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U.S. Imports of Selected Horticultural Products
World Total

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    Name                                 Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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                     Sep        Sep        Oct-Sep    Oct-Sep     Oct-Sep  |  Sep      Sep          Oct-Sep    Oct-Sep    Oct-Sep
Group  & Product     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 Fruit        MT
  Apples               7,927      6,873    175,491    168,564    175,491   |    3,347    1,974      103,231     82,736    103,231
  Avocados             4,490      4,931     23,118     27,667     23,118   |    4,273    4,932       20,455     25,993     20,455
  Bananas            328,250    322,295  3,782,707  3,727,906  3,782,707   |   94,312   88,974    1,093,212  1,122,747  1,093,212
  Cantaloupe             398      1,060    333,902    396,103    333,902   |      131      271      106,031    130,376    106,031
  Grapes                 652        968    341,098    351,567    341,098   |      166      361      344,799    386,183    344,799
  Kiwifruit            2,477      2,412     37,301     37,680     37,301   |    2,331    1,454       24,039     23,524     24,039
  Mangoes                806      3,413    166,058    191,115    166,058   |      646    1,846      100,039    123,009    100,039
  Peaches                189        254     41,287     41,672     41,287   |      162      233       31,085     32,901     31,085
  Pears                   78        291     57,371     78,521     57,371   |      190      265       34,106     50,306     34,106
  Pineapples           9,908     20,928    128,547    171,253    128,547   |    4,100    8,283       47,758     74,441     47,758
  Strawberry              37          7     30,048     15,203     30,048   |       43       22       54,522     26,844     54,522
  Other Melons            85        530    327,524    382,903    327,524   |       55       79       92,781     96,126     92,781
  Other Fruit         40,998     42,965    538,529    572,146    538,529   |   16,829   16,991      263,393    297,914    263,393
      Subtotal:----  396,296    406,927  5,982,982  6,162,300  5,982,982   |  126,586  125,685    2,315,450  2,473,098  2,315,450
Dried Fruit        MT
  Dried Apricots       1,297      1,409     14,069     11,237     14,069   |    3,409    3,625       30,639     31,058     30,639
  Drd Figs & Pst         253        494      5,044      3,904      5,044   |      581      588        7,188      5,800      7,188
  Other Dried Fruit    2,641      1,969     25,302     26,720     25,302   |    4,219    3,593       39,682     42,783     39,682
      Subtotal:----    4,191      3,872     44,416     41,862     44,416   |    8,209    7,806       77,510     79,640     77,510
Frozen Fruit       MT
  Fzn Blueberries      2,667      1,355     10,472     13,177     10,472   |    4,895    2,624       16,085     26,173     16,085
  Fzn Strawberries       340        369     21,148     22,279     21,148   |      300      604       17,669     20,207     17,669
  Other Fzn Fruit      2,814      2,313     33,720     35,774     33,720   |    2,933    2,611       38,421     41,924     38,421
      Subtotal:----    5,820      4,037     65,340     71,230     65,340   |    8,128    5,838       72,175     88,304     72,175
Canned/Prep Fruit  MT
  Canned Olives        4,557      6,923     72,282     81,516     72,282   |   12,207   12,318      181,991    184,250    181,991
  Canned Oranges       3,449      3,815     59,849     56,289     59,849   |    3,513    3,572       64,148     54,784     64,148
  Canned Peaches       1,795      1,887     17,062     29,483     17,062   |    1,094    1,207       11,726     19,709     11,726
  Canned Pineapples   26,257     29,909    306,266    292,609    306,266   |   16,531   21,349      195,435    204,974    195,435
  Mixed Fruit          2,359      2,907     46,109     49,307     46,109   |    2,421    3,698       42,609     51,241     42,609
  Prep/Pres Fruit      5,282      6,728     70,663    101,420     70,663   |    6,145    8,399       88,398    118,537     88,398
  Other Canned Frui    7,259      6,806     63,644     69,225     63,644   |    7,927    8,492       78,573     84,661     78,573
      Subtotal:----   50,959     58,975    635,875    679,851    635,875   |   49,838   59,034      662,879    718,155    662,879
