United States International Trade Commission

Investigation No. 332-350

USITC Publication 4048

November 2008

Monitoring of U.S. 

Imports of Tomatoes
Address all communications to 

Secretary to the Commission 

United States International Trade Commission 

Washington, DC 20436

U.S. International Trade Commission

Director, Office of Industries

Karen Laney-Cummings

Director of Operations

Robert A. Rogowsky

COMMISSIONERS 

 

Shara L. Aranoff, Chairman 

Daniel R. Pearson, Vice Chairman 

Deanna Tanner Okun 

Charlotte R. Lane 

Irving A. Williamson 

Dean A. Pinkert
U.S. International Trade Commission

Washington, DC 20436 

www.usitc.gov

Publication 4048 November 2008

Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Tomatoes

Investigation No. 332-350
This report was prepared principally by the Office of Industries 

Project Leader 

Brendan A. Lynch 

brendan.lynch@usitc.gov

and 

Timothy P. McCarty 

timothy.mccarty@usitc.gov

With assistance from 

Phyllis Boone 

Office of Publishing 

Under the direction of 

Jonathan R. Coleman, Chief 

Agriculture and Fisheries Division 
 1

 Nothing in this report should be construed to indicate how the Commission would find in an

investigation conducted under other statutory authority covering the same or similar subject matter.

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Preface

Section 316 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (NAFTA

Implementation Act), Public Law 103-182, requires the U.S. International Trade

Commission (Commission) to monitor U.S. imports of “fresh or chilled tomatoes” and “fresh

or chilled peppers, other than chili peppers,” until January 1, 2009. In response, the

Commission instituted investigation No. 332-350, Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Tomatoes,

and investigation No. 332-351, Monitoring of U.S. Imports of Peppers, under section 332(g)

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)).1

This report on the Commission’s monitoring investigation covers tomatoes for fresh-market

use and for processing. The purpose of this monitoring, as expressed in the NAFTA

Implementation Act, is to enable the Commission to conduct an expedited investigation

concerning provisional import relief and, if appropriate, recommend to the President

provisional relief, should a petition for such relief be filed under section 202 of the Trade Act

of 1974 with respect to imports from all countries, or a petition requesting such relief be filed

under section 302 of the NAFTA Implementation Act with respect to imports from Canada

or Mexico. Generally, such provisional relief would remain in effect, pending completion

of the investigation by the Commission and the taking of final action by the President.

This report contains statistical information gathered by the Commission on the U.S. tomato

industry in the course of its monitoring. This information includes (1) consumption and trade

data (including U.S. imports and U.S. exports) and (2) other industry data (including U.S.

production quantity, value, unit value, and harvested area; U.S. cost-of-production estimates;

shipments; quantities available at major shipping points; and average U.S. retail and

shipping-point prices). The information presented in this report on the U.S. tomato industry

was obtained from a number of sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the

U.S. Department of Commerce, the Florida Tomato Committee, the University of Florida

Cooperative Extension Service, and various other State agencies.

This report principally includes 2003–07 calendar year data but also includes July-June cropyear data. Because U.S. production data are not available on a crop-year basis, calendar-year

data are necessary to calculate domestic consumption. Interim year data for 2007 and 2008

are provided for imports and exports. Import and pricing data are presented on a crop-year

and on a monthly basis in order to provide the most recent trade data available. Such data are

especially useful for highlighting industry activities during the winter production season (i.e.,

October-June) when imports, mostly from Mexico, are at the highest level of the year and

Florida producers account for the bulk of domestic production. Data on Florida production

are maintained primarily on a crop-year basis.

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ABSTRACT

The quantity of fresh-market tomatoes consumed in the United States increased during the

2003–07 period, although the value of consumption fell significantly from 2006 to 2007 due

to a significant decline in U.S. production value. Imports have risen steadily in quantity since

2004 and accounted for 41 percent of consumption quantity in 2007. The ratio of imports to

consumption was variable throughout the period, but trended upward since 2005. U.S. export

quantities rebounded in 2007 after two years of decline, but exports still remain small

relative to production and consumption. Imports of fresh-market tomatoes from Mexico,

historically the largest supplier to the U.S. market, have continued to rise at the expense of

both U.S. production and imports from other suppliers, such as the Netherlands. Among the

United States, Mexico, and Canada, growth in trade has occurred for greenhouse-grown

tomatoes and grape tomatoes, but has declined for cherry and other field-grown tomatoes.

The bulk of imports from Mexico, the largest supplier, continue to enter the United States

principally through Nogales, Arizona; the bulk of imports from Canada enter principally

through border crossings in Ontario and British Columbia. The U.S. harvested area of freshmarket tomatoes trended downward during the 2003–07 period, with the largest decline

occurring in Florida. During 2003–06, the unit value of fresh-market production rose steadily

before declining in 2007. U.S. production of processed tomatoes was variable between

2003–2007, ranging from 8.9 million metric tons to 11.5 million metric tons. U.S. imports

of processed tomatoes increased between 2003–2007, while exports remained stable during

the period.

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CONTENTS

Page

Preface ................................................................. v

Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Highlights ............................................................. 1

Tables:

Market Overview ................................................... 5

1. Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. production, exports of domestic merchandise,

imports for consumption, apparent consumption, and ratio of imports to

consumption, 2003–07 .............................................. 6

2. Processed tomatoes: U.S. production, exports of domestic merchandise, and

imports for consumption, 2003–07 ..................................... 7

Trade ................................................................. 9

3. Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. exports of domestic merchandise, by principal

markets, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4. Processed tomatoes: U.S. exports of domestic merchandise, by principal 

markets, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5. All fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal sources,

2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

6. Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by

principal sources, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . 13

7. Fresh-market cherry tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal

sources, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

8. Fresh-market grape tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal

sources, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

9. Fresh-market Roma tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal

sources, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

10. Other fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal

sources, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

11. Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico, by

 months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . 18

12. Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Canada, by 

months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . 20

13. Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from the Netherlands, 

by months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 . . . . . . . 22
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Tables—Continued

Trade—Continued

14. Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from 

Mexico, by months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-

June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

15. Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from

Canada, by months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-

June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

16. Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from the

Netherlands, by months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-

June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

17. Fresh-market cherry tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico, by

months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . 30

18. Fresh-market Roma tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico, by 

months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . 32

19. Other fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico, by

months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . 34

20. Processed tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption, by principal sources,

2003–07, January-June 2007, and January-June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Production and Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

21. Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. production quantity, value, and unit value, and 

harvested area, by major producing states, 2003–07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

22. Fresh-market tomatoes: Florida shipments quantity, value, and unit value,

by production districts, 2003–04 to 2007–08 crop-years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

23. Processing tomatoes: U.S. production quantity, value, and unit value, and 

harvested area, by major producing states, 2003–07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

24. Estimated production costs for fresh-market tomatoes grown in Dade County

and Southwest Florida, by production area and by average cost per acre,

2004–05 and 2005–06 crop-years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

25. Estimated production costs for fresh-market tomatoes grown in Manatee/

Ruskin, Florida, by production season and by average cost per acre, 2004–05

and 2005–06 crop-years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Shipments, Quantities Available, and Prices . . . . . . . . . . 43

26. Fresh-market tomatoes: Quantities available at major shipping points, by U.S.

transportation mode, by supply source, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year . . . . . . 44

27. Fresh-market tomatoes: Average U.S. f.o.b. shipping-point prices, retail prices,

and price differentials, by months, 2003–04 to 2007–08 crop-years . . . . . . . . . . . 45

28. Fresh-market tomatoes: Florida shipments quantities and prices of sales, by

maturity, by grade, and by size, 2005–06 to 2007–08 crop-years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

29. Fresh-market tomatoes: Average f.o.b. prices of Florida shipments, by

maturity and by weeks, 2006–07 and 2007–08 crop-years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Tables—Continued

Shipments, Quantities Available, and

Prices—Continued

30. Fresh-market tomatoes: Average range of shipping-point prices for mature-green

tomatoes f.o.b. Florida, by grade, by size, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year . . . . 48

31. Fresh-market tomatoes: Average range of shipping-point prices for vine-ripe

tomatoes from Mexico, f.o.b. Nogales, AZ, by method grown, by container, by

count or size, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

32. Fresh-market tomatoes: Range of Chicago terminal market prices for tomatoes,

by method grown, by maturity, by supplier, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year . . 50

33. Fresh-market tomatoes: Range of New York terminal market prices for fieldgrown mature-green tomatoes, by state and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year . . . . . . 51

34. Fresh-market tomatoes: Range of Los Angeles terminal market prices for 

tomatoes, by type, by supplier, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Highlights

The following are highlights of the statistical data collected on tomatoes for fresh-market use

and for processing for the 2003–07 period.

Fresh-market Tomatoes

! Apparent U.S. consumption of fresh-market tomatoes increased by 3 percent from 2.5 million

metric tons in 2006 to 2.6 million metric tons in 2007; consumption was valued at $2.3 billion

in 2007, down from $2.7 billion in 2006 (table 1). The ratio of import volume to consumption

volume in 2007 was 41 percent, up from 39 percent in 2006. The ratio of imports to consumption

by value grew from 46 percent in 2006 to 53 percent in 2007. The principal U.S. trading partners

for fresh-market tomatoes were Mexico and Canada (tables 3 and 5).

! U.S. production of tomatoes for fresh-market use totaled 1.7 million metric tons in 2007, about

the same as production in 2006 (table 1). The value of production, however, declined

significantly from $1.6 billion in 2006 to $1.3 billion in 2007, with an accompanying fall in the

unit value of production from $969 per metric ton in 2006 to $761 per metric ton in 2007

(table 1). California and Florida remained the states with the largest production volume of freshmarket tomatoes in 2007, accounting for 40 and 34 percent, respectively, of total U.S. production

(table 21). Other states with significant production volume during 2003–07 included Virginia,

Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee. The U.S. harvested area of fresh-market tomatoes fell by

3 percent from 122,600 acres in 2006 to 119,200 acres in 2007 (table 21).

! U.S. exports of fresh-market tomatoes increased by 12 percent from 144,184 metric tons in 2006

to 160,776 metric tons in 2007, with a similar percentage increase in the value of exports from

2006 to 2007 (table 1). U.S. export volume was up by 8 percent during January-June 2008 as

compared with the volume of exports during the corresponding months in 2007 (table 3). Canada

continued as the leading market for U.S. exports of fresh-market tomatoes throughout the

2003–07 period, accounting for 76 percent of the total volume (79 percent of value) in 2007

(table 3).

! U.S. imports of all fresh-market tomatoes increased by 8 percent, from 992,339 metric tons in

2006 to 1.1 million metric tons in 2007 (table 5). Import values decreased by 1 percent between

2006 and 2007. Imports were up 2 percent by volume during January-June 2008 as compared

with imports during the corresponding months in 2007. Mexico, the leading supplier of imports

throughout the 2003–07 period, accounted for 89 percent, by volume, of total imports in 2007

(table 5). U.S. imports from Canada, the next leading supplier, fell by 17 percent in volume from

2006 to 2007 and accounted for 10 percent of total imports in 2007. Among the various

categories of all fresh-market tomatoes:

• U.S. imports of fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes increased by 15 percent

in volume from 2006 to 2007, and were 18 percent higher during JanuaryJune 2008 compared to the same period of 2007 (table 6). Mexico and

Canada accounted for 68 and 30 percent, respectively, of total greenhousetomato imports in 2007.
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• U.S. imports of fresh-market cherry tomatoes declined by 12 percent in

volume from the 2006 level to 27,955 metric tons in 2007, with Mexico

accounting for 98 percent of the total in 2007 (table 7).

• U.S. imports of fresh-market grape tomatoes, valued at $65.4 million in 2007

and virtually all supplied by Mexico, increased by 24 percent from

35,083 metric tons in 2006 to 43,406 metric tons in 2007 (table 8).

• U.S. imports of fresh-market Roma tomatoes, nearly all from Mexico,

increased by 14 percent from 373,148 metric tons in 2006 to 424,610 metric

tons in 2007 (table 9).

• U.S. imports of other fresh-market tomatoes amounted to 205,983 metric tons

in 2007, down by 11 percent from 231,044 metric tons in 2006 (table 10).

Imports from Mexico have accounted for nearly all of the total U.S. imports

of other fresh-market tomatoes. 

