TABLE 2
                        U.S. PEAR EXPORTS
                 MARKETING YEARS 1995/96-1997/98
                           (JULY-JUNE)
                           METRIC TONS
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                  1997/98                              % CHANGE
COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION       RANK      1995/96       1996/97   1997/98   1996/97-1997/98
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     Canada              ........... 1        44,348       38,954       50,168           28.79
     Mexico              ........... 2        28,430       31,547       48,220           52.85
     Brazil              ........... 3        21,747       17,969       17,506           -2.57
     Netherlands         ........... 4         4,390        1,073        9,340          770.11
     Sweden              ........... 5         4,836        4,306        7,796           81.05
     Taiwan              ........... 6        11,438        5,066        4,323          -14.67
     Russian Federation  ........... 7         2,337        3,109        4,230           36.06
     Saudi Arabia        ........... 8         1,710        2,487        3,494           40.49
     Venezuela           ........... 9         1,850        1,294        3,439          165.72
     Israel              ...........10         4,978        1,032        2,529          145.01
     Hong Kong           ...........11         3,186        1,573        2,191           39.30
     United Arab Emirates...........12         1,837        1,468        1,868           27.30
     Colombia            ...........13         2,711        2,174        1,506          -30.71
     United Kingdom      ...........14           682          328        1,271          287.67
     Singapore           ...........15         1,096          500        1,186          137.43
     Costa Rica          ...........16           474          728          713           -2.13
     Panama              ...........17         1,449          775          610          -21.33
     Germany             ...........18           445          785          476          -39.38
     Guatemala           ...........19           150          390          470           20.55
     Indonesia           ...........20         1,173        1,175          341          -70.98
     Denmark             ...........21             0            0          308             N/A
     Finland             ...........22           610          203          296           46.23
     Switzerland         ...........23             0            0          263             N/A
     Iceland             ...........24           133          539          262          -51.30
     Japan               ...........25            57           30          200          569.00
     Bahrain             ...........26            40           60          192          220.29
     Ireland             ...........27           220          503          185          -63.14
     Ecuador             ...........28           438           89          165           84.77
     Kuwait              ...........29           234          167          151           -9.60
     Greece              ...........30             0            0          148             N/A
     Malaysia            ...........31           491          290          141          -51.34
     Bahamas, The        ...........32             0            0          125             N/A
     Peru                ...........33           765           46           99          117.54
     Honduras            ...........34           174          201           93          -53.57
     Dominican Republic  ...........35           130          262           77          -70.50
     Trinidad and Tobago ...........36            61           45           60           33.08
     Norway              ...........37             0          137           55          -59.59
     New Zealand         ...........38             0            0           50             N/A
     Thailand            ...........39            18            0           44             N/A
     French Pacific Island..........40            99           65           43          -33.54
     El Salvador         ...........41            13            7           33          359.23
     Egypt               ...........42             0            0           23             N/A
     France              ...........43             0            0           20             N/A
     Brunei              ...........44             0            0           17             N/A
     Guyana              ...........45            20            0            2             N/A
     Netherlands Antilles...........46             0            0            1             N/A
     Belgium-Luxembourg  ...........47           359            0            0             N/A
     Bermuda             ...........48             3            0            0             N/A
     China, Peoples Republic........49            37            0            0             N/A
     Haiti               ...........50            20            0            0             N/A
     Italy               ...........51             0           15            0         -100.00
     Malta & Gozo        ...........52            13            0            0             N/A
     Nicaragua           ...........53             0            0            0             N/A
     Other Pacific Island...........54             0            0            0             N/A
     Pakistan            ...........55             0           46            0         -100.00
     Philippines         ...........56            33           46            0         -100.00
     Spain               ...........57            40            0            0             N/A
     Vietnam             ...........58            39           16            0         -100.00
Grand Total                             	143,313      119,497      164,731           37.85