On The Cover				.PDF
Staff Contacts
Feature Articles
	Fresh Citrus Situation			.PDF
	Orange Juice Situation			.PDF
Organic Updates				.PDF
	Singapore’s Organic Market: Small But Growing
	Canada Offers Financial Assistance for Organic Food Producers
	Turkey’s Organic Industry: Mostly for Export, But Domestic is Growing
World Trade Situation and Trade Policy Updates				.PDF
	Mexico Limits Ports of Entry for U.S. Apples
	California Table Grape Exports to New Zealand Expected to Resume
Statistics
	Fresh Citrus: Supply & Utilization for Selected Countries			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Fresh Oranges & Temples			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Fresh Grapefruit			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Fresh Lemons			.PDF
	Orange Juice: Northern Hemisphere Supply & Utilization			.PDF
	Orange Juice: Southern Hemisphere Supply & Utilization			.PDF
	Brazil: Supply and Distribution of Oranges and FCOJ			.PDF
	U.S. Exports of Orange Juice			.PDF
	U.S. Imports of Orange Juice			.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Exports By Value	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Exports By Volume	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Imports By Value	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Top United States Horticultural Product Imports By Volume	.WK4	or	.PDF
	Selected Horticultural Crop Prices Received by U.S. Growers	.WK4	or	.PDF
	U.S. Horticultural Product and Market Export Summaries			.PDF
U.S. Exports of Horticultural Products
	Summary	.TXT	or	.PDF
	By Country of Destination	.TXT	or	.PDF
U.S. Imports of Horticultural Products
	Summary	.TXT	or	.PDF
	By Country of Origin	.TXT	or	.PDF

U.S. exports of horticultural products to all countries in May totaled $962 million, an increase of 6 percent from the same month a year earlier. Categories with the most significant increases in May were essential oils (up 23 percent to $61 million), tree nuts (up 15 percent to $74 million), and wine and beer (up 12 percent to $68 million). The only category that declined was fruit and vegetable juices (down 3 percent to $69 million).

May exports to Canada, the largest market, were up 7 percent from May 2000, to $332 million. Exports to Japan and the European Union (EU) were up 2 and 8 percent, respectively to $176 million and $163 million. Exports to Mexico rose 22 percent to $73 million. Exports to Malaysia showed the most dramatic jump for May 2001, up 62 percent from May 2000, to almost $10 million, while exports to China rose 58 percent to $12 million. Exports to Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan dropped to $26 million (down 7 percent), $26 million (down 6 percent), and $23 million (down 11 percent), respectively, from May 2000.

Exports for the October-May 2000/01 period were up 8 percent from the same period in 1999/2000 to $7.5 billion. Tree nut exports are up 22 percent to $818 million for the October-May 2000/01 period, while fresh fruit exports are up 15 percent to $1.4 billion, and fresh vegetable exports are up 8 percent to $887 million. The fastest growing markets for FY 2001 to date are: China, up 96 percent; Malaysia, up 64 percent; Taiwan, up 16 percent; the Philippines, up 19 percent; Hong Kong, up 14 percent; Mexico, up 14 percent; and the EU, up 12 percent. Exports to Japan are unchanged for the October-May 2000/01 period compared with the same period last year.

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. 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 harmonized codes or commodity groupings to track trends going back to 1989.

For more information on the U.S. Trade Internet System, e-mail: usthelp@fas.usda.gov

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