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Apples - A Graphics Presentation	April 2004 charts

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Apple Petition Denied
Federal Register Vol. 69 No.65, Monday, April 5, 2004:  The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service denied a petition for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that was filed on February 23, 2004, by a group of apple producers in Rappahannock County, Virginia.  Upon Investigation, the Administrator determined that processing apple prices did not decline by more than 20 percent during the July 2002-June 2003 marketing year from the previous 5-year average, a condition required for certifying a petition for TAA.  For inquiries, e-mail: trade.assistance@fas.usda.gov  

FAS Attaché Reports - Search through the country reports prepared by FAS Attaches covering nearly 130 countries. Search by keyword, including country and commodity. 

For a detailed, updated or personalized searches please click on FAS Attaché Reports and search by keyword, subject or date and country.

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Apples: Production, Supply and Distribution in Selected Countries
Trade Data

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Offers information on imports/exports from countries around the world, not necessarily to/from the US.

US Trade Data - Offers historical U.S. trade data for 67 commodities. All trade files include five years of historical data as well as year-to-date trade data. These files can be viewed or saved in .pdf or Lotus format.

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FAS does not carry price information. However, the Food Auction of wholesale prices are available under Market News Reports - Fruit and Vegetable, through USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) .

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National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) - Prepares reports covering virtually every facet of U.S. agriculture -- production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, and farm aspects of the industry.

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Agricultural Marketing Service - http://www.ams.usda.gov/
California Department of Agriculture - http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/
Economic Research Service - http://www.ERS.USDA.GOV/
Idaho Department of Agriculture - http://www.agri.state.id.us/
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture - http://www.massdfa.org/
Michigan Department of Agriculture - http://www.mda.state.mi.us/
Oregon Department of Agriculture - http://www.oda.state.or.us/oda.html
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture - http://www.pda.state.pa.us/
US Apple Export Council - http://www.usapple.org/
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/index.html
Washington Apple Commission - http://www.bestapples.com/
Washington State Department of Agriculture - http://www.agr.wa.gov

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