59,849 |    4,621    4,134       60,636     51,212     64,148
Canned Black Olive MIXED                                                   |
  European Union       5,782     21,742      196,697    179,648    204,080 |       18       45          485        434        510
  Mexico              67,060  3,098,450    4,718,902  3,803,000  4,917,802 |       36    1,481        2,002      1,820      2,099
  Morocco                  0     17,055      365,411    211,232    388,999 |        0       25          576        279        611
  Other Countries      7,137     72,121       48,806    249,459     50,506 |       20      131          146        522        148
      Subtotal:----   79,979  3,209,368    5,329,816  4,443,339  5,561,387 |       74    1,682        3,209      3,055      3,367
Canned Green Olive MIXED                                                   |
  European Union   5,201,524  5,838,492   53,003,386 56,368,201 56,965,711 |   14,046   14,236      146,541    143,953    157,808
  Turkey              81,136    142,902      636,060  1,812,067    640,748 |      127      207          945      2,635        954
  Morocco          1,146,435  1,391,938    8,054,364 11,032,167  8,366,292 |    2,568    2,618       17,445     20,330     18,106
  Other Countries     44,690     72,304      700,747    937,402    747,542 |       85      126        1,643      1,959      1,755
      Subtotal:----6,473,785  7,445,636   62,394,557 70,149,837 66,720,293 |   16,826   17,187      166,575    168,877    178,624
Canned Peaches     MT                                                      |
  European Union       1,117      1,496       11,761     22,544     13,334 |      655      934        8,061     14,920      9,000
  Chile                    6         75        1,258      1,254      1,349 |        6       55          890        895        963
  South Africa, Rep      190        282        1,991      3,322      2,122 |      161      222        1,467      2,316      1,550
  Other Countries         31          2          257        476        257 |       22        6          213        370        213
      Subtotal:----    1,344      1,856       15,267     27,596     17,062 |      844    1,218       10,632     18,502     11,726
Canned Pineapple   MT                                                      |
  Thailand             7,793      8,358       75,664     69,135     79,306 |    5,611    5,689       52,757     46,414     55,317
  Indonesia            7,049      8,399       43,918     56,294     49,766 |    5,355    6,586       30,936     43,962     35,378
  Philippines         11,110      8,793      115,604    111,313    127,758 |    7,640    5,746       75,084     73,621     82,900
  Other Countries      2,209      2,857       46,843     27,665     51,545 |    1,720    2,153       21,638     21,194     23,446
      Subtotal:----   28,161     28,408      282,030    264,407    308,374 |   20,326   20,174      180,415    185,191    197,040
Dried Apricots     MT                                                      |
  Turkey                 438        744       12,251      9,194     13,517 |    1,056    2,051       25,645     25,848     28,965
  Syria                    0          0           72         80         72 |        0        0          100        153        100
  Australia               22          2          232        134        248 |      158       15          821        498        857
  Other Countries         70          0          217        421        233 |      233        0          665        934        717
      Subtotal:----      529        746       12,772      9,829     14,069 |    1,447    2,066       27,231     27,433     30,639
Dates              MT                                                      |
  Israel                   0          0          496         66        514 |        0        0        1,004        201      1,051
  Pakistan                67          1        3,172      1,937      3,189 |       81        2        3,170      1,778      3,192
  China, Peoples Re       24          4          620        330        646 |       54        7        1,103        600      1,128
  Other Countries          0          0          302        171        335 |        0        0          551        376        610
      Subtotal:----       91          5        4,590      2,503      4,683 |      135        9        5,827      2,956      5,981
Dried Figs         MT                                                      |
  European Union           0          0          654        885        781 |        0        0        1,520      2,040      1,807
  Mexico                   0         79          191        322        304 |        0      182          526        790        801
  Turkey                   0          0          678        381        678 |        0        0        1,239        872      1,239
  Other Countries         14          0           44         35         48 |        5        0           68         75         72
      Subtotal:----       14         79        1,567      1,623      1,810 |        5      182        3,353      3,777      3,919
Dried Raisins      MT                                                      |
  Mexico               1,230      1,279        7,380      4,254      8,900 |    1,054    1,354        7,119      4,108      8,554
  Chile                  326        530        1,556      3,331      1,780 |      382      785        1,791      4,597      2,055
  Turkey                  22         20        1,537        311      1,556 |       29       31        1,569        412      1,590