Frt&Veg Juice SSE  KL
  Apple Juice         51,554     37,078    856,697  1,084,986    856,697   |   19,185   11,520      327,267    354,632    327,267
  Fcoj                42,524     73,103    816,613  1,099,876    816,613   |   11,097   13,536      215,268    233,077    215,268
  Grape Juice         19,957     22,810    218,866    243,290    218,866   |    6,265    8,524       62,896     95,051     62,896
  Pineapple Juice     24,137     26,263    323,038    303,510    323,038   |    6,638    7,350       85,004     88,786     85,004
  Other Juices        19,205     16,734    238,164    293,196    238,164   |   10,555   10,350      139,504    167,223    139,504
      Subtotal:----  157,377    175,988  2,453,377  3,024,858  2,453,377   |   53,741   51,280      829,939    938,770    829,939
Fresh Vegetables   MT
  Garlic                 726        392     22,438     17,570     22,438   |    1,101      548       27,212     20,661     27,212
  Asparagus            3,230      3,380     33,333     38,745     33,333   |    5,160    5,826       58,156     66,588     58,156
  Bell Pepper          5,124      7,757    165,549    180,463    165,549   |    5,929    8,110      147,926    206,072    147,926
  Carrots              9,433      9,756    101,943     99,470    101,943   |    2,302    2,245       24,298     22,353     24,298
  Chili Pepper        14,971     14,716    104,009    103,758    104,009   |    4,118    4,084       51,477     45,836     51,477
  Cucumbers            2,230      4,810    295,907    302,306    295,907   |    1,229    3,023      115,608    100,823    115,608
  Onions               8,734      6,954    266,779    261,088    266,779   |    5,158    5,203      146,632    127,447    146,632
  Potatoes            21,359     22,644    489,908    324,924    489,908   |    3,955    4,612       98,581     59,301     98,581
  Squash               1,130      1,321    132,970    141,192    132,970   |      406      548       67,300     87,857     67,300
  Tomatoes            33,680     27,832    724,621    743,205    724,621   |   19,205   21,591      679,977    611,612    679,977
  Other Fresh Veg     31,167     37,731    435,237    453,475    435,237   |   15,039   20,015      234,033    265,485    234,033
      Subtotal:----  131,785    137,294  2,772,695  2,666,196  2,772,695   |   63,603   75,806    1,651,200  1,614,035  1,651,200

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								World Total
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    Name                                 Quantity                          |                    Values (1000 Dollars)   
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                     Sep        Sep        Oct-Sep    Oct-Sep     Oct-Sep  |  Sep      Sep          Oct-Sep    Oct-Sep    Oct-Sep
Group  & Product     FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996    FY 1997     FY 1996  |  FY 1996  FY 1997      FY 1996    FY 1997    FY 1996
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Canned/Dehyd Vegetables MT
  Cnd Artichokes       2,141      2,223     26,367     29,298     26,367   |    3,578    3,323       45,213     44,069     45,213
  Cnd Bamboo           3,305      3,321     27,392     27,077     27,392   |    3,177    2,531       27,056     24,292     27,056
  Cnd Mushrooms        4,850      4,523     56,569     67,258     56,569   |    8,534    8,368      115,561    118,324    115,561
  Cnd Pimiento           594      1,184      8,171      9,556      8,171   |      775    1,422       10,493     11,448     10,493
  Cnd Tomatoes         2,791      5,909     48,630     65,589     48,630   |    1,209    2,615       20,491     27,979     20,491
  Cnd Waterchnuts      1,661      2,760     39,633     35,531     39,633   |    1,655    1,934       31,746     27,403     31,746
  Tomato Pst & Sauc    1,925      2,348     34,204     33,659     34,204   |    1,807    2,017       31,648     41,356     31,648
  Dried Mushrooms         67         63      1,536      2,015      1,536   |      923      936       17,049     19,411     17,049
  Dried Tomatoes         610        865      6,106      6,924      6,106   |    2,288    3,127       23,027     26,265     23,027
  Other Dehy Veg       9,816     12,101    128,049    159,374    128,049   |   10,173   13,458      128,352    159,001    128,352
