United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Circular Series FHORT 02-02 February 2002

World Horticultural Trade and U.S. Export Opportunities

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Export Summary

November 2001

U.S. exports of horticultural products to all countries in November totaled $971 million, a drop of 3 percent from the same month a year earlier. The only categories with increases in November were tree nuts (up 3 percent to $141 million), essential oils (up 15 percent to $60 million), and juices (up 17 percent to $55 million). The categories with the most significant decreases were wine and beer (down 15 percent to $50 million) processed fruit (down 11 percent to $57 million), and fresh vegetables (down 9 percent to $94 million.

November exports to China were up 64 percent to $15 million, while exports to the Philippines rose 36 percent, to $18 million, and exports to Korea rose 15 percent from November 2000 to $23 million. Exports to most major markets declined in November, with sharp declines in sales to Hong Kong (down 30 percent to $42 million), Korea (down 26 percent to $22 million), and Japan (down 9 percent to $124 million).

Exports for the October-November 2001 period were down 2 percent from the same period in 2000 to $2.03 billion. Tree nut exports were up about 1 percent to $354 million for the October-November 2001 period, while processed vegetables were up almost 3 percent to $317 million, and essential oils exports were up 11 percent to $113 million. All other categories declined. The fastest growing markets for FY 2002 to date are: Venezuela, up 28 percent; China, up 25 percent; Malaysia, up 20 percent; Korea, up 16 percent; Mexico, up 15 percent; and the Philippines, up 12 percent. Exports to most other major markets declined during the October-November 2001 period from the same period in 2000. ________________________________________________________________________

New U.S. Trade Internet System Prompts Elimination of Statistical Tables and Charts on U.S. Horticultural Product Trade, Effective with the October 2001 Issue of "World Horticultural Trade and Export Opportunities."

The public now has unlimited access to the most up-to-date data on U.S. exports and imports of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products, to the 10-digit Harmonized System (HS) classification code level. The U.S. Trade Internet System allows users the flexibility to customize their data searches and save their criteria for repeated use. Users can obtain value or volume data for selected HS codes or commodity groupings to track trends going back to 1989.

To view the site go to http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/ 
For more information on the U.S. Trade Internet System, e-mail usthelp@fas.usda.gov 

To access FAS Attaché Reports on line, please go to the following Internet address:
Http://www.fas.usda.gov/scripts/attachrep/default.asp 

Search through the country and market reports prepared by FAS attaches covering over 20 horticultural and tropical product commodities and nearly 130 countries.

What's New on the Homepage?

The Horticultural and Tropical Products Division has introduced a feature on its homepage designed to bring the latest information to the public as efficiently as  possible.  The site contains information on policy and technical developments affecting trade in horticultural commodities, selected reports submitted by FAS overseas offices, and special reports.  For further information, please contact Nancy Hirschhorn (202) 720-2974.  Go to http://www.fas.usda.gov/htp/

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