  Other Countries         38        191          286      2,516        289 |       43      235          296      3,008        300
      Subtotal:----    1,616      2,020       10,759     10,412     12,525 |    1,508    2,406       10,776     12,125     12,499
Apple Juice        KL                                                      |
  European Union       6,436      3,580      211,382    323,225    222,919 |    2,937    1,358       89,884    118,552     94,012
  Chile               17,546      8,131      108,823     86,624    115,826 |    6,171    3,094       39,413     28,465     42,294
  Argentina           37,291     37,816      282,838    255,004    308,190 |   12,556    9,531       98,275     64,478    106,548
  Other Countries      5,931     14,778      202,099    383,056    209,762 |    2,910    4,799       80,509    131,616     84,414
      Subtotal:----   67,204     64,305      805,142  1,047,908    856,697 |   24,574   18,782      308,082    343,111    327,267
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			                                        By Destination
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Product and Country                      Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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       Country       Aug        Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep |  Aug      Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep
       Region        FY 1996    FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996 |  FY 1996  FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996
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Fcoj               KL                                                      |
  Mexico               5,820     17,905      147,673    167,968    155,363 |    1,714    3,721       42,878     38,990     45,171
  Belize                 200      2,245       38,929     68,301     38,929 |       70      499       12,166     15,718     12,166
  Brazil              26,613     57,387      524,389    688,854    557,073 |    6,683    8,982      130,970    141,872    139,028
  Other Countries      5,267      8,331       63,097    101,650     65,248 |    1,692    1,947       18,156     22,962     18,904
      Subtotal:----   37,900     85,869      774,088  1,026,773    816,613 |   10,160   15,150      204,171    219,541    215,268
Grape Juice        KL                                                      |
  Mexico               1,856      2,372        6,587     20,223      6,891 |      635    1,072        3,452      9,193      3,583
  Chile                2,217      1,205       28,544     19,110     29,453 |      684      633        8,108      9,427      8,483
  Argentina           21,393     32,806      155,563    146,341    172,237 |    6,426   11,315       40,741     48,765     45,750
  Other Countries        800      3,503        8,215     34,805     10,285 |      436    1,943        4,329     19,142      5,079
      Subtotal:----   26,266     39,887      198,909    220,480    218,866 |    8,180   14,964       56,631     86,527     62,896
Pineapple Juice, Con KL                                                    |
  Thailand            10,699      5,612       95,144     80,248     99,251 |    3,565    1,988       30,319     25,737     31,823
  Indonesia            2,862      2,778       20,896     27,148     22,993 |      878      860        5,503      8,325      6,140
  Philippines          4,929     11,395       95,242     93,098    106,106 |      747    2,468       14,732     19,181     16,612
  Other Countries      2,890      1,418       21,456     24,137     22,331 |    1,012      419        7,219      8,563      7,548
      Subtotal:----   21,380     21,202      232,738    224,631    250,681 |    6,202    5,734       57,773     61,806     62,123
Frozen Strawberries MT                                                     |
  Mexico                 160        402       20,556     21,715     20,896 |      122      344       16,597     18,642     16,838
  Guatemala                0          0          216          2        216 |        0        0          180         28        180
  Ecuador                  0          0           24          0         24 |       51       33          443        355        477
  Other Countries          8         12           11        193         11 |       11       53          148        578        174
      Subtotal:----      168        414       20,808     21,909     21,148 |      183      430       17,369     19,603     17,669
Fresh Beans        MT                                                      |
  Canada                 144        703          321      1,499        478 |      110      447          304        901        402
  Mexico                  33         42       18,587     18,171     18,611 |       49       31       20,001     22,312     20,030
  El Salvador              0          0           58          1         58 |        0        0           43          2         43
  Other Countries          3          8          131        281        155 |        4       12          149        321        179
      Subtotal:----      180        752       19,097     19,952     19,302 |      163      491       20,496     23,536     20,653
Fresh Carrots      MT                                                      |
  Canada               5,881      4,248       59,751     54,692     67,654 |    1,889    1,552       16,415     14,037     18,424