! U.S. imports from Mexico of all fresh-market tomatoes, entered on a July-June crop-year basis,

amounted to 955,146 metric tons during July 2007-June 2008, up by 5 percent from

909,192 metric tons during July 2006-June 2007 (table 11). During June of 2007, however,

imports from Mexico declined compared to volumes in previous years. This decline may have

been caused by weather factors or the Salmonella outbreak. In recent years, approximately

55 percent of total annual volume from Mexico entered through the Nogales customs district.

During the 2007–08 crop year, 54 percent of total annual imports from Mexico entered during

January-April, overlapping the middle of the Florida growing and harvesting season.

! U.S. imports of all fresh-market tomatoes (principally greenhouse-grown) from Canada, entered

on a July-June crop-year basis, were down by 5 percent in volume from 125,196 metric tons in

2006–07 to 118,384 metric tons in 2007–08 (table 12). During 2007–08, 86 percent of total

import volume entered through the Detroit and Seattle customs districts, with the bulk of these

shipments entering during those months (May-September) coinciding with peak domestic

production in California and most other States (except Florida). Buffalo is a principal customs

district of entry from Canada for tomatoes sold in Eastern U.S. markets.

! U.S. imports of all fresh-market tomatoes from the Netherlands, entered on a crop-year basis,

declined by 12 percent from 5,877 metric tons in 2006–07 to 5,200 metric tons in 2007–08 (table

13). During July 2007-June 2008, 47 percent of total import volume entered through the New

York customs district.

! On a July-June crop-year basis, average U.S. monthly retail prices increased by about 4 percent

from 2006–07 to 2007–08, with shipping-point prices up by 28 percent during the same period

(table 27). Average prices for Florida shipments of greens and pinks increased significantly

between 2006–07 and 2007–08 (table 28).
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Processed Tomatoes

! U.S. export and import volumes of processed tomatoes both declined slightly by quantity from

2006 to 2007 (table 2). California has remained the primary U.S. producer of processing

tomatoes for many years, but substantial production also occurs in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan

(table 23). Production of tomatoes for processing rose by 19 percent from 9.6 million metric tons

in 2006 to 11.5 million metric tons in 2007, with production value estimated at $901.8 million

in 2007 (table 2). Unit values increased by 8 percent between 2006 and 2007, and increased

steadily throughout the 2003–07 period. Harvested area of tomatoes for processing increased by

5 percent from 299,400 acres in 2006 to 313,600 acres in 2007; California accounted for

94 percent of the total U.S. harvested area in 2007 (table 23).

! U.S. exports of processed tomatoes amounted to 180,019 metric tons (valued at $139.0 million)

in 2007, having decreased by 1 percent from 182,376 metric tons ($125.7 million) in 2006 (table

2). Canada, Mexico, Japan, Italy, and Korea were the leading U.S. export markets for processed

tomatoes in 2007, together accounting for 74 percent of total export volume in that year (table

4). Export volume during January-June 2008 was up by 155 percent as compared with the level

of exports during the corresponding months of 2007 (table 4).

! U.S. import volume of processed tomatoes fell slightly from 50,149 metric tons, valued at

$36.8 million, in 2006 to 49,993 metric tons, valued at $37.7 million, in 2007 (table 2). Mexico,

China, Canada, Israel, and Chile were the leading sources of imported processed tomatoes by

value in 2007 (table 20). Imports during January-June 2008 were down 58 percent by quantity

and 48 percent by value from the levels in the corresponding period of 2007 (table 20).

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MARKET OVERVIEW
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TABLE 1 Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. production, exports of domestic merchandise, imports for consumption,

apparent consumption, and ratio of imports to consumption, 2003–07

Year Productiona Exportsb Importsc

Apparent

consumption

Ratio of imports

 to consumption

Quantity (mt) Percentage

2003 1,613,793 142,462 939,257 2,410,588 39

2004 1,726,647 165,842 931,972 2,492,777 37

2005 1,735,809 147,952 951,786 2,539,643 37

2006 1,669,630 144,184 992,339 2,517,785 39

2007 1,679,745 160,776 1,070,808 2,589,777 41

Value (1,000 $)

2003 1,332,361 146,233 1,047,361 2,233,489 47

2004 1,429,677 172,873 1,053,587 2,310,391 46

2005 1,598,828 166,131 1,075,119 2,507,816 43

2006 1,618,533 172,625 1,233,408 2,679,316 46

2007 1,277,559 191,866 1,220,498 2,306,191 53

Unit value ($/mt)

d

2003 826 1,026 1,115 927 120

2004 828 1,042 1,130 927 122

2005 921 1,123 1,130 987 115

2006 969 1,197 1,243 1,064 117

2007 761 1,193 1,140 890 128

Source: Production data compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

(USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Vegetables, 2005 Summary: January 2006, Vg 1-2(06),

32; 2006 Summary: January 2007, Vg 1-2(07), 33-34; and 2007 Summary: January 2008, Vg 1-2(08), 32; exports

and imports compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as noted.

Note: Production data are revised annually and figures for the most recent calendar years may not match data

presented in earlier reports.

Note: Production data are raw product intended for fresh-market sales only; export and import data are for 

shipments actually recorded. Thus, apparent consumption may be somewhat smaller and the ratio of imports to

consumption somewhat larger than shown.

a

Data are converted from pounds to metric tons using a factor of 2,204.62 pounds per metric ton. b

Data are for fresh or chilled tomatoes (Schedule B Nos. 0702.00.0010, 0702.00.0030, and 0702.00.0050) on a

fresh-weight basis. c

Data are for fresh or chilled tomatoes (Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings 0702.00.20-0702.00.60)

on a fresh-weight basis. d

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 2 Processed tomatoes: U.S. production, exports of domestic merchandise, and imports for consumption,

2003–07

Year Productiona Exportsb Importsc

Quantity (mt)

2003 8,908,302 182,557 27,788

2004 11,127,913 183,012 26,133

2005 9,247,054 185,668 26,260

2006 9,626,893 182,376 50,149

2007 11,484,873 180,019 49,993

Value (1,000 $)

2003 576,441 116,628 17,988

2004 719,285 122,230 18,175

2005 620,987 127,046 21,510

2006 704,669 125,670 36,779

2007 901,761 139,045 37,691

Unit value ($/mt)

d

2003 65 639 647

2004 65 668 695

2005 67 684 819

2006 73 689 733

2007 79 772 754

Source: Production data compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, NASS, Vegetables,

2005 Summary: January 2006, Vg 1-2(06), 73; 2006 Summary: January 2007, Vg 1-2(07), 73; and 2007

Summary: January 2008, Vg 1-2(08), 78; exports compiled from official statistics of the U.S. Department of

Commerce, except as noted.

Note: Production data are revised annually and figures for the most recent calendar years may not match data

presented in earlier reports.

Note: Consumption of processed tomato products can not be calculated since production is on a raw-product

basis but exports and imports are on a processed-weight basis.

Note: Unit values for U.S. production are low, relative to those for exports and imports, because production

includes only raw product intended for processing, not finished product. Exports and imports are finished products.

Note: Beginning in 2000, U.S. imports of certain processed tomato products that previously had entered under

HTS subheadings 2002.90.40 and 2002.90.80 are now entered under different HTS subheadings 

following a Federal Court ruling. As a result, import data reported here are probably understating actual total

canned-tomato products imports.

a

Data are for raw product intended for processing and are converted from pounds to metric tons using a factor

of 2,204.62 pounds per metric ton. U.S. production of processed tomato products on a processed-weight basis

has not been reported for a number of years. b

Data are for prepared or preserved tomatoes (Schedule B Nos. 2002.10.0000, 2002.90.0060, and

2002.90.0080) on a processed-weight basis. c

Data are for prepared or preserved tomatoes (HTS subheadings 2002.10.00, 2002.90.40, and 2002.90.80) on

a processed-weight basis. d

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.

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TRADE
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TABLE 3 Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. exports of domestic merchandise,a by principal markets, 2003–07,

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Market 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June

2007

January-June

2008

Quantity (mt)

Canada 125,108 128,789 130,501 119,177 121,562 63,008 65,157

Mexico 11,544 30,397 13,591 19,691 34,827 8,427 13,022

Japan 343 2,399 1,713 3,769 2,910 1,535 212

Bahamas 840 823 887 958 760 177 251

Bermuda 42 54 86 106 85 27 53

Trin & Tobago 32 161 209 100 153 83 7

Netherlands Ant 20 23 21 22 58 16 57

Antigua Barbuda 14 30 50 21 48 2 10

All other 4,519 3,166 894 340 373 128 163

Total 142,462 165,842 147,952 144,184 160,776 73,403 78,932

Value (1,000 $)

Canada 126,615 140,400 149,806 144,496 150,840 71,672 88,307

Mexico 8,404 19,972 7,758 20,928 34,614 9,629 15,238

Japan 715 4,153 5,177 4,860 3,945 1,923 227

Bahamas 1,067 1,362 1,171 1,300 1,230 260 481

Bermuda 30 135 172 246 213 63 137

Trin & Tobago 22 151 232 79 141 64 12

Netherlands Ant 35 62 44 56 125 31 134

Antigua Barbuda 22 62 80 46 108 3 21

All other 9,324 6,575 1,692 614 650 204 258

Total 146,233 172,873 166,131 172,625 191,866 83,848 104,815

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Canada 1,012 1,090 1,148 1,212 1,241 1,138 1,355

Mexico 728 657 571 1,063 994 1,143 1,170

Japan 2,085 1,731 3,022 1,289 1,355 1,252 1,073

Bahamas 1,271 1,656 1,321 1,356 1,619 1,472 1,917

Bermuda 714 2,500 2,000 2,321 2,506 2,333 2,585

Trin & Tobago 688 939 1,112 790 925 771 1,714

Netherlands Ant 1,750 2,696 2,095 2,545 2,155 1,938 2,351

Antigua Barbuda 1,571 2,071 1,601 2,191 2,254 1,500 2,100

All other 2,063 2,077 1,893 1,806 1,743 1,594 1,583

Weighted average 1,026 1,042 1,123 1,197 1,193 1,142 1,328

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled tomatoes (Schedule B No. 0702.00) on a fresh-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 4 Processed tomatoes: U.S. exports of domestic merchandise,a by principal markets, 2003–07, 

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Market 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June

2007

January-June

2008

Quantity (mt)

Canada 66,356 83,945 85,318 81,105 77,011 32,450 36,457

Mexico 33,373 37,630 40,003 47,332 26,469 13,499 15,595

Japan 18,480 17,515 21,426 18,719 17,576 8,254 9,069

Italy 19,750 4,242 229 0 12,722 45 56,392

Korea 10,723 10,701 11,286 10,600 10,184 5,701 4,969

Australia 9,170 3,707 2,624 2,015 8,432 994 14,603

Haiti 1,570 3,872 2,615 4,454 3,143 2,505 1,803

Honduras 33 36 251 541 2,879 732 967

All other 23,102 21,363 21,917 17,610 21,603 7,008 41,804

Total 182,557 183,011 185,669 182,376 180,019 71,188 181,659

Value (1,000 $)

Canada 42,599 54,232 59,658 55,508 60,162 25,141 29,226

Mexico 19,106 22,265 21,649 28,618 17,501 8,539 11,420

Japan 14,827 12,599 16,061 13,684 14,462 6,478 7,839

Italy 10,387 2,796 150 0 9,660 19 39,194

Korea 7,777 7,052 8,201 7,975 7,993 4,572 4,190

Australia 4,778 2,492 1,578 1,253 5,819 761 10,738

Haiti 1,504 4,288 2,763 4,504 2,673 2,100 1,499

Honduras 31 30 202 431 2,385 647 934

All other 15,620 16,474 16,783 13,697 18,390 6,243 34,117

 Total 116,629 122,228 127,045 125,670 139,045 54,500 139,157

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Canada 642 646 699 684 781 775 802

Mexico 572 592 541 605 661 633 732

Japan 802 719 750 731 823 785 864

Italy 526 659 654 - 759 425 695

Korea 725 659 727 752 785 802 843

Australia 521 672 601 622 690 765 735

Haiti 958 1,108 1,057 1,011 851 838 832

Honduras 938 833 807 97 828 884 966

All other 676 771 766 778 851 891 816

 Weighted average 639 668 684 689 772 766 766

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

a

Data are for prepared or preserved tomatoes (Schedule B Nos. 2002.10.0000, 2002.90.0060, and

