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The Effects of Phytosanitary Regulations on U.S. Imports of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
ERR-168, July 07, 2014ERS reports the rates at which inspection of fruit and vegetable imports into the United States result in phytosanitary treatments at the border, and finds little evidence that phytosanitary regulations affect imports significantly.
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Imports of Many Fruits and Vegetables Dominated By Few Source Countries
Amber Waves, August 04, 2014National sources of U.S. fruit and vegetable imports tend to be relatively concentrated among a few countries. ERS research suggests that this is due mainly to market forces, rather than differing phytosanitary regulations.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: September 2014
FTS-357, September 26, 2014Abundant apple supplies will move to markets in the 2014/15 marketing year, putting downward pressure on U.S. apple prices. The 2014 U.S. pear crop is forecast 9 percent smaller than a year ago.
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Evolving U.S. Fruit Markets and Seasonal Grower Price Patterns
FTS-357-01, September 29, 2014ERS analyzes seasonal patterns in grower prices for several major U.S. fresh fruits markets. Strawberries, grapes, and peaches all have distinct seasonal price patterns. In several cases, the timing of high and low prices has shifted.
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Seasonal Fresh Fruit Price Patterns Differ Across Commodities: The Case of Strawberries and Apples
Amber Waves, October 06, 2014Fresh produce prices are subject to seasonal patterns, the result of uneven demand, supply, or movement to market, when either production and/or use is concentrated during particular months. Over the past 30 years, changes in imports, production, storage, and demand have all occurred in fresh produce markets and may have influenced shifts in seasonal price patterns.
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Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
ERR-176, October 28, 2014The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is expected to increase the value of intraregional agricultural trade by about 6 percent in 2025, and increase U.S. agricultural exports to the region by 5 percent, compared with the baseline.
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NAFTA at 20: North America's Free-Trade Area and Its Impact on Agriculture
WRS-15-01, February 02, 2015In 20 years after NAFTA's implementation, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico increased from $8.9 billion to $39.5 billion, while U.S. agricultural imports from these trading partners rose from $7.4 billion to $39.4 billion.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: March 2015
FTS-358, March 27, 2015A fractional decline in domestic citrus production is forecast, but gains in mandarins' and lemons' production should place downward pressure on grower prices. Winter strawberry supplies are ample.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: June 2015
FTS-359, June 30, 2015Peach, cherry, and prune production forecast down from last season. The decline in peach output has only put little upward pressure on prices. Shipments of melons are up through June.
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California’s Irrigation Varies by Crop
Amber Waves, July 06, 2015Farmers in California grow a wide variety of crops using off-farm surface water, groundwater, and to a limited extent, on-farm surface water. Differences in the source of irrigation water play a major role in how vulnerable different crops are to shortfalls in surface water supplies due to drought. Farmers of different crops also have differing levels of investment in irrigation technologies.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: September 2015
FTS-360, September 30, 2015The Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook report analyzes supply-and-demand conditions in the U.S. fruit and tree nuts markets and provides projections on market conditions for 2015 apple, pear, cranberry, grape and peach crops as well as 2014/15 citrus crops, both fresh and processed markets. It includes an additional section on U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act.
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Measuring the Impacts of Off-Season Berry Imports
ERR-197, October 29, 2015U.S. consumers benefit from imports of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries during the winter and would benefit even further if wintertime prices were reduced to the amount they pay in the spring.
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U.S. Food Commodity Consumption Broken Down by Demographics, 1994-2008
ERR-206, March 30, 2016ERS drew on national dietary intake surveys to break down the ERS Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data and show food consumption by demographic characteristics for 63 commodities (who eats what food commodities and how much).
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: March 2016
FTS-361, March 31, 2016The current U.S. citrus crop is forecast down 12 percent from the 2014/15 season, with reduced supplies expected for most major citrus crops except for tangerine and mandarin production. Citrus grower prices fairly strong.
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Changes in Retail Organic Price Premiums from 2004 to 2010
ERR-209, May 24, 2016Of 17 organic food products ERS analyzed, most retail price premiums fluctuated between 2004 and 2010, neither increasing nor decreasing steadily. Only three products-fresh spinach, canned beans, and coffee-showed steady premium decreases.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: June 2016
FTS-362, June 30, 2016Sweet cherry and prune crops are forecast down from last season. Anticipated price gains from reduced California peach supplies mitigated by large supplies in South Carolina and Georgia and lower prices for off-season imports this winter.
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A Bigger Piece of the Pie: Exports Rising in Share of U.S. Apple Production
Amber Waves, July 05, 2016The domestic market consumes most U.S. fresh-market apples, but export markets have grown in importance for apple growers over the past several decades. U.S. exports of fresh apples have increased steadily during the period, with their share of U.S. production climbing from 14 percent in the mid-1980s to about 28 percent over the last 5 years.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: September 2016
FTS-363, September 30, 2016U.S. apple production to increase this fall, but lack of competing supplies from previous harvest likely to hold early-season prices strong. This large apple crop will coincide with smaller pear crop this fall.
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The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender
ERR-225, March 02, 2017Worldwide changes in eating habits are contributing to a global rise in obesity and related diseases across all countries. To address this issue, this report investigates how income and prices influence dietary habits globally.
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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: April 2017
FTS-364, April 03, 2017This report provides analysis of supply and demand conditions in the U.S. fruit and tree nut markets, including projections on market conditions for 2016/17 citrus crops.
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