  Mexico               3,647      3,086       32,107     34,721     33,599 |      647      542        5,340      5,903      5,624
  Jamaica & Dep          171          0          189         34        189 |       32        0           53         10         53
  Other Countries         37         13          463        266        502 |       10       15          188        158        197
      Subtotal:----    9,736      7,348       92,510     89,713    101,943 |    2,579    2,109       21,996     20,108     24,298
Fresh Cabbage      MT                                                      |
  Canada               2,501      2,524       25,636     19,049     28,206 |      703      543        7,033      4,004      7,631
  Mexico                 894        591       12,713      7,133     13,301 |      156      129        2,272      1,280      2,358
  Costa Rica               0          0           20         23         20 |        0        0            9         13          9
  Other Countries          0          5            0         26          2 |        0        2            1         34          9
      Subtotal:----    3,395      3,121       38,369     26,231     41,529 |      859      675        9,315      5,330     10,007
Fresh Celery       MT                                                      |
  Canada               1,069      1,163        1,501      2,342      3,207 |      288      478          394        867        826
  Mexico                   0         14       23,076     23,321     23,076 |        0        3        4,797      6,047      4,797
  Dominican Republi       12          5          157        117        170 |        9        2          117         73        124
  Other Countries          7          5          113         72        119 |       28       13          221        153        244
      Subtotal:----    1,089      1,187       24,848     25,852     26,572 |      325      495        5,530      7,140      5,991
Fresh Cucumbers    MT                                                      |
  Canada               1,622      2,105        5,915      8,578      6,611 |      927    1,349        5,734      8,402      6,338
  Mexico               3,239      3,458      276,028    281,864    277,516 |    1,013    1,667      105,671     86,729    106,236
  Honduras                 0          0       10,486      4,805     10,486 |        0        0        1,986        916      1,986
  Other Countries         61         45        1,247      2,249      1,294 |       71       57          988      1,753      1,048
      Subtotal:----    4,922      5,608      293,676    297,496    295,907 |    2,011    3,073      114,379     97,801    115,608
Fresh Cauliflower  MT                                                      |
  European Union           0          0            0          2          0 |        0        0            0          3          0
  Canada               2,137      3,061        3,448      4,491      5,990 |      897    1,312        1,403      1,999      2,378
  Mexico                   1         50        1,697        873      1,720 |        1       17          590        286        599
  Other Countries          0         13            0         13          0 |        0       15            0         15          0
      Subtotal:----    2,138      3,124        5,145      5,379      7,711 |      899    1,344        1,993      2,302      2,976
Fresh Garlic       MT                                                      |
  European Union         158        175          846        934        973 |      260      263        1,490      1,641      1,721
  Mexico                 449        350       16,422     12,347     16,715 |      687      443       18,890     12,806     19,521
  Argentina                0          0        2,133      2,115      2,133 |        0        0        2,872      3,177      2,872
  Other Countries         18         28        2,311      1,782      2,617 |       17       46        2,858      2,489      3,098
      Subtotal:----      625        553       21,712     17,178     22,438 |      964      752       26,111     20,112     27,212
Onions, Exc Seed   MT                                                      |
  Canada               1,886        445       19,622     20,391     24,124 |      842      220        5,800      5,828      7,265
  Mexico               4,361      4,260      216,397    209,455    219,900 |    3,937    4,054      123,633    105,028    126,837
  Chile                    0          0        6,715      4,292      6,715 |        0        0        2,669      1,849      2,669
  Other Countries        887        555       13,944     18,959     14,525 |      463      392        8,472      8,743      8,908
      Subtotal:----    7,134      5,259      256,679    253,096    265,265 |    5,243    4,666      140,573    121,447    145,679
                                                 U.S. Imports of Selected Horticultural Products  
			                                        By Destination
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Product and Country                      Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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       Country       Aug        Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep |  Aug      Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep
       Region        FY 1996    FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996 |  FY 1996  FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996
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Fresh Peppers      MT                                                      |