2002.90.0080) on a processed-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 5 All fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07, January-June 2007, and

January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June January-June

2007 2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 784,988 779,020 801,408 844,343 949,486 651,153 656,813

Canada 130,154 133,566 141,642 135,141 111,723 46,181 52,843

Dominican Republic 21 807 857 2,422 2,650 2,217 2,387

Israel 4,821 2,911 348 570 241 201 186

EU-25

Netherlands 15,171 11,554 6,249 6,148 5,171 2,344 2,374

Spain 3,165 2,457 275 2,141 480 434 1,028

Belgium 821 1,395 871 1,240 554 165 125

All other 70 13 24 294 19 7 2

Subtotal 19,227 15,419 7,419 9,823 6,224 2,950 3,529

All other 46 249 112 40 484 135 668

Total 939,257 931,972 951,786 992,339 1,070,808 702,837 716,426

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 760,756 749,963 781,234 918,755 960,047 632,705 786,388

Canada 231,350 257,191 271,977 284,206 238,148 100,497 127,458

Dominican Republic 10 535 1,216 3,284 3,217 2,656 2,486

Israel 12,212 7,916 1,251 1,653 873 719 700

EU-25

Netherlands 33,837 27,638 16,229 17,796 15,028 7,695 7,319

Spain 7,012 6,023 820 4,810 1,474 1,321 2,394

Belgium 2,043 3,972 2,167 2,652 1,110 324 372

All other 72 13 29 185 25 11 4

Subtotal 42,964 37,646 19,245 25,443 17,637 9,351 10,089

All other 69 336 196 67 576 160 851

Total 1,047,361 1,053,587 1,075,119 1,233,408 1,220,498 746,088 927,972

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 969 963 975 1,088 1,011 972 1,197

Canada 1,778 1,926 1,920 2,103 2,132 2,176 2,412

Dominican Republic 476 663 1,419 1,356 1,214 1,198 1,041

Israel 2,533 2,719 3,595 2,900 3,622 3,577 3,763

EU-25

Netherlands 2,230 2,392 2,597 2,895 2,906 3,283 3,083

Spain 2,215 2,451 2,982 2,247 3,071 3,044 2,329

Belgium 2,488 2,847 2,488 2,139 2,004 1,964 2,976

All other 1,029 1,000 1,208 629 1,316 1,571 2,000

Weighted average 2,235 2,442 2,594 2,590 2,834 3,170 2,859

All other 1,500 1,349 1,750 1,675 1,190 1,185 1,274

Weighted average 1,115 1,130 1,130 1,243 1,140 1,062 1,295

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as noted. The figures

in this table cumulate the imports of fresh-market greenhouse, cherry, grape, Roma, and other fresh market tomatoes as shown in

tables 6–10, respectively.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Unit values for tomatoes from Canada, Israel, and most EU countries are generally significantly higher than unit values for

products from Mexico because they are believed to be primarily higher-valued greenhouse-grown tomatoes.

Note: Depending upon the time of year when entered, imports in 2008 enter at MFN rates of between 2.8 and 3.9 cents per

kilogram or free or at reduced rates pursuant to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), African Growth and Opportunity

ACT (AGOA), Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act

(ATPDEA), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade

Agreement Implementation Act (DR-CAFTA), the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement (Australia), the United StatesBahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bahrain), United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (Chile), United StatesIsrael Free Trade Area (Israel), United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act (Jordan), United States-Morocco Free

Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Morocco), and United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (Singapore).

a

Data are for fresh or chilled tomatoes (HTS subheadings 0702.00.20-0702.00.60) on a fresh-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 6 Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07,

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June January-June

2007 2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 58,361 93,146 149,505 177,184 249,759 166,192 198,742

Canada 95,808 100,209 137,013 134,355 111,418 46,181 52,735

Dominican Republic 0 264 130 982 1,528 1,268 1,252

Israel 3,018 1,972 205 234 170 147 90

EU-25

Netherlands 9,095 9,803 5,468 5,391 4,841 2,164 2,260

Spain 2,783 2,267 275 2,043 480 434 974

Belgium 378 1,144 704 1,103 549 163 125

All other 8 0 2 40 0 0 0

Subtotal 12,264 13,214 6,449 8,577 5,869 2,761 3,359

All other 28 79 57 0 109 14 51

Total 169,479 208,884 293,359 321,332 368,854 216,563 256,229

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 78,927 131,809 194,730 244,021 382,330 245,751 282,064

Canada 172,179 204,927 264,018 283,398 237,914 100,497 127,221

Dominican Republic 0 206 130 1,471 1,870 1,568 1,125

Israel 7,426 5,713 902 927 682 570 393

EU-25

Netherlands 21,245 24,170 14,471 15,721 13,956 7,073 6,880

Spain 6,105 5,691 820 4,538 1,474 1,321 2,300

Belgium 967 3,327 1,589 2,285 1,091 319 372

All other 19 0 4 24 0 0 0

Subtotal 28,336 33,188 16,884 22,568 16,521 8,714 9,552

All other 32 127 152 0 156 46 109

Total 286,900 375,970 476,816 552,384 639,473 357,146 420,464

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 1,352 1,415 1,302 1,377 1,531 1,479 1,419

Canada 1,797 2,045 1,927 2,109 2,135 2,176 2,412

Dominican Republic - 780 1,000 1,498 1,224 1,237 899

Israel 2,461 2,897 4,400 3,962 4,012 3,878 4,367

EU-25

Netherlands 2,336 2,466 2,646 2,916 2,883 3,268 3,044

Spain 2,194 2,510 2,982 2,221 3,071 3,044 2,361

Belgium 2,558 2,908 2,257 2,072 1,987 1,957 2,976

All other 2,375 - 2,000 600 - - -

Weighted average 2,311 2,512 2,618 2,631 2,815 3,156 2,844

All other 1,143 1,608 2,667 - 1,431 3,286 2,137

Weighted average 1,693 1,800 1,625 1,719 1,734 1,649 1,641

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Data for statistical reporting number 0702.00.4010 were not seperately reported prior to 2005 but were

included in another category, so total imports prior to 2005 are probably somewhat understated.

Note: Depending upon the time of year when entered, imports in 2008 enter at MFN rates of between 2.8 and

3.9 cents per kilogram or free or at reduced rates pursuant to GSP, AGOA, CBERA, and ATPDEA preference

programs, to NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, and to other U.S. FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Jordan, Morocco,

and Singapore.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled greenhouse tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2010,

0702.00.4010, and 0702.00.6010). b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 7 Fresh-market cherry tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07, 

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June January-June

2007 2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 32,365 35,526 31,244 31,119 27,349 16,124 13,762

Dominican Republic 0 0 104 207 535 463 17

Israel 849 516 121 324 57 41 60

Canada 44 1,809 0 0 0 0 2

EU-25

Netherlands 81 103 16 80 14 5 18

All other 151 7 0 3 0 0 0

Subtotal 232 111 16 83 14 5 18

All other 0 8 0 0 0 0 0

Total 33,490 37,970 31,484 31,732 27,955 16,632 13,859

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 55,158 51,740 52,058 58,074 46,998 30,082 23,955

Dominican Republic 0 0 262 452 740 596 26

Israel 2,018 1,048 285 695 150 108 194

Canada 138 2,883 0 0 0 0 7

EU-25

Netherlands 281 271 45 214 51 21 28

All other 439 25 0 5 0 0 0

Subtotal 720 296 45 220 51 21 28

All other 0 13 0 0 0 0 0

Total 58,034 55,984 52,650 59,444 47,939 30,806 24,211

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 1,704 1,456 1,666 1,866 1,718 1,866 1,741

Dominican Republic - - 2,519 2,184 1,383 1,287 1,529

Israel 2,377 2,031 2,355 2,145 2,632 2,634 3,233

Canada 3,136 1,594 - - - - 3,500

EU-25

Netherlands 3,469 2,631 2,813 2,675 3,643 4,200 1,556

All other 2,907 3,571 - 1,667 - - -

Weighted average 3,103 2,667 2,813 2,651 3,643 4,200 1,556

All other - 1,625 - - - - -

Weighted average 1,733 1,474 1,672 1,873 1,715 1,852 1,747

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Unit values for tomatoes from Israel and most EU countries are generally significantly higher than unit

values for products from Mexico because they are believed to be primarily higher-valued tomatoes on the vine.

Note: Depending upon the time of year when entered, imports in 2008 enter at MFN rates of between 2.8 and

3.9 cents per kilogram or free or at reduced rates pursuant to GSP, AGOA, CBERA, and ATPDEA preference

programs, to NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, and to other U.S. FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Jordan, Morocco,

and Singapore.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled cherry tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2035, 0702.00.4030,

0702.00.4035, and 0702.00.6035) on a fresh-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 8 Fresh-market grape tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07,

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June January-June

2007 2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 25,106 33,297 35,467 34,940 43,077 27,378 37,440

Dominican Republic 0 37 29 140 329 273 785

Canada 261 356 21 0 0 0 1

EU-25

Netherlands 0 6 0 3 0 0 0

All other 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 0 8 0 3 0 0 0

All other 0 9 0 0 0 0 0

Total 25,367 33,707 35,518 35,083 43,406 27,651 38,226

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 36,678 47,362 52,333 50,961 65,083 45,223 51,397

Dominican Republic 0 18 57 124 307 245 861

Canada 689 857 47 0 0 0 3

EU-25

Netherlands 0 11 0 12 0 0 0

All other 0 9 0 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 0 21 0 12 0 0 0

All other 0 15 0 0 0 0 0

Total 37,368 48,274 52,438 51,097 65,390 45,468 52,261

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 1,461 1,422 1,476 1,459 1,511 1,652 1,373

Dominican Republic - 486 1,966 886 933 897 1,097

Canada 2,640 2,407 2,238 - - - 3,000

EU-25 - - - - - - -

Netherlands - 1,833 - 4,000 - - -

All other - 4,500 - - - - -

Weighted average - 2,625 - 4,000 - - -

All other - 166 0 - - - -

Weighted average 1,473 1,432 1,476 1,456 1,506 1,644 1,367

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Depending upon the time of year when entered, imports in 2008 enter at MFN rates of between 2.8 and

3.9 cents per kilogram or free or at reduced rates pursuant to GSP, AGOA, CBERA, and ATPDEA preference

programs, to NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, and to other U.S. FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Jordan, Morocco,

and Singapore.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled grape tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2045, 0702.00.4045,

0702.00.4046, and 0702.00.6045) on a fresh-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 9 Fresh-market Roma tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07,

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June January-June

2007 2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 345,772 350,125 358,110 372,515 424,412 270,908 253,424

Dominican Republic 5 39 241 300 124 124 111

Canada 518 208 158 326 70 0 7

EU-25

Netherlands 220 24 93 8 4 3 1

All other 11 8 14 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 231 32 107 8 4 3 1

All other 5 16 20 0 0 0 32

Total 346,531 350,420 358,635 373,148 424,610 271,035 253,575

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 295,904 295,797 300,307 330,981 301,952 185,432 250,408

Dominican Republic 7 12 321 342 120 120 145

Canada 816 256 115 296 41 0 13

EU-25

Netherlands 346 104 277 31 28 20 5

All other 27 28 52 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 373 132 329 31 28 20 5

All other 10 33 16 0 0 0 41

Total 297,110 296,230 301,087 331,650 302,140 185,571 250,612

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 856 845 839 889 711 684 988

Dominican Republic 1,400 308 1,332 1,140 968 968 1,306

Canada 1,575 1,231 728 908 586 - 1,857

EU-25

Netherlands 1,573 4,333 2,978 3,875 7,000 6,667 5,000

All other 2,455 3,500 3,714 - - - -

Weighted average 1,615 4,125 3,075 3,875 7,000 6,667 5,000

All other 2,000 2,063 800 - - - 1,281

Weighted average 857 845 840 889 712 685 988

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Depending upon the time of year when entered, imports in 2008 enter at MFN rates of between 2.8 and

3.9 cents per kilogram or free or at reduced rates pursuant to GSP, AGOA, CBERA, and ATPDEA preference

programs, to NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, and to other U.S. FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Jordan, Morocco,

and Singapore.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled Roma tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2065, 0702.00.4060,

0702.00.4065, and 0702.00.6065) on a fresh-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 10 Other fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07,

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June January-June

2007 2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 323,384 266,926 227,081 228,585 204,889 170,551 153,446

