World Horticultural Trade Table of Contents

On The Cover Staff Contacts Export Summary
Export News
	Export Credit Guarantee Program: USDA Increases Operational Credit Guarantees for Mexico GSM-102
World Trade
	Mexico fills 1999 TRQ for U.S. potato chips and prepared/preserved potatoes U.S. exports of essential oils declined in CY 1998 Taiwan removes import ban on Florida fruit, but initiates ban on Lake Elsinore in California New pesticide tolerance regulations go into effect in June 1999 in Taiwan Mexico makes technical changes to rule making process Japan to require place of origin labeling on all fresh fruit and vegetable imports
Organic Updates
	Danish Government support for organics to continue
Featured Articles
	World Pear Situation
Statistics
	U.S. Horticultural Product and Market Export Summaries			.PDF
	U.S. Horticultural Export Summary	.TXT	or	.PDF
	U.S. Horticultural Import Summary	.TXT	or	.PDF
	FY 1999 GSM-102 Credit Guarantee Coverage FY 1999: Supplier Credit Coverage	.WK4 .WK4	or	.PDF .PDF
	Pear World PS&D Pear Exports	.WK4 .TXT	or	.PDF .PDF
	U.S. Exports of Horticultural Products by Country of Destination	.TXT	or	.PDF
	U.S. Imports of Horticultural Products by Country of Origin	.TXT	or	.PDF

U.S. exports of horticultural products to all countries in January totaled $769 million, up 1 percent from the same month a year earlier. Eight out of 15 categories registered increases. Categories with the most significant increases in January were non-citrus fresh fruit (up $13.6 million or 26 percent); fruit and vegetable juices (up $10.2 million or 25 percent); dried fruit (up $7.7 million or 29 percent) and wine (up $7.2 million or 26 percent). The categories with the most significant decreases were fresh citrus (down $10.9 million or 17 percent) and canned vegetables (down $8.3 million or 15 percent). For FY 1999 to date (October-January), the total value of U.S. horticultural exports was $3.53 billion -- 1 percent below FY 1998 during the same time period.