  European Union       2,184      2,367       15,207     16,959     16,915 |    3,859    4,563       39,675     38,987     42,732
  Canada               1,462      2,273        4,417      6,451      6,409 |    1,702    2,919        9,735     13,882     11,377
  Mexico              15,469     13,576      227,436    234,544    243,766 |    5,412    4,745      135,488    180,676    140,762
  Other Countries         97        122        2,403      3,794      2,468 |      143      123        4,458      6,168      4,531
      Subtotal:----   19,212     18,338      249,462    261,748    269,558 |   11,116   12,349      189,356    239,713    199,403
Seed Potatoes      MT                                                      |
  Canada                  11         86      136,176    113,970    136,546 |        3       22       26,420     20,146     26,550
  Brazil                   0          0           20          3         20 |        0        0            9          3          9
  China, Peoples Re        0          8           68         11         68 |        0        6           40          8         40
  Other Countries          0          0            1          0          1 |        0        0            9          0          9
      Subtotal:----       11         94      136,265    113,984    136,635 |        3       28       26,478     20,157     26,607
Table Potatoes     MT                                                      |
  European Union           0          0            0         44          0 |        0        0            0         43          0
  Greenland                0          0            0          0          0 |        0        0            0          0          0
  Canada               6,746      7,268      332,284    188,227    353,273 |    1,583    1,473       68,148     34,442     71,973
  Other Countries          0          2            0         26          0 |        0        5            0         47          0
      Subtotal:----    6,746      7,270      332,284    188,296    353,273 |    1,583    1,477       68,148     34,532     71,973
Fresh Tomatoes     MT                                                      |
  European Union       2,402      4,224       22,646     35,709     24,179 |    3,745    5,172       42,406     57,687     44,971
  Canada               2,969      4,752       19,008     30,982     20,698 |    3,978    6,584       33,152     50,015     35,439
  Mexico              34,418     21,609      647,005    645,413    677,452 |   16,276   14,616      581,530    475,638    595,875
  Other Countries         29          0        2,282      3,270      2,293 |       37        0        3,684      6,681      3,692
      Subtotal:----   39,818     30,585      690,942    715,373    724,621 |   24,037   26,372      660,772    590,021    679,977
Fresh Asparagus    MT                                                      |
  Mexico               1,710      1,985       17,724     20,444     18,317 |    2,447    2,857       31,983     37,217     32,841
  Peru                   903      1,712        7,931      9,565     10,048 |    1,699    2,977       15,086     15,990     18,802
  Chile                    6          0        2,175      2,268      2,555 |        5        0        2,136      1,980      2,498
  Other Countries        251        257        2,273      3,088      2,413 |      387      435        3,791      5,575      4,015
      Subtotal:----    2,870      3,954       30,103     35,365     33,333 |    4,538    6,268       52,996     60,762     58,156
Canned Tomato Paste MT                                                     |
  Mexico                   0          0        7,987      7,350      7,987 |        0        0        5,149      5,290      5,149
  Chile                   59          2          687        591        725 |       44        2          593        420        618
  Israel                 602        252        3,154      3,468      3,610 |      501      208        2,542      3,028      2,919
  Other Countries         42        118        1,215      2,189      1,265 |       58      164        1,312      2,178      1,355
      Subtotal:----      703        372       13,043     13,598     13,587 |      603      374        9,596     10,915     10,041
Canned Tomato Sauce MT                                                     |
  European Union         403        375        6,411      7,683      7,165 |      532      799       11,105     14,972     11,672
  Canada                 452        217        9,071      5,298      9,230 |      322      270        6,258      4,900      6,467
  Chile                   12          0        1,429         96      1,429 |       10        0          666         55        666
  Other Countries        185        296        2,325      4,635      2,793 |      240      523        2,217      8,497      2,803
      Subtotal:----    1,052        888       19,236     17,712     20,617 |    1,105    1,592       20,246     28,424     21,607
Canned Tomatoes    MT                                                      |
  European Union       2,258      2,611       20,566     44,600     21,943 |      715      937        5,919     17,570      6,401
  Chile                  565        259        9,289      2,315      9,578 |      305      130        4,563      1,116      4,729
  Israel                 186        537        8,741      5,170      9,042 |       95      342        5,091      2,937      5,256
