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Fruit and Tree Nuts: Recommended Data

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Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook contains 150 ExcelExcel file spreadsheets detailing over 20 years of annual or monthly data for U.S. bearing acreage, production, prices, trade, per capita use, and more.

The U.S. Blueberry Industry provides 42 ExcelExcel file spreadsheets of annual data on U.S. and State harvested acreage, yield, production, prices, crop value, trade, and per capita use of blueberries. Also includes monthly data on shipments, imports, and exports, and world data on production and trade.

The U.S. Strawberry Industry provides 24 ExcelExcel file spreadsheets detailing over 30 years of annual and monthly data describing the fresh and processed strawberry markets, including acreage, yield, production, value, trade, and per capita use. Includes a state-level production series.

Procurement and Contracting by Organic Handlers provides information on procurement practices and use of contracts by certified organic handlers (packers, shippers, manufacturers, processors, brokers, and distributors). Procurement information includes basic firm characteristics, their purchasing habits, and their relationship with suppliers. Contracting information includes the use of written and verbal contracts with their suppliers.

Commodity and Food Elasticities Database allows queriable searches of income, expenditure, and own- and cross-price elasticities for specific commodities and countries, which can be ranked and sorted. The elasticities are mainly from U.S. research on consumer demand published in working papers, dissertations, and peer-reviewed journals. The greatest number of demand studies are for vegetables, fruits, meat, and grocery products in the United States and China.

Phytosanitary Regulation of the Entry of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables into the United States contains information on the countries eligible, according to USDA's Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service, to export certain fresh fruits and vegetables to the United States and provides data on global production and trade for these commodities.

 

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Updated date: August 26, 2008