Costa Rica 0 9 36 36 214 111 84

Canada 33,522 30,984 4,450 460 235 0 98

Dominican Republic 16 466 354 795 134 89 221

EU-25

Netherlands 5,776 1,618 672 666 312 173 95

Belgium 426 247 153 138 6 2 0

Spain 237 176 0 95 0 0 54

All other 61 13 23 253 19 7 2

Subtotal 6,500 2,054 848 1,152 337 182 151

All other 968 551 21 16 174 22 537

Total 364,390 300,990 232,790 231,044 205,983 170,955 154,537

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 294,089 223,255 181,806 234,719 163,683 126,217 178,565

Costa Rica 0 11 28 60 239 112 116

Canada 57,528 48,268 7,797 512 193 0 214

Dominican Republic 3 299 447 894 180 128 329

EU-25

Netherlands 11,965 3,082 1,435 1,818 994 581 407

Belgium 1,033 633 526 367 19 5 0

Spain 483 281 0 266 0 0 94

All other 53 14 26 162 25 10 3

Subtotal 13,534 4,010 1,987 2,613 1,038 596 504

All other 2,796 1,286 64 35 222 44 695

Total 367,950 277,129 192,129 238,833 165,555 127,097 180,423

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 909 836 801 1,027 799 740 1,164

Costa Rica - 1,222 778 1,667 1,117 1,009 1,381

Canada 1,716 1,558 1,752 1,113 821 - 2,184

Dominican Republic 188 642 1,263 1,125 1,343 1,438 1,489

EU-25

Netherlands 2,072 1,905 2,135 2,730 3,186 3,358 4,284

Belgium 2,425 2,563 3,438 2,659 3,167 2,500 -

Spain 2,038 1,597 - 2,800 - - 1,741

All other 869 1,077 1,130 640 1,316 1,429 1,500

Weighted average 2,082 1,952 2,343 2,268 3,080 3,275 3,338

All other 2,888 2,334 3,048 2,188 1,276 2,000 1,294

Weighted average 1,010 921 825 1,034 804 743 1,168

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Depending upon the time of year when entered, imports in 2008 enter at MFN rates of between 2.8 and

3.9 cents per kilogram or free or at reduced rates pursuant to GSP, AGOA, CBERA, and ATPDEA preference

programs, to NAFTA, DR-CAFTA, and to other U.S. FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Jordan, Morocco,

and Singapore.

a

Data are for other fresh or chilled (other than greenhouse, cherry, grape, or Roma) tomatoes (HTS statistical

reporting numbers 0702.00.2095, 0702.00.2099, 0702.00.4090, 0702.00.4098, 0702.00.4099, 0702.00.6095, and

0702.00.6099) on a fresh-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 11 Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and by major customs

districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales Laredo San Diego All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 2,735 3,465 33,317 69 39,586

Aug. 2,900 3,687 25,584 54 32,225

Sept. 1,184 6,432 29,662 535 37,813

Oct. 3,488 12,637 35,106 1,003 52,234

Nov. 5,239 11,011 38,475 1,224 55,949

Dec. 32,721 12,937 39,274 1,026 85,958

2006

Jan. 96,788 12,273 14,356 1,581 124,998

Feb. 119,633 11,485 5,511 1,783 138,412

Mar. 98,860 11,189 3,474 1,593 115,116

Apr. 61,779 10,552 4,404 788 77,523

May 32,184 8,166 20,063 416 60,829

June 8,756 8,279 52,279 112 69,426

Total 466,267 112,113 301,505 10,184 890,069

2006

July 1,698 6,196 49,727 55 57,676

Aug. 1,359 5,714 24,270 203 31,546

Sept. 1,605 8,412 12,979 395 23,391

Oct. 3,528 12,033 17,570 698 33,829

Nov. 6,086 12,112 29,885 1,022 49,105

Dec. 21,581 10,190 28,910 1,810 62,491

2007

Jan. 79,023 12,818 15,626 2,607 110,074

Feb. 115,513 13,428 6,153 2,599 137,693

Mar. 119,253 13,557 5,791 3,176 141,777

Apr. 85,378 14,805 6,508 1,578 108,269

May 49,082 12,899 24,411 1,405 87,797

June 14,010 11,187 39,634 713 65,544

Total 498,116 133,351 261,464 16,261 909,192

2007

July 3,884 6,159 27,468 236 37,747

Aug. 3,183 5,496 23,362 282 32,323

Sept. 3,463 5,476 18,191 441 27,571

Oct. 5,368 17,305 25,521 1,360 49,554

Nov. 9,500 20,320 33,923 1,212 64,955

Dec. 38,098 19,698 26,229 2,158 86,183

2008

Jan. 92,854 16,498 14,404 2,919 126,675

Feb. 123,198 17,073 6,061 2,825 149,157

Mar. 104,161 15,207 5,441 3,025 127,834

Apr. 87,050 19,254 4,463 1,684 112,451

May 52,923 17,906 21,908 1,209 93,946

June 8,574 10,324 27,216 636 46,750

Total 532,256 170,716 234,187 17,987 955,146

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 11—Continued Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and by

major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales Laredo San Diego All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 4,738 5,273 30,331 102 40,444

Aug. 5,729 4,752 24,918 18 35,416

Sept. 2,508 7,180 29,668 229 39,585

Oct. 4,583 12,283 31,839 771 49,476

Nov. 7,126 13,136 32,413 1,395 54,070

Dec. 31,135 16,888 31,253 2,303 81,579

2006

Jan. 124,125 18,166 11,781 4,286 158,358

Feb. 145,645 16,717 4,641 4,237 171,240

Mar. 94,007 15,762 3,322 3,053 116,144

Apr. 59,520 13,404 3,870 1,161 77,955

May 39,221 10,371 16,381 415 66,388

June 9,493 8,746 38,620 87 56,946

Total 527,830 142,678 259,037 18,056 947,601

2006

July 3,000 7,256 41,235 71 51,561

Aug. 2,653 7,067 22,859 178 32,757

Sept. 3,156 12,650 13,147 324 29,277

Oct. 5,222 17,543 15,960 875 39,600

Nov. 12,379 16,062 24,610 1,561 54,612

Dec. 23,453 14,829 22,374 3,262 63,918

2007

Jan. 74,176 17,447 11,662 5,734 109,019

Feb. 101,912 16,820 5,390 5,438 129,560

Mar. 94,736 18,200 5,852 5,560 124,348

Apr. 81,201 16,140 6,296 3,012 106,649

May 62,964 14,080 20,247 1,980 99,271

June 21,733 12,298 28,775 1,051 63,857

Total 486,585 170,392 218,407 29,045 904,429

2007

July 6,082 8,267 21,691 233 36,272

Aug. 5,089 8,200 18,670 384 32,343

Sept. 5,136 8,226 14,685 454 28,502

Oct. 7,502 18,923 20,546 1,841 48,813

Nov. 15,848 25,342 27,283 2,570 71,044

Dec. 55,785 27,329 20,608 6,468 110,189

2008

Jan. 128,881 24,901.00 12,506 8,751 175,039

Feb. 129,520 22,572 5,366 6,483 163,941

Mar. 122,722 23,233 4,527 6,808 157,290

Apr. 108,545 22,273 3,580 2,775 137,173

May 64,720 18,765 16,784 2,124 102,392

June 14,440 13,602 21,500 1,010 50,552

Total 664,270 221,633 187,746 39,901 1,113,550

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for all fresh or chilled tomatoes (HTS subheadings 0702.00.20-0702.00.60).
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TABLE 12 Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Canada,a by months and by major customs

districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Detroit Seattle Buffalo St. Albans Pembina All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 9,817 7,701 3,079 95 72 61 20,825

Aug. 8,520 7,828 2,002 66 0 66 18,482

Sept. 8,023 5,285 1,820 43 0 11 15,182

Oct. 6,120 4,198 1,572 51 13 5 11,959

Nov. 5,184 2,677 1,270 42 0 6 9,179

Dec. 3,545 529 575 25 0 3 4,677

2006

Jan. 659 193 46 3 0 1 902

Feb. 143 110 9 5 0 0 267

Mar. 1,442 664 372 20 0 0 2,498

Apr. 7,930 2,279 1,454 44 0 5 11,712

May 11,340 5,157 2,572 82 6 42 19,199

June 11,762 6,643 3,004 115 0 25 21,549

Total 74,485 43,264 17,775 591 91 225 136,431

2006

July 11,842 6,636 3,649 96 0 35 22,258

Aug. 9,922 5,904 2,902 72 36 61 18,897

Sept. 6,997 4,930 2,675 48 20 322 14,992

Oct. 6,510 3,305 1,229 60 0 67 11,171

Nov. 4,423 3,086 882 50 0 0 8,441

Dec. 2,407 432 369 47 0 0 3,255

2007

Jan. 376 85 26 17 0 0 503

Feb. 22 37 1 19 0 2 81

Mar. 767 486 172 30 0 3 1,458

Apr. 6,274 1,887 1,388 59 0 3 9,611

May 9,311 3,828 1,925 95 17 8 15,184

June 11,292 5,530 2,389 97 16 21 19,345

Total 70,143 36,146 17,607 690 89 523 125,196

2007

July 10,223 5,061 2,327 78 99 46 17,834

Aug. 8,725 3,749 2,209 52 63 218 15,016

Sept. 6,885 2,831 1,938 44 49 237 11,984

Oct. 6,475 2,249 1,690 72 67 142 10,695

Nov. 5,176 1,528 763 54 133 69 7,723

Dec. 1,986 130 87 43 17 26 2,289

2008

Jan. 290 0 13 36 0 0 339

Feb. 123 1 15 21 0 0 160

Mar. 1,859 573 186 36 0 1 2,655

Apr. 7,527 3,250 1,302 92 15 0 12,185

May 10,367 5,194 1,695 156 43 1 17,456

June 12,118 6,013 1,712 115 60 30 20,048

Total 71,754 30,579 13,937 799 546 770 118,384

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 12—Continued Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Canada,a by months and by

major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Detroit Seattle Buffalo St. Albans Pembina All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 17,895 14,363 4,643 286 107 129 37,424

Aug. 14,175 13,257 2,806 197 0 102 30,537

Sept. 13,902 9,888 2,783 129 0 9 26,710

Oct. 12,781 7,972 2,885 140 52 12 23,842

Nov. 11,016 5,207 2,413 115 0 8 18,759

Dec. 9,126 1,451 1,348 76 0 8 12,009

2006

Jan. 2,099 670 158 13 0 15 2,955

Feb. 421 417 25 17 0 0 881

Mar. 3,865 1,655 842 65 0 0 6,426

Apr. 17,345 5,348 2,654 142 0 15 25,505

May 22,666 11,511 4,151 291 22 59 38,700

June 22,174 14,288 4,360 392 0 50 41,264

Total 147,465 86,027 29,068 1,863 181 408 265,012

2006

July 21,915 12,538 5,293 272 0 90 40,108

Aug. 18,505 11,642 3,875 201 69 91 34,383

Sept. 17,985 11,479 4,873 142 48 767 35,294

Oct. 18,871 8,590 3,054 198 0 189 30,902

Nov. 10,554 7,410 1,829 210 0 0 20,002

Dec. 5,554 1,326 765 158 0 0 7,802

2007

Jan. 1,026 368 67 51 0 0 1,511

Feb. 87 158 3 56 0 9 313

Mar. 2,142 1,196 370 102 0 11 3,821

Apr. 15,002 4,665 2,622 202 0 14 22,505

May 20,972 8,928 3,599 277 64 24 33,864

June 22,260 12,160 3,626 321 63 54 38,484

Total 154,873 80,460 29,976 2,190 244 1,249 268,989

2007

July 19,337 10,270 3,706 257 281 109 33,960

Aug. 16,530 7,763 3,355 158 179 456 28,441

Sept. 14,325 6,439 2,880 153 141 420 24,358

Oct. 15,103 5,250 2,647 199 200 215 23,614

Nov. 13,754 3,793 1,825 221 406 152 20,151

Dec. 6,256 335 231 184 47 72 7,125

2008

Jan. 1,079 0 40 133 0 0 1,251

Feb. 466 2 29 78 0 0 575

Mar. 6,035 1,250 476 136 0 0 7,897

Apr. 19,226 7,456 2,629 301 33 1 29,646

May 24,952 11,558 3,205 526 70 6 40,317

June 30,448 13,170 3,497 466 116 75 47,772

Total 167,511 67,286 24,520 2,812 1,473 1,506 265,107

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled tomatoes (HTS subheadings 0702.00.20-0702.00.60).
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TABLE 13 Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from the Netherlands,a by months and by major

customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period New York Chicago Boston All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 489 119 145 171 924