  Other Countries        406        648        7,242      7,595      8,067 |      179      298        3,709      3,740      4,106
      Subtotal:----    3,416      4,055       45,838     59,680     48,630 |    1,295    1,707       19,282     25,363     20,491
Canned Mushrooms   MT                                                      |
  Chile                  404        211        3,460      2,770      3,820 |      838      439        7,177      5,797      7,923
  Indonesia            1,606      1,156       13,837     14,878     14,816 |    3,565    2,464       32,140     31,281     34,242
  China, Peoples Re    3,006      2,378       21,540     32,289     24,240 |    4,661    3,649       38,124     47,162     42,172
  Other Countries      1,137      1,397       12,883     12,799     13,694 |    2,195    2,626       29,585     25,715     31,225
      Subtotal:----    6,154      5,142       51,720     62,735     56,569 |   11,259    9,177      107,027    109,956    115,561
Frozen Broccoli    MT                                                      |
  Mexico               7,858      8,472      149,368    136,315    159,762 |    4,500    5,240       80,013     83,387     86,151
  Guatemala            3,216      2,821       19,181     17,682     21,834 |    2,284    2,123       14,017     12,670     15,988
  China, Peoples Re        0          0           41          0         41 |        0        0           36          0         36
  Other Countries          0          0           26        184         26 |        0        0           13        174         13
      Subtotal:----   11,074     11,293      168,616    154,181    181,663 |    6,784    7,364       94,078     96,231    102,188
Frozen Cauliflower MT                                                      |
  Canada                  23         70          222        709        237 |       19       58          147        578        163
  Mexico                 434        377       15,405     15,469     16,520 |      330      284        9,415     11,553     10,233
  Guatemala              298        122        1,505        897      1,570 |      208      107        1,103        701      1,148
  Other Countries         11         51           24        197         24 |        6       15           15        111         15
      Subtotal:----      767        620       17,156     17,271     18,351 |      562      465       10,681     12,943     11,559
Frozen Potatoes    MT                                                      |
  European Union           2         19          108        481        109 |        5        8          134        306        136
  Canada              14,373     20,038      167,125    264,512    182,071 |    8,978   11,490      102,448    155,867    111,744
  New Zealand              0         71          106         71        106 |        0       86           95         86         95
  Other Countries          3          4           50         67         56 |        8       17          149        180        165
      Subtotal:----   14,377     20,132      167,390    265,131    182,342 |    8,990   11,602      102,826    156,439    112,141
  
                                               U.S. Imports of Selected Horticultural Products  
			                                        By Destination
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Product and Country                      Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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       Country       Aug        Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep |  Aug      Aug          Oct-Aug    Oct-Aug    Oct-Sep
       Region        FY 1996    FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996 |  FY 1996  FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996
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Pistachios, Nsh    MT                                                      |
  Turkey                   0         48          155        486        155 |        0      195          414      1,840        414
  China, Peoples Re        0          0           32          0         32 |        0        0           49          0         49
  Mozambique              14          0           14          0         14 |      100        0          100          0        100
  Other Countries          0          0            0          2          0 |        0        0            0         10          0
      Subtotal:----       14         48          202        487        202 |      100      195          564      1,850        564
Cashew Nut         MT                                                      |
  Brazil               2,373      2,062       24,010     24,140     26,493 |   11,223    9,472      116,284    109,194    127,848
  India                3,731      2,635       25,449     26,241     28,817 |   19,745   12,927      129,210    130,457    146,499
  Mozambique             408        403        2,413      3,147      2,715 |    1,698    1,529       10,147     11,622     11,360
  Other Countries        494        557        2,801      3,762      3,013 |    2,308    2,461       13,509     16,233     14,506
      Subtotal:----    7,005      5,658       54,672     57,290     61,038 |   34,975   26,389      269,150    267,506    300,213
Filberts           MT                                                      |
  European Union           6          5          118        103        122 |       30       25          507        533        531
  Canada                   4          0          402        139        402 |        4        0          423        149        423
