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Caribbean Fruits & Vegetables.: documentation

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Caribbean Fruits & Vegetables      (Update 1/91)       Stock #88015b
Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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that data supplied in this form are either accurate transcriptions from
source materials or appropriate for a particular user purpose.

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                         Brown, Richard N. Jr.--  RNBROWN@econ.ag.gov
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The statistical tables contained on these diskettes are nearly
identical to the appendix tables published in the appendices of ERS
Statistical Bulletin Number 821, March 1991.  Nearly all data
included in this electronic data set were obtained from printed
publications and electronic data bases compiled and maintained
primarily by agencies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Data and estimates for 8 additional commodities and two additional
years have been added to the original set for 9-commodities,
published as ERS Staff Report No. AGES880527.  The original title
"Fresh Fruits and Vegetables:  Some Characteristics of the U.S.
Market for 9 Selected Imports, 1975-85" was printed in June 1988. 

Production and utilization estimates were developed primarily from
crop reports published by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) and the Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA. 
Population estimates published by the U.S. Department of Commerce
were used to compute per capita consumption and use estimates. 
Wholesale prices and shipments data were obtained from published
reports prepared by the Fruit and Vegetable Market News Service,
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA.  Imports and exports
were compiled from published reports and unpublished electronic
data bases maintained by the ERS, USDA.  Imports by Port of entry
were downloaded by ERS staff from U.S. trade files maintained by
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) by ERS Staff.  

Commodity definitions for U.S. imports and exports for each
commodity may also be found in selected calendar year supplements
to "Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States" (FATUS) a
bimonthly series with two annual supplements, published by ERS,
USDA for more than two decades.   
 
This electronic database contains Lotus 1-2-3 worksheet files which
can be easily accessed with standard commands.  Most of the files
were originally created under Lotus 1-2-3 Release 1A, on IBM
compatible P.C.'s but all worksheets were updated and finalized
under Release 2.01. 

The standard data units are metric tons and U.S. dollars. 
Wholesale Market prices are in both US dollars per pound or
standard shipping carton.  

These files do not contain any picture files.  Freelance Plus,
release # 3.0 was used for the graphics in the Statistical
Bulletin. 

The commodity names and prefixes used in the preliminary files for
this series were:  
 
    Avocados           AV                Broccoli           BR  
    Cantaloups         CN                Cauliflower        CF  
    Cucumbers          CU                Honeydews          HD  
    Lemons             LE                Limes              LI  
    Mangoes            MA                Okra               KF  
    Peppers            BP                Pineapples         PN  
    Squash             SQ                Strawberries       ST  
    Watermelons        WA                Snow Peas          SN  

    Frozen Broccoli    BZ                Frozen Okra        KZ  

The file names below, identify appendices and worksheets by subject
and disk number for the 5.25" set.  Each disk also contains an
INDEX.WK1 file and/or a README.DOC file.  All "noncommodity data"
found in Appendix "G"  are stored on disk number one.  

A single 3.5" disk option, contains the same files as the set of
5.25" disks option, with one except addition (APP5B.wk1).  But the
crate prices in file APP5B.WK1 can be approximated by using two
files (APP5.WK1 and PQFACTOR.WK1) supplied with both options.  The
five disk option is outlined below: 

    File      Disk            Data Description    
     Name      No.   

    APP1F.WK1   1   U.S. supply and utilization, annual, 1975-87.

    APP2F.WK1   1   U.S. supply, by source, annual, 1975-78. 

    APP3F.WK1   2   Total U.S. supply, by month, 1978-87. 

 APP4F_1A.WK1   1   U.S. supply by primary source, monthly,
 APP4F_1B.WK1   2     1978-87. (in four files).
 APP4F_2A.WK1   3      
 APP4F_2B.WK1   3     

    APP5F.WK1   2   Wholesale market price per pound, New York 
                     and Chicago, by month, 1975-87. 

 SQPRWSMO.WK1   1   Winter squash per crate prices. (bonus)
    APP5B.WK1   5   (Same as APP5F.WK1, with per crate prices)
                    (Only on DISK 05 of the 5.25 inch disk set)

  APP6F_1.WK1   3   Imports, by region or country of origin, 
  APP6F_2.WK1   4     port of entry, annual and quarterly, 
  APP6F_3.WK1   4     1983, 1984 and 1985.  (in three files) 



    File      Disk         Data Description (continued)   
     Name      No.   

  CPI_PPI.WK1   1   Consumer and Producer Indices.   
 GTHRATES.WK1   1   Growth rates of variables.   
 PQFACTOR.WK1   1   Standard crate weights. 
 PRODVAIL.WK1   1   Availablility of U.S. production data. 
 
 USFVPROD.WK1   1   U.S. fresh market production estimates.  
   POPEST.WK1   1   July 1 population estimates for U.S. 
 PRICNOTE.WK1   1   Explanation of prices. 
 TRADECOD.WK1   1   Commodity codes for U.S. trade data. 


README.DOC files are included on all disks.  Please note the
labeling of the worksheets you recieve may vary slightly from the
outline above, but the numbers in the data sets should be the same
as those published unless an error has been identified and
corrected since the last update of this README.DOC file.  



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          May 2, 1990.
          Latest revisions  July 24, Sept 13 and 14,
                            December 6, 1990, and  
                            March 5 and 11, 1991.        
 
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