Aug. 496 57 83 127 763

Sept. 191 51 46 106 394

Oct. 284 43 132 142 601

Nov. 256 72 160 146 634

Dec. 368 127 198 147 840

2006

Jan. 310 241 241 234 1,026

Feb. 46 58 90 101 295

Mar. 114 51 50 87 302

Apr. 95 31 43 97 266

May 118 34 34 124 310

June 143 63 58 150 414

Total 2,910 947 1,280 1,632 6,769

2006

July 103 10 43 106 262

Aug. 146 15 32 110 303

Sept. 437 167 126 280 1,010

Oct. 467 114 212 171 964

Nov. 246 67 131 137 581

Dec. 105 43 146 119 413

2007

Jan. 139 67 239 114 559

Feb. 38 52 17 92 199

Mar. 46 30 11 71 158

Apr. 62 13 12 75 162

May 362 190 147 154 853

June 133 79 116 85 413

Total 2,284 847 1,232 1,514 5,877

2007

July 72 52 27 95 246

Aug. 227 86 24 84 421

Sept. 423 48 20 98 589

Oct. 111 18 8 114 251

Nov. 166 21 14 141 342

Dec. 327 355 76 219 977

2008

Jan. 367 222 153 280 1,022

Feb. 142 25 62 102 331

Mar. 138 22 13 53 226

Apr. 113 6 12 70 201

May 105 5 3 71 184

June 272 40 19 178 409

Total 2,463 900 431 1,406 5,200

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 13—Continued Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from the Netherlands,a by months

and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period New York Chicago Boston All other Total

Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 889 190 307 404 1,790

Aug. 815 97 188 408 1,508

Sept. 423 134 106 350 1,013

Oct. 590 88 251 426 1,355

Nov. 533 154 287 482 1,456

Dec. 862 294 380 518 2,054

2006

Jan. 690 540 615 921 2,766

Feb. 144 175 207 498 1,024

Mar. 431 100 163 473 1,167

Apr. 343 63 114 509 1,029

May 390 84 95 624 1,193

June 347 100 112 601 1,160

Total 6,457 2,019 2,825 6,214 17,515

2006

July 286 21 83 399 789

Aug. 312 31 70 402 815

Sept. 1,079 361 373 716 2,529

Oct. 935 256 538 600 2,329

Nov. 551 170 341 574 1,636

Dec. 289 106 409 555 1,359

2007

Jan. 584 169 676 660 2,089

Feb. 180 113 61 574 928

Mar. 248 108 48 435 839

Apr. 287 39 54 436 816

May 719 382 251 605 1,957

June 334 203 208 322 1,067

Total 5,804 1,959 3,112 6,278 17,153

2007

July 226 168 76 321 791

Aug. 490 172 50 327 1,037

Sept. 796 96 32 373 1,297

Oct. 329 60 18 421 828

Nov. 470 75 53 472 1,070

Dec. 1,053 612 186 458 2,309

2008

Jan. 1,180 462 379 761 2,782

Feb. 505 96 148 283 1,032

Mar. 513 60 47 327 947

Apr. 358 33 37 388 816

May 300 31 10 351 693

June 582 78 32 358 1,050

Total 6,802 1,943 1,068 4,840 14,652

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled tomatoes (HTS subheadings 0702.00.20-0702.00.60).
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TABLE 14 Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and by

major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 

Period Nogales Laredo San Diego All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 485 1,576 2,208 66 4,335

Aug. 183 577 105 0 865

Sept. 38 3,768 5 89 3,900

Oct. 2,040 5,014 71 448 7,573

Nov. 3,233 6,131 1,207 783 11,354

Dec. 7,128 7,426 3,270 969 18,793

2006

Jan. 13,729 7,153 3,243 1,484 25,609

Feb. 15,356 7,363 2,180 1,779 26,678

Mar. 14,483 7,357 1,326 1,275 24,441

Apr. 13,034 7,316 1,611 772 22,733

May 10,232 5,778 2,345 416 18,771

June 2,673 3,985 2,053 92 8,803

Total 82,614 63,444 19,624 8,173 173,855

2006

July 435 3,280 245 16 3,976

Aug. 310 2,488 7 98 2,903

Sept. 241 3,064 50 314 3,669

Oct. 1,886 5,886 8 682 8,462

Nov. 3,417 7,262 639 1,015 12,333

Dec. 7,071 8,366 1,565 1,804 18,806

2007:

Jan. 14,316 8,682 2,098 2,412 27,508

Feb. 16,343 7,652 1,604 2,535 28,134

Mar. 19,412 8,689 1,759 2,728 32,588

Apr. 18,143 8,060 1,407 1,533 29,143

May 18,837 7,727 3,142 1,330 31,036

June 7,836 5,586 3,696 666 17,784

Total 108,247 76,742 16,220 15,133 216,342

2007

July 2,200 3,550 1,691 227 7,668

Aug. 1,898 3,975 33 161 6,067

Sept. 1,811 4,383 42 256 6,492

Oct. 3,854 8,872 73 877 13,676

Nov. 5,752 11,357 1,357 1,128 19,594

Dec. 10,831 13,891 3,231 2,117 30,070

2008

Jan. 16,775 12,070 4,871 2,872 36,588

Feb. 23,022 12,715 2,099 2,822 40,658

Mar. 24,561 9,986 1,977 3,008 39,532

Apr. 23,424 10,309 1,050 1,677 36,460

May 19,186 10,407 1,406 1,207 32,206

June 4,742 6,129 1,826 601 13,298

Total 138,056 107,644 19,656 16,953 282,309

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 14—Continued Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by

months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 

Period Nogales Laredo San Diego All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 492 2,337 1,229 96 4,154

Aug. 167 528 53 1 749

Sept. 35 5,589 3 87 5,714

Oct. 1,857 7,714 46 575 10,192

Nov. 3,608 10,105 926 1,247 15,886

Dec. 6,242 12,890 2,314 2,226 23,672

2006

Jan. 16,776 14,258 2,413 4,007 37,454

Feb. 20,053 14,093 1,476 4,229 39,851

Mar. 14,856 13,542 789 2,327 31,514

Apr. 12,723 11,587 907 1,122 26,339

May 9,698 8,749 1,356 415 20,218

June 2,338 5,998 1,111 75 9,522

Total 88,845 107,390 12,623 16,406 225,265

2006

July 445 5,073 134 32 5,684

Aug. 317 4,195 9 123 4,644

Sept. 253 6,406 30 297 6,986

Oct. 2,046 11,541 5 861 14,453

Nov. 8,240 11,783 360 1,542 21,925

Dec. 8,303 12,970 907 3,249 25,429

2007

Jan. 16,097 14,812 1,354 5,658 37,921

Feb. 17,446 13,356 1,140 5,391 37,333

Mar. 27,357 15,375 1,047 5,535 49,314

Apr. 30,755 12,420 771 2,956 46,902

May 33,365 10,999 1,903 1,944 48,211

June 14,677 8,455 1,934 1,004 26,070

Total 159,301 127,385 9,594 28,592 324,872

2007

July 3,390 6,343 837 392 10,962

Aug. 2,599 6,942 30 277 9,848

Sept. 2,539 7,339 31 363 10,273

Oct. 4,670 13,532 115 1,508 19,824

Nov. 10,718 18,582 1,581 2,425 33,307

Dec. 20,654 22,701 2,564 6,446 52,365

2008

Jan. 27,118 21,534 3,545 8,729 60,926

Feb. 35,356 19,371 1,482 6,480 62,689

Mar. 35,089 17,025 1,464 6,754 60,332

Apr. 23,669 14,149 743 2,765 41,326

May 22,362 11,523 1,177 2,118 37,180

June 8,443 8,720 1,452 996 19,611

Total 196,607 167,761 15,021 39,253 418,643

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled greenhouse tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2010,

0702.00.4010, and 0702.00.6010).
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TABLE 15 Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Canada,a by months and by

major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Detroit Seattle Buffalo All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 7,129 6,942 2,525 103 16,699

Aug. 8,341 7,722 1,948 109 18,121

Sept. 7,994 5,285 1,719 43 15,040

Oct. 6,120 4,198 1,572 69 11,959

Nov. 5,184 2,677 1,270 49 9,179

Dec. 3,545 529 575 28 4,677

2006

Jan. 659 193 46 3 902

Feb. 143 110 9 5 267

Mar. 1,442 664 372 20 2,498

Apr. 7,930 2,279 1,454 49 11,712

May 11,340 5,157 2,572 129 19,199

June 11,762 6,560 3,004 138 21,465

Total 71,589 42,316 17,066 746 131,718

2006

July 11,842 6,636 3,649 132 22,258

Aug. 9,922 5,904 2,902 170 18,897

Sept. 6,964 4,930 2,005 390 14,289

Oct. 6,510 3,305 1,229 127 11,171

Nov. 4,423 3,086 882 50 8,441

Dec. 2,407 432 369 47 3,255

2007

Jan. 376 85 26 17 503

Feb. 22 37 1 21 81

Mar. 767 486 172 32 1,458

Apr. 6,274 1,887 1,388 62 9,611

May 9,311 3,828 1,925 120 15,184

June 11,292 5,530 2,389 133 19,345

Total 70,110 36,146 16,937 1,301 124,493

2007

July 10,223 5,061 2,327 222 17,834

Aug. 8,556 3,749 2,080 328 14,711

Sept. 6,885 2,831 1,938 329 11,984

Oct. 6,475 2,249 1,690 280 10,695

Nov. 5,176 1,528 763 256 7,723

Dec. 1,986 130 87 86 2,289

2008

Jan. 290 0 13 36 339

Feb. 123 1 15 21 160

Mar. 1,855 573 186 36 2,651

Apr. 7,508 3,239 1,302 107 12,156

May 10,352 5,184 1,692 198 17,426

June 12,111 6,007 1,701 184 20,003

Total 71,540 30,552 13,794 2,083 117,971

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 15—Continued Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Canada,a by

months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Detroit Seattle Buffalo All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 13,465 12,648 3,717 212 30,043

Aug. 14,015 13,028 2,752 269 30,064

Sept. 13,890 9,888 2,698 129 26,604

Oct. 12,781 7,972 2,885 204 23,842

Nov. 11,016 5,207 2,413 123 18,759

Dec. 9,126 1,451 1,348 83 12,009

2006

Jan. 2,099 670 158 13 2,939

Feb. 421 417 25 17 881

Mar. 3,865 1,655 842 65 6,426

Apr. 17,345 5,348 2,654 157 25,505

May 22,666 11,511 4,151 373 38,700

June 22,171 14,136 4,360 442 41,109

Total 142,860 83,931 28,003 2,087 256,881

2006

July 21,915 12,538 5,293 362 40,108

Aug. 18,505 11,642 3,875 361 34,383

Sept. 17,954 11,479 4,250 957 34,640

Oct. 18,871 8,590 3,054 387 30,902

Nov. 10,554 7,410 1,829 210 20,002

Dec. 5,554 1,326 765 158 7,802

2007

Jan. 1,026 368 67 50 1,511

Feb. 87 158 3 65 313

Mar. 2,142 1,196 370 113 3,821

Apr. 15,002 4,665 2,622 216 22,505

May 20,972 8,928 3,599 365 33,864

June 22,260 12,160 3,626 438 38,484

Total 154,842 80,460 29,353 3,682 268,335

2007

July 19,337 10,270 3,706 647 33,960

Aug. 16,388 7,763 3,269 787 28,207

Sept. 14,325 6,439 2,880 713 24,358

Oct. 15,103 5,250 2,647 613 23,614

Nov. 13,754 3,793 1,825 779 20,151

Dec. 6,256 335 231 303 7,125

2008

Jan. 1,079 0 40 133 1,251

Feb. 466 2 29 78 575

Mar. 6,026 1,250 476 136 7,889

Apr. 19,181 7,432 2,629 334 29,576

May 24,925 11,541 3,197 592 40,255

June 30,429 13,155 3,472 618 47,675

Total 167,269 67,230 24,401 5,733 264,636

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled greenhouse tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2010,