  Turkey                 107        120        3,247      3,503      3,321 |      311      640       10,590     14,091     10,802
  Other Countries          0          0           22         49         22 |        0        3           64        134         64
      Subtotal:----      117        126        3,788      3,793      3,866 |      345      668       11,585     14,907     11,820
Pecans, Nsh        MT                                                      |
  European Union           0          0            0          0          0 |        0        0            0          0          0
  Greenland                0          0            0          0          0 |        0        0            0          0          0
  Mexico                   0          0       19,787     15,246     20,050 |        0        0       27,100     15,683     27,298
  Other Countries          0          0            0          0          0 |        0        0            0          0          0
      Subtotal:----        0          0       19,787     15,246     20,050 |        0        0       27,100     15,683     27,298
Roses              M                                                       |
  Guatemala            3,741      2,397       38,963     37,333     42,906 |      551      390        5,714      5,860      6,294
  Colombia            37,951     39,083      515,082    555,565    550,909 |    7,431    7,481      113,788    117,364    120,307
  Ecuador             12,485     16,933      164,058    217,190    178,404 |    2,251    3,083       32,522     44,188     35,016
  Other Countries      3,357      2,687       52,817     49,379     57,016 |    1,039    1,101       21,654     21,822     23,257
      Subtotal:----   57,534     61,100      770,920    859,466    829,234 |   11,272   12,055      173,678    189,235    184,874
Carnations         MIXED                                                   |
  Guatemala                0          0            0          0          0 |       52      167          897      1,270        982
  Colombia                 0          0            0          0          0 |    5,866    6,945      117,485    100,738    124,459
  Ecuador                  0          0            0          0          0 |      205      319        3,076      4,099      3,327
  Other Countries          0          0            0          0          0 |        0       19          791      1,239        809
      Subtotal:----        0          0            0          0          0 |    6,124    7,450      122,249    107,345    129,577
Chmp & Sprk Wine   KL                                                      |
  European Union       2,772      2,817       27,868     26,355     30,790 |   28,214   31,123      279,378    296,028    312,901
  Chile                    5          5           66         66         71 |       10       31          236        301        249
  Australia                4         14           69        108         74 |       19       53          252        454        273
  Other Countries          3          2          119        103        133 |       19        7          485        327        553
      Subtotal:----    2,784      2,837       28,121     26,631     31,069 |   28,261   31,214      280,350    297,110    313,976
Ft & Verm Wine     KL                                                      |
  European Union         692        684        6,721      7,867      7,214 |    1,758    1,639       16,256     19,395     17,526
  Bermuda                  0          5           30         16         30 |        0       13           73         46         73
  Bulgaria                 0          0           10          0         10 |        0        0           15          0         15
  Other Countries          2          0            7         17         13 |        4        0           12         38         21
      Subtotal:----      693        689        6,767      7,900      7,266 |    1,762    1,653       16,356     19,480     17,636
Other Grape Wine   KL                                                      |
  European Union      21,792     26,290      196,406    259,294    210,882 |   78,340   84,269      763,860    907,403    823,372
  Chile                5,174      5,386       35,966     49,771     41,201 |    8,525   10,735       65,795    104,737     74,631
  Australia            1,671      2,227       15,236     20,676     17,176 |    7,779   10,492       69,372     99,543     78,295
  Other Countries      1,821      2,342       17,960     21,611     19,394 |    3,385    4,080       32,961     41,696     35,501
      Subtotal:----   30,457     36,245      265,568    351,351    288,652 |   98,029  109,576      931,987  1,153,379  1,011,799
Wine, Other Products KL                                                    |
  European Union         472        506        4,980      4,244      5,441 |      513      555        6,025      5,351      6,566
  Canada                  21        163        1,033      1,341      1,183 |       15      194          707      1,510        835
  Japan                  169        106        1,477      1,538      1,627 |      593      526        6,527      7,391      7,251
  Other Countries         52         84          975        855      1,055 |      140      148        1,974      1,682      2,101
      Subtotal:----      713        860        8,466      7,977      9,306 |    1,261    1,422       15,233     15,934     16,753
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