  Other Can Veg       18,899     20,764    211,272    244,159    211,272   |   16,777   18,830      198,012    214,284    198,012
      Subtotal:----   46,659     56,061    587,930    680,441    587,930   |   50,896   58,563      648,648    713,831    648,648
Frozen Vegetables  MT
  Broccoli Fzn        13,048     15,278    181,663    169,458    181,663   |    8,110    9,849      102,188    106,080    102,188
  Cauliflower Fzn      1,195      1,458     18,351     18,729     18,351   |      878    1,118       11,559     14,060     11,559
  Potato Fzn          14,953     21,676    182,342    286,808    182,342   |    9,315   12,883      112,141    169,323    112,141
  Other Veg Fzn       23,597     24,102    209,638    222,015    209,638   |    8,887    9,585      105,353    129,143    105,353
      Subtotal:----   52,793     62,514    591,994    697,010    591,994   |   27,190   33,435      331,241    418,606    331,241
Tree Nuts          MT
  Brazils Tot            847      1,166      7,821     10,404      7,821   |    2,499    2,740       16,613     23,656     16,613
  Cashews Tot          6,366      5,379     61,038     62,669     61,038   |   31,063   24,810      300,213    292,315    300,213
  Coconut              2,990      3,472     43,090     39,782     43,090   |    2,785    2,818       35,895     34,791     35,895
  Pecans                 728        224     24,814     19,909     24,814   |    2,557    1,164       53,623     39,667     53,623
  Other Nuts           1,465        831     18,533     18,167     18,533   |    6,849    3,946       74,881     78,070     74,881
      Subtotal:----   12,395     11,073    155,296    150,931    155,296   |   45,752   35,477      481,224    468,499    481,224
Nursey Products    MIXED
  Carnations          81,767     73,757  1,278,692  1,211,423  1,278,692   |    7,328    7,669      129,577    115,014    129,577
  Christmas Trees          0          2      2,126      2,260      2,126   |        0        7       18,094     20,227     18,094
  Chrysanthemus       51,781     45,946    676,248    614,707    676,248   |    7,460    7,651       91,982     91,126     91,982
  Roses               58,314     59,832    829,234    919,298    829,234   |   11,196   11,723      184,874    200,957    184,874
  Tulip Bulbs        104,308    104,603    341,260    426,485    341,260   |   13,409   12,237       42,074     41,993     42,074
  Other Cut Flowers        0          0          0          0          0   |   14,039   14,368      186,542    186,894    186,542
  Other Nursey Prod        0          0          0          0          0   |   29,143   32,047      277,365    298,973    277,365
      Subtotal:----  296,169    284,141  3,127,560  3,174,174  3,127,560   |   82,574   85,701      930,508    955,183    930,508
Hops & Products    MT
  Hops & Pellets           0          1      5,365      5,606      5,365   |        0        9       37,979     37,836     37,979
  Other Hop Prod           0          0        503        187        503   |       11        0        3,699      1,339      3,699
      Subtotal:----        0          1      5,867      5,793      5,867   |       11        9       41,678     39,175     41,678
Wine               KL
  Red Wine            10,943     14,909    150,951    181,724    150,951   |   41,186   53,714      565,708    682,741    565,708
  Sparkiling Wine      2,947      3,661     31,069     30,293     31,069   |   33,626   39,500      313,991    336,614    313,991
  White Wine           7,679      9,516    106,568    116,091    106,568   |   27,791   32,359      360,701    411,457    360,701
  Other Wine Prod      5,802     10,263     47,705    104,101     47,705   |   13,634   17,810      119,764    198,476    119,764
      Subtotal:----   27,371     38,349    336,294    432,208    336,294   |  116,237  143,384    1,360,163  1,629,287  1,360,163
Miscellaneous      MIXED
  Beer & Beverages   123,484    153,136  1,565,134  1,734,830  1,565,134   |  111,915  133,995    1,365,034  1,511,285  1,365,034
  Other Misc               0          0          0          0          0   |  108,018  125,654    1,307,570  1,402,504  1,307,570
      Subtotal:----  123,484    153,136  1,565,134  1,734,830  1,565,134   |  219,932  259,649    2,672,604  2,913,790  2,672,604
      Grand Total:                                                         |  852,696  941,669   12,075,218 13,050,374 12,075,218


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000