0702.00.4010, and 0702.00.6010).
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TABLE 16 Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from the Netherlands,a by months

and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 

Period New York Los Angeles Chicago Boston All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 466 15 48 101 34 664

Aug. 495 0 0 73 32 600

Sept. 191 24 51 46 33 345

Oct. 284 32 43 132 30 521

Nov. 256 31 72 160 47 566

Dec. 368 30 127 198 51 774

2006

Jan. 310 35 241 241 87 914

Feb. 46 37 58 90 31 262

Mar. 114 39 51 50 28 282

Apr. 95 38 31 43 34 241

May 118 52 34 34 34 272

June 143 48 63 58 31 343

Total 2,886 381 819 1,226 472 5,784

2006

July 103 40 10 43 17 213

Aug. 146 37 15 32 6 236

Sept. 437 57 167 126 66 853

Oct. 467 56 114 212 35 884

Nov. 246 53 67 131 36 533

Dec. 105 47 43 146 16 357

2007

Jan. 139 64 67 239 10 519

Feb. 38 65 52 17 4 176

Mar. 46 39 30 11 8 134

Apr. 62 38 13 12 18 143

May 362 65 190 147 28 792

June 133 36 79 116 35 399

Total 2,284 597 847 1,232 279 5,239

2007

July 72 38 52 27 33 222

Aug. 227 38 86 24 21 396

Sept. 423 31 48 20 39 561

Oct. 109 45 18 8 35 215

Nov. 161 80 21 14 45 321

Dec. 326 167 355 76 36 960

2008

Jan. 350 171 222 153 79 975

Feb. 141 75 25 62 13 316

Mar. 138 25 22 13 18 216

Apr. 113 21 6 12 34 186

May 105 26 5 3 33 172

June 272 34 40 19 29 394

Total 2,437 751 900 431 415 4,934

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 16—Continued Fresh-market greenhouse tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from the Netherlands,a

by months and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008 

Period New York Los Angeles Chicago Boston All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 835 89 79 194 100 1,297

Aug. 813 0 0 162 80 1,055

Sept. 423 143 134 106 114 920

Oct. 590 185 88 251 93 1,207

Nov. 533 209 154 287 126 1,309

Dec. 862 194 294 380 158 1,888

2006

Jan. 690 238 540 615 298 2,381

Feb. 144 254 175 207 126 906

Mar. 431 266 100 163 124 1,084

Apr. 343 259 63 114 152 931

May 390 351 84 95 154 1,074

June 347 324 100 112 108 991

Total 6,401 2,512 1,811 2,686 1,633 15,043

2006

July 286 216 21 83 60 666

Aug. 312 196 31 70 21 630

Sept. 1,079 218 361 373 188 2,219

Oct. 935 292 256 538 122 2,143

Nov. 551 333 170 341 115 1,510

Dec. 289 327 106 409 55 1,186

2007

Jan. 584 446 169 676 49 1,924

Feb. 180 451 113 61 25 830

Mar. 248 271 108 48 49 724

Apr. 287 264 39 54 87 731

May 719 370 382 251 107 1,829

June 334 182 203 208 109 1,036

Total 5,804 3,566 1,959 3,112 987 15,428

2007

July 226 143 168 76 107 721

Aug. 490 177 172 50 81 969

Sept. 796 149 96 32 154 1,227

Oct. 323 185 60 18 139 725

Nov. 456 237 75 53 187 1,007

Dec. 1,051 219 612 186 166 2,234

2008

Jan. 1,157 270 462 379 358 2,625

Feb. 500 159 96 148 59 963

Mar. 513 189 60 47 90 899

Apr. 358 156 33 37 164 748

May 300 159 31 10 139 640

June 582 190 78 32 122 1,005

Total 6,752 2,233 1,943 1,068 1,766 13,763

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled greenhouse tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2010,

0702.00.4010, and 0702.00.6010).
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TABLE 17 Fresh-market cherry tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and by major

customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales San Diego Laredo All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 617 1,864 1,090 0 3,571

Aug. 509 1,470 1,422 0 3,400

Sept. 493 1,588 77 0 2,159

Oct. 583 1,310 727 0 2,619

Nov. 563 1,065 644 0 2,272

Dec. 1,153 523 654 0 2,331

2006

Jan. 1,746 408 898 0 3,052

Feb. 2,044 390 603 0 3,037

Mar. 1,415 535 800 0 2,749

Apr. 1,359 628 269 0 2,256

May 851 1,077 203 0 2,131

June 691 1,759 258 0 2,708

Total 12,024 12,617 7,645 0 32,285

2006

July 483 1,750 350 0 2,584

Aug. 375 1,416 442 0 2,233

Sept. 419 1,322 703 0 2,444

Oct. 404 1,234 654 0 2,292

Nov. 592 1,462 1,039 0 3,094

Dec. 1,368 692 479 0 2,539

2007

Jan. 2,123 366 273 0 2,763

Feb. 2,190 516 283 0 2,989

Mar. 1,878 772 301 0 2,950

Apr. 1,463 771 405 0 2,638

May 847 927 220 0 1,994

June 483 2,032 277 0 2,791

Total 12,625 13,260 5,426 0 31,311

2007

July 384 1,415 238 0 2,036

Aug. 406 1,290 208 0 1,903

Sept. 438 935 147 0 1,519

Oct. 533 1,320 311 0 2,164

Nov. 646 989 292 0 1,927

Dec. 900 255 521 0 1,676

2008 0

Jan. 1,477 355 738 0 2,570

Feb. 2,502 260 870 0 3,632

Mar. 1,517 273 699 0 2,488

Apr. 1,291 241 447 0 1,978

May 708 371 317 0 1,396

June 440 1,033 225 0 1,698

Total 11,242 8,737 5,013 0 24,987

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 17—Continued Fresh-market cherry tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months

and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales San Diego Laredo All other Total

Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 1,513 2,455 2,111 0 6,080

Aug. 1,186 2,063 2,657 0 5,906

Sept. 1,172 2,351 102 0 3,625

Oct. 1,243 2,076 510 0 3,829

Nov. 1,251 1,576 445 0 3,272

Dec. 2,217 850 512 0 3,579

2006

Jan. 5,163 911 600 0 6,674

Feb. 4,209 826 453 0 5,488

Mar. 2,525 1,095 543 0 4,163

Apr. 2,825 1,171 231 0 4,227

May 2,041 1,790 209 0 4,041

June 1,527 3,512 494 0 5,533

Total 26,872 20,676 8,867 0 56,417

2006

July 1,183 2,761 716 0 4,660

Aug. 928 2,194 969 0 4,091

Sept. 952 2,578 1,446 0 4,976

Oct. 909 2,488 1,444 0 4,841

Nov. 1,279 2,424 1,642 0 5,344

Dec. 1,983 1,329 722 0 4,034

2007

Jan. 4,178 738 164 0 5,080

Feb. 3,523 1,220 283 0 5,026

Mar. 3,808 1,922 317 0 6,047

Apr. 2,683 1,922 309 0 4,915

May 1,770 2,161 289 0 4,220

June 989 3,332 473 0 4,794

Total 24,185 25,069 8,774 0 58,028

2007

July 626 1,780 435 0 2,842

Aug. 759 1,533 390 0 2,682

Sept. 963 1,203 187 0 2,353

Oct. 1,036 1,685 265 0 2,985

Nov. 1,317 1,362 319 0 2,999

Dec. 2,092 481 482 0 3,055

2008

Jan. 3,255 733 968 0 4,956

Feb. 4,321 503 1,034 0 5,858

Mar. 2,387 557 912 0 3,856

Apr. 2,342 460 733 0 3,535

May 1,644 635 549 0 2,829

June 977 1,538 405 0 2,920

Total 21,719 12,470 6,679 0 40,870

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly “all other” data and monthly totals for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported;

and crop-year customs districts totals for each district are calculated using rounded data totals.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled cherry tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2035, 0702.00.4030,

0702.00.4035, and 0702.00.6035).
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TABLE 18 Fresh-market Roma tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and by major

customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales San Diego Laredo All other Total

Quantity ($/mt)

2005

July 173 19,561 243 0 19,976

Aug. 0 17,007 661 54 17,721

Sept. 0 20,357 2,576 0 22,933

Oct. 242 24,123 6,535 33 30,932

Nov. 770 23,005 3,700 0 27,474

Dec. 15,759 21,056 3,794 0 40,609

2006

Jan. 40,364 6,366 2,534 3 49,268

Feb. 46,494 949 2,366 0 49,810

Mar. 43,895 407 2,192 0 46,494

Apr. 28,964 1,044 2,502 0 32,509

May 16,173 11,084 2,143 0 29,401

June 4,287 29,097 3,864 0 37,248

Total 197,121 174,056 33,110 90 404,375

2006

July 302 29,157 2,488 0 31,946

Aug. 84 15,473 2,783 0 18,341

Sept. 27 7,430 4,609 0 12,066

Oct. 412 11,856 5,183 0 17,451

Nov. 1,330 18,983 3,471 0 23,785

Dec. 8,093 15,199 898 6 24,197

2007

Jan. 32,765 7,856 3,089 0 43,710

Feb. 47,994 1,861 4,411 0 54,266

Mar. 48,242 1,517 3,648 0 53,407

Apr. 38,950 3,428 5,766 0 48,144

May 19,181 13,887 4,769 19 37,856

June 3,849 24,702 4,973 0 33,525

Total 201,229 151,349 46,088 25 398,694

2007

July 463 18,955 2,314 0 21,732

Aug. 17 17,536 1,314 18 18,885

Sept. 0 14,089 946 0 15,035

Oct. 0 18,981 8,000 0 26,981

Nov. 2,006 24,348 8,230 5 34,589

Dec. 14,079 17,667 4,533 1 36,280

2008

Jan. 38,371 6,963 2,749 8 48,091

Feb. 49,515 2,391 2,788 0 54,694

Mar. 43,673 1,863 2,438 2 47,976

Apr. 35,144 2,291 6,501 0 43,936

May 16,080 16,406 5,320 0 37,806

June 465 17,960 2,496 0 20,921

Total 199,813 159,450 47,629 34 406,926

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 18—Continued Fresh-market Roma tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months

and by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales San Diego Laredo All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 177 16,840 121 0 17,139

Aug. 0 15,105 308 17 15,430

Sept. 0 18,952 1,482 0 20,434

Oct. 230 19,806 3,704 16 23,756

Nov. 789 17,255 1,978 0 20,022

Dec. 13,730 15,608 2,470 0 31,808

2006

Jan. 37,234 4,845 1,601 6 43,684

Feb. 55,692 721 1,249 0 57,662

Mar. 39,104 384 1,134 0 40,622

Apr. 25,978 800 1,317 0 28,095

May 19,331 9,412 1,393 0 30,136

June 3,969 20,277 2,116 0 26,361

Total 196,234 140,005 18,873 39 355,149

2006

July 266 22,096 1,421 0 23,784

Aug. 82 13,820 1,903 0 15,805

Sept. 22 6,960 4,748 0 11,731

Oct. 536 9,501 4,158 0 14,195

Nov. 1,687 14,738 2,229 0 18,653

Dec. 7,620 11,999 621 12 20,252

2007

Jan. 25,350 5,636 1,736 0 32,722

Feb. 33,865 1,491 2,405 0 37,762

Mar. 29,066 1,399 1,913 0 32,378

Apr. 24,673 2,775 3,081 0 30,530

May 15,563 10,900 2,637 5 29,106

June 3,049 16,938 2,948 0 22,935

Total 141,779 118,253 29,800 17 289,853

2007

July 341 13,789 1,399 0 15,529

Aug. 14 12,559 868 6 13,446

Sept. 0 10,134 700 0 10,834

Oct. 0 13,698 4,998 0 18,696

Nov. 1,654 18,484 6,053 2 26,193

Dec. 14,533 13,655 3,632 2 31,822

2008

Jan. 46,449 5,981 1,779 9 54,218

Feb. 43,514 1,869 1,657 0 47,040

Mar. 44,792 1,149 1,593 4 47,538

Apr. 46,237 1,445 3,821 0 51,503

May 20,706 11,585 3,019 0 35,309

June 626 12,810 1,364 0 14,800

Total 218,866 117,158 30,883 23 366,928

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for fresh or chilled Roma tomatoes (HTS statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2065, 0702.00.4060,

0702.00.4065, and 0702.00.6065).
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TABLE 19 Other fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and by major

customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales San Diego Laredo All other Total

Quantity (mt)

2005

July 429 8,270 555 0 9,255

Aug. 56 5,928 1,027 0 7,012

Sept. 11 6,779 9 446 7,245

Oct. 75 8,089 104 512 8,780

Nov. 237 11,426 92 439 12,194

Dec. 6,443 13,439 501 57 20,440

2006

Jan. 37,294 3,939 814 91 42,139

Feb. 51,678 1,820 978 5 54,481

Mar. 35,548 1,060 722 315 37,646

Apr. 14,851 1,054 460 15 16,380

May 2,951 4,960 42 0 7,953

June 720 18,033 63 20 18,835

Total 150,293 84,797 5,367 1,903 242,360

2006

July 35 16,944 18 38 17,034

Aug. 6 6,372 0 107 6,485

Sept. 0 3,255 0 83 3,338

Oct. 0 3,278 45 18 3,341

Nov. 288 6,948 84 6 7,326

Dec. 2,729 10,799 99 0 13,628

2007

Jan. 26,066 5,128 395 194 31,783

Feb. 43,961 2,058 636 64 46,719

Mar. 45,471 1,589 460 44 47,564

Apr. 22,135 689 90 43 22,957

May 7,585 5,795 14 54 13,448

June 493 7,497 43 48 8,081

Total 148,769 70,352 1,884 699 221,704

2007

July 35 3,996 16 9 4,056

Aug. 41 3,789 0 102 3,932

Sept. 131 2,338 0 185 2,654

Oct. 194 3,601 47 482 4,324

Nov. 159 5,464 202 79 5,904

Dec. 9,306 3,942 181 39 13,468

2008

Jan. 30,256 1,539 49 39 31,883

Feb. 39,987 872 203 0 41,062

Mar. 28,894 831 1,793 13 31,531

Apr. 21,215 466 1,864 8 23,553

May 12,912 3,106 1,860 0 17,878

June 1,336 4,694 1,473 35 7,538

Total 144,466 34,638 7,688 991 187,783

See footnote at end of table.
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TABLE 19—Continued Other fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption from Mexico,a by months and

by major customs districts of entry, July 2005-June 2008

Period Nogales San Diego Laredo All other Total

 Value (1,000 $)

2005

July 515 8,535 704 0 9,754

Aug. 116 6,514 1,258 0 7,888

Sept. 17 7,366 6 140 7,529

Oct. 74 8,455 54 171 8,754

Nov. 199 11,096 54 145 11,494

Dec. 5,880 11,567 299 77 17,823

2006

Jan. 57,918 3,289 600 262 62,069

Feb. 60,867 1,506 706 7 63,086

Mar. 31,754 965 389 721 33,829

Apr. 11,927 943 267 33 13,170

May 2,855 3,358 20 0 6,233

June 599 12,660 38 12 13,309

Total 172,721 76,254 4,395 1,568 254,938

2006

July 29 14,925 15 38 15,008

Aug. 6 5,887 0 54 5,947

Sept. 0 2,932 0 26 2,958

Oct. 0 3,042 50 14 3,106

Nov. 256 5,602 80 18 5,956

Dec. 2,320 7,616 111 0 10,047

2007

Jan. 19,462 3,758 345 75 23,641

Feb. 36,492 1,446 378 47 38,363

Mar. 27,612 1,386 301 25 29,324

Apr. 14,920 693 80 53 15,746

May 8,379 4,763 7 31 13,180

June 607 5,293 17 45 5,962

Total 110,083 57,343 1,384 426 169,238

2007

July 26 4,043 9 20 4,097

Aug. 35 3,835 0 101 3,970

Sept. 200 2,487 0 91 2,778

Oct. 374 3,582 37 333 4,326

Nov. 233 4,452 102 142 4,929

Dec. 14,249 3,019 80 19 17,367

2008

Jan. 43,350 1,646 24 14 45,034

Feb. 35,384 1,256 123 0 36,763

Mar. 32,324 1,073 3,503 40 36,940

Apr. 26,371 678 3,478 10 30,537

May 13,776 2,896 3,674 0 20,346

June 1,531 4,287 3,112 14 8,945

Total 167,853 33,254 14,142 784 216,032

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

Note: Monthly data for each district and the “all other” grouping are calculated using unrounded data; monthly totals

for all customs districts are rounded from the actual data reported; and crop-year customs districts totals for each

district are calculated using rounded data.

a

Data are for other fresh or chilled (other than greenhouse, cherry, grape, or Roma) tomatoes (HTS statistical

reporting numbers 0702.00.2095, 0702.00.2099, 0702.00.4090, 0702.00.4098, 0702.00.4099, 0702.00.6095, and

0702.00.6099).
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TABLE 20 Processed tomatoes: U.S. imports for consumption,a by principal sources, 2003–07,

January-June 2007, and January-June 2008

Source 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

January-June

2007

January-June

2008

Quantity (mt)

Mexico 4,645 4,625 490 2,840 10,664 9,621 5,048

China 691 104 1,517 9,871 12,116 9,590 1,517

Canada 11,147 8,789 6,698 7,792 7,029 4,031 1,757

Israel 4,330 5,759 8,342 7,505 5,556 3,839 1,651

Chile 616 323 1,862 5,226 7,281 4,372 186

Italy 3,211 3,304 3,602 4,214 3,470 1,737 2,601

Turkey 673 536 2,002 1,103 1,922 1,129 1,644

Spain 294 85 111 7,441 506 478 38

All other 2,180 2,608 1,637 4,157 1,449 889 461

Total 27,787 26,133 26,261 50,149 49,993 35,686 14,903

Value (1,000 $)

Mexico 3,348 3,680 635 3,277 9,381 8,332 5,508

China 315 72 669 5,458 6,662 5,117 902

Canada 6,543 5,689 4,681 5,473 5,400 3,129 1,316

Israel 2,111 3,285 7,170 5,814 4,440 3,058 1,270

Chile 300 136 977 3,172 4,164 2,462 101

Italy 2,878 3,101 3,766 4,166 3,938 2,068 2,691

Turkey 723 776 1,986 1,862 2,260 1,423 1,256

Spain 213 45 63 4,294 308 276 48

All other 1,557 1,390 1,563 3,263 1,137 612 583

Total 17,988 18,175 21,510 36,779 37,691 26,476 13,675

Unit value ($/mt)

b

Mexico 721 796 1,296 1,154 880 866 1,091

China 456 692 441 553 550 534 595

Canada 587 647 699 702 768 776 749

Israel 488 570 860 775 799 797 769

Chile 487 421 525 607 572 563 543

Italy 896 939 1,046 989 1,135 1,191 1,035

Turkey 1,074 1,448 992 1,688 1,176 1,260 764

Spain 724 529 568 577 609 577 1,263

All other 714 533 955 785 785 688 1,265

Weighted average 647 695 819 733 754 742 918

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce, except as

noted.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

a

Data are for prepared or preserved tomatoes (HTS subheadings 2002.10.00, 2002.90.00, 2002.90.40, and

2002.90.80) on a processed-weight basis. b

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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PRODUCTION AND COSTS
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TABLE 21 Fresh-market tomatoes: U.S. production quantity, value, and unit value, and harvested area, by major

producing states, 2003–07

State 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Quantity (mt)

Florida 643,648 685,832 704,883 520,725 557,919

California 462,665 590,578 508,024 611,216 660,114

Virginia 82,735 94,801 93,984 101,287 83,053

Georgia 69,400 44,724 97,160 97,976 97,976

Ohio 52,390 50,167 97,296 89,811 40,959

Tennessee 73,028 40,823 42,456 53,978 52,571

All other 229,927 219,722 192,006 179,441 169,689

Total 1,613,793 1,726,647 1,735,809 1,654,434 1,662,281

Value (1,000 $)

Florida 550,572 500,472 804,972 551,128 464,241

California 366,180 510,384 347,200 505,120 392,370

Virginia 60,192 95,931 88,267 123,038 66,282

Georgia 48,195 44,370 74,970 77,760 62,640

Ohio 47,933 49,549 74,861 112,068 53,638

Tennessee 59,570 30,600 31,824 49,980 39,406

All other 199,719 198,371 176,734 199,439 198,982

Total 1,332,361 1,429,677 1,598,828 1,618,533 1,277,559

Unit value ($/mt)

a

Florida 855 730 1,142 1,058 832

California 791 864 683 826 594

Virginia 728 1,012 939 1,215 798

Georgia 694 992 772 794 639

Ohio 915 988 769 1,248 1,310

Tennessee 816 750 750 926 750

All other 869 903 920 1,111 1,173

Total 826 828 921 978 769

Harvested area (acres)

Florida 43,000 42,000 42,000 38,500 37,800

California 34,000 42,000 40,000 41,000 41,000

Virginia 4,800 5,500 5,600 5,800 5,400

Georgia 4,500 5,800 6,300 6,000 6,000

Ohio 6,600 6,700 6,600 6,600 4,300

Tennessee 4,600 4,500 3,900 3,900 3,800

All other 24,200 23,200 21,300 20,800 20,900

Total 121,700 129,700 125,700 122,600 119,200

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, NASS, as reported in Vegetables,

2005 Summary: January 2006, Vg 1-2-(06), 32; 2006 Summary: January 2007, Vg 1-2(07), 32; and 2007

Summary: January 2008, Vg 1-2(08), 34; except as noted.

Note: Data reported here are crop production estimates for fresh tomatoes intended for fresh-market sales and

may vary significantly from actual crop-year shipments.

Note: Production data are revised annually and figures for the most recent calendar years may not match data

presented in earlier reports.

Note: Cherry, grape, tomatillo, and greenhouse tomatoes are excluded.

a

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 22 Fresh-market tomatoes: Florida shipments quantity, value, and unit value, by production districts,

2003–04 to 2007–08 crop-years

Crop-year District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 Total

Quantity (25-pound equivalents)

2003–04 5,149,703 4,992,519 18,946,637 28,900,765 57,989,624

2004–05 5,177,044 5,057,405 17,984,943 24,806,523 53,025,915

2005–06 4,201,779 4,238,805 13,591,775 25,847,944 47,880,303

2006–07 3,186,579 3,781,932 17,862,429 27,674,747 52,505,687

2007–08 3,315,205 199,356 15,460,626 26,202,270 45,177,457

Value (1,000 $)

2003–04 44,156 43,681 155,145 223,455 466,438

2004–05 52,289 57,102 222,357 330,887 662,636

2005–06 45,778 36,735 138,046 270,981 491,540

2006–07 26,096 33,612 139,543 204,634 403,885

2007–08 47,917 2,483 210,983 358,029 619,412

Unit value ($/25-pound equivalent)

2003–04 8.57 8.75 8.19 7.73 8.04

2004–05 10.10 11.29 12.36 13.34 12.50

2005–06 10.89 8.67 10.16 10.48 10.27

2006–07 8.19 8.89 7.81 7.39 7.69

2007–08 14.45 12.45 13.65 13.66 13.71

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from Annual Report, Florida Tomato Committee, Maitland, FL, various

issues.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to totals shown.

Note: The totals shown here also contain data for field-pack tomatoes and therefore do not match totals shown

elsewhere in this report.

Note: Crop-year is July-June.

Note: The respective counties included in each District are as follows: District 1 - Dade; District 2-Broward, Palm

Beach, Glades, Martin, St. Lucie, Okeechobee, Indian River, Brevard, and Osceola; District 3 - Charlotte, Collier,

Hendry, Lee, and Monroe; and District 4 - Sarasota, DeSoto, Highlands, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Hillsborough, and

Pinellas.
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TABLE 23 Processing tomatoes: U.S. production quantity, value, and unit value, and harvested area, by major

producing states, 2003–07

State 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Quantity (mt) 

California 8,393,283 10,588,673 8,708,984 9,166,207 10,960,621

Indiana 183,515 249,304 241,738 204,570 266,713

Ohio 157,197 160,862 159,012 104,780 101,786

Michigan 113,761 98,430 (a

) 151,337 155,755

All other 60,546 30,645 137,321 (b

) (b)

Total 8,908,302 11,127,913 9,247,054 9,626,893 11,484,873

Value (1,000 $)

California 529,214 669,973 572,160 660,802 849,365

Indiana 17,559 23,579 22,597 20,205 27,636

Ohio 13,447 13,902 14,338 10,049 10,098

Michigan 10,408 8,789 (a

) 13,613 14,662

All other 5,813 3,042 11,892 (b

) (b)

Total 576,441 719,285 620,987 704,669 901,761

Unit value ($/mt)

c

California 63 63 66 72 77

Indiana 96 95 93 99 104

Ohio 86 86 90 96 99

Michigan 91 89 - 90 94

All other 96 99 87 - -

Weighted average 65 65 67 73 79

Harvested area (acres)

California 274,000 281,000 264,000 282,000 296,000

Indiana 8,200 8,300 7,900 7,800 8,400

Ohio 5,700 6,200 5,800 3,300 3,300

Michigan 3,300 3,500 (a

) 6,300 5,900

All other 2,720 1,620 4,240 (b

) (b)

Total 293,920 300,620 281,940 299,400 313,600

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, NASS, Vegetables; 2004 Summary:

January 2005, Vg 1-2(05), 63; 2005 Summary: January 2006, Vg 1-2(06), 73; 2006 Summary: January 2007,

Vg 1-2(07), 63; and 2007 Summary: January 2008, Vg 1-2(08), 73, except as noted.

Note: Data reported here are crop production estimates of fresh tomatoes intended for processing and may vary

significantly from actual crop-year shipments and from quantities processed. 

Note: Production data are revised annually and figures for the most recent calendar years may not match data

presented in earlier reports.

a

Data included in “All Other” category to avoid disclosure of individual operations. b

Data discontinued.

c

Calculated by Commission staff using rounded numbers.
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TABLE 24 Estimated production costs for fresh-market tomatoes grown in Dade County and Southwest Florida, by

production area and by average cost per acre, 2004–05 and 2005–06 crop-years (in dollars)

Dade County Southwest

Cost item 2004–05 2005–06 2004–05 2005–06

Preharvest costs:

Operating costs:

Seed/transplant 202 202 480 480

Fertilizer 370 423 390 398

Fumigant 920 938 736 750

Other pesticides 821 915 745 861

Labor 619 619 479 479

Machinery 613 613 1,110 1,303

Interest 260 274 289 306

Miscellaneous 1,175 1,284 1,272 1,272

Subtotal 4,980 5,268 5,501 5,849

Fixed costs:

Land rent 420 420 500 500

Machinery 138 138 208 208

Management 1,056 1,110 740 781

Overhead 1,319 1,388 1,184 1,250

Subtotal 2,933 3,056 2,632 2,740

Total preharvest costs 7,913 8,324 8,133 8,589

Harvest and marketing costs:

Harvest and hauling 1,318 1,318 1,275 1,275

Packing 2,790 2,791 2,625 2,625

Containers 1,162 1,162 1,125 1,125

Selling 232 232 225 225

Organization fees 140 62 135 135

Subtotal 5,642 5,565 5,385 5,385

Total production costs 13,555 13,889 13,518 13,974

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from Cost of Production for Florida Vegetables, compiled by Scott A. Smith

and Timothy G. Taylor, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 

http://agbuscenter.ifas.ufl.edu/cost, retrieved August 13, 2007.

Note: These are the most current data available; data reporting discontinued after 2005–06 crop-year.

Note: These cost budgets are constructed based on input prices obtained from various industry sources and are

believed to reflect typical costs of production for growers in a given production area, but do not necessarily reflect the

actual industry average cost of production.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.
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TABLE 25 Estimated production costs for fresh-market tomatoes grown in Manatee/Ruskin, Florida, by production

season and by average cost per acre, 2004–05 and 2005–06 crop-years (in dollars)

 Fall-planted Spring-planted

Cost item 2004–05 2005–06 2004–05 2005–06

Preharvest costs:

Operating costs:

Transplants 320 320 450 450

Fertilizer 540 605 540 605

Fumigant 619 844 619 844

Other pesticides 943 1,039 718 803

Labor 693 705 632 643

Machinery 760 760 678 678

Interest 250 273 217 238

Miscellaneous 898 968 898 967

Subtotal 5,023 5,514 4,752 5,228

Fixed costs:

Land rent 300 300 300 300

Machinery 281 281 236 236

Management 643 699 609 663

Overhead 1,070 1,164 1,014 1,105

Subtotal 2,294 2,444 2,159 2,304

Total preharvest costs 7,317 7,958 6,911 7,533

Harvest and marketing costs:

Harvest and hauling 880 990 1,162 1,318

Packing 1,815 1,980 2,558 2,790

Containers 825 825 1,162 1,162

Selling 165 165 232 232

Organization fees 99 99 140 140

Subtotal 3,784 4,059 5,254 5,642

Total production costs 11,101 12,017 12,165 13,175

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from Cost of Production for Florida Vegetables, compiled by Scott A. Smith

and Timothy G. Taylor, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 

http://www.agbuscenter.ifas.ufl.edu/cost, retrieved August 13, 2007.

Note: These are the most current data available; data reporting discontinued after 2005–06 crop-year.

Note: These cost budgets are constructed based on input prices obtained from various industry sources and are

believed to reflect typical costs of production for growers in a given production area, but do not necessarily reflect the

actual industry average cost of production.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.
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SHIPMENTS, QUANTITIES AVAILABLE,

AND PRICES
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TABLE 26 Fresh-market tomatoes: Quantities available at major shipping points, by U.S. transportation mode, by

supply source, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year (10,000 lbs)

U.S. product 

Truck Imports

Month/week Florida California

All

other Total

PiggybackU.S.

total Mexico

All 

other Total

Grand

total

2007

Sept. 8 0 3,704 2,248 5,952 50 6,002 73 3 76 6,078

15 0 3,442 1,735 5,177 76 5,253 85 0 85 5,338

22 0 3,877 1,098 4,975 92 5,068 108 0 108 5,176

29 0 3,284 830 4,114 63 4,177 104 0 104 4,281

Oct. 6 0 4,806 430 5,236 38 5,274 148 0 148 5,422

13 239 4,714 325 5,279 34 5,312 154 3 157 5,469

20 945 3,555 0 4,500 13 4,513 157 4 161 4,674

27 1,287 2,637 0 3,923 67 3,991 176 3 180 4,171

Nov. 3 1,583 2,207 0 3,790 84 3,874 144 0 144 4,018

10 3,017 1,407 0 4,425 84 4,509 222 3 225 4,734

17 3,950 1,088 0 5,038 42 5,080 269 3 272 5,352

24 3,997 890 0 4,887 21 4,908 359 0 359 5,267

Dec. 1 4,083 300 0 4,383 34 4,417 448 3 451 4,868

8 4,147 217 0 4,364 17 4,381 435 3 438 4,819

15 4,562 122 0 4,683 13 4,696 737 44 781 5,477

22 4,808 43 0 4,851 8 4,860 1,180 8 1,188 6,048

29 3,225 0 0 3,225 0 3,225 1,242 9 1,251 4,476

2008

Jan. 5 4,559 0 0 4,559 0 4,559 1,040 5 1,045 5,604

12 3,304 0 0 3,304 0 3,304 1,902 11 1,913 5,217

19 3,614 0 0 3,614 0 3,614 2,003 12 2,015 5,629

26 3,058 0 0 3,058 0 3,058 2,063 14 2,077 5,135

Feb. 2 4,083 0 0 4,083 0 4,083 2,685 20 2,705 6,788

9 3,187 0 0 3,187 0 3,187 2,929 14 2,943 5,872

16 3,492 0 0 3,492 0 3,492 2,329 19 2,348 5,840

23 2,560 0 0 2,560 0 2,560 2,286 13 2,299 4,859

Mar. 1 2,547 0 0 2,547 0 2,547 2,547 31 2,578 5,125

8 2,039 0 318 2,358 0 2,358 2,770 27 2,797 5,155

15 3,348 0 200 3,548 0 3,548 1,733 16 1,749 5,297

22 3,486 0 172 3,658 0 3,658 1,323 24 1,347 5,005

29 3,886 0 112 3,998 0 3,998 1,265 27 1,292 5,290

Apr. 5 4,851 0 128 4,979 0 4,979 1,757 17 1,774 6,753

12 4,519 0 140 4,659 0 4,659 1,747 7 1,754 6,413

19 4,260 0 0 4,260 0 4,260 1,397 16 1,413 5,673

26 5,172 0 0 5,172 0 5,172 872 18 890 6,062

May 3 4,748 0 0 4,748 0 4,748 868 7 875 5,623

10 5,325 0 0 5,325 0 5,325 977 14 991 6,316

17 4,419 0 0 4,419 0 4,419 628 6 634 5,053

24 3,961 0 0 3,961 0 3,961 791 12 803 4,764

31 4,127 0 0 4,127 0 4,127 737 3 740 4,867

June 7 2,693 0 0 2,693 0 2,693 285 3 287 2,980

14 1,730 107 556 2,393 0 2,393 126 12 138 2,531

21 1,579 755 2,703 5,036 0 5,036 144 2 147 5,183

28 823 1,670 4,192 6,686 17 6,703 172 4 176 6,879

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from the USDA, Market News, http://marketnews.usda.gov/portal, retrieved

July 28, 2008.

Note: U.S. data are obtained by the USDA from various sources including Federal marketing order administrative

committees, Federal-State inspection service, shippers, and transportation agencies. Mexico shipment data is taken

at border-crossings.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the total shown.

Note: Piggy-back transportation mode is when product is shipped in trailers, semi-trailers, or containers on a

flat-bed rail car.
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TABLE 27 Fresh-market tomatoes: Average U.S. f.o.b. shipping-point prices, retail prices, and price differentials,

by months, 2003–04 to 2007–08 crop-years ($/lb)

Month 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Shipping-point prices

July 0.366 0.225 0.282 0.251 0.267

Aug. 0.400 0.358 0.262 0.278 0.286

Sept. 0.330 0.373 0.464 0.798 0.331

Oct. 0.310 0.708 0.364 0.532 0.416

Nov. 0.318 1.190 0.328 0.281 0.587

Dec. 0.321 - 0.768 0.248 0.812

Jan. 0.247 0.154 0.827 0.267 0.582

Feb. 0.323 0.409 0.465 0.346 0.455

Mar. 0.410 0.407 0.248 0.288 0.661

Apr. 0.442 0.651 0.344 0.549 0.552

May 0.322 0.494 0.233 0.498 (a

)

June 0.211 0.402 0.309 0.321 (a

)

Average 0.333 0.488 0.408 0.388 0.495

Retail pricesb

July 1.460 1.253 1.607 1.479 1.486

Aug. 1.513 1.312 1.416 1.488 1.485

Sept. 1.438 1.321 1.429 1.908 1.496

Oct. 1.436 1.715 1.547 2.188 1.649

Nov. 1.480 2.337 1.574 1.784 1.851

Dec. 1.533 2.467 1.848 1.639 2.147

Jan. 1.472 1.660 2.162 1.621 2.032

Feb. 1.510 1.428 1.910 1.644 1.735

Mar. 1.529 1.548 1.649 1.555 1.835

Apr. 1.519 1.710 1.573 1.630 1.773

May 1.510 1.911 1.543 1.685 (a

)

June 1.331 1.655 1.457 1.570 (a

)

Average 1.478 1.693 1.643 1.678 1.749

Price differentialc

July 1.094 1.028 1.325 1.228 1.219

Aug. 1.113 0.954 1.154 1.210 1.199

Sept. 1.108 0.948 0.965 1.110 1.165

Oct. 1.126 1.007 1.183 1.656 1.233

Nov. 1.162 1.447 1.246 1.503 1.264

Dec. 1.212 - 1.080 1.391 1.335

Jan. 1.225 1.506 1.335 1.354 1.450

Feb. 1.187 1.019 1.445 1.298 1.280

Mar. 1.119 1.141 1.401 1.267 1.174

Apr. 1.077 1.059 1.229 1.081 1.221

May 1.188 1.417 1.310 1.187 (a

)

June 1.120 1.255 1.148 1.249 (a

)

Average 1.145 1.162 1.235 1.290 1.254

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from Vegetables and Melons Situation and Outlook Yearbook, USDA, 

ERS, Washington, DC, May 15, 2008, VGS-2008, 66–68.

Note: Data for shipping-point prices may not be indicative of actual prices or trends in prices received by growers.

Note: Prices are updated annually and may not match data in previous reports.

a

Not available.

b

Retail prices are for field-grown fresh market tomatoes.

c

The difference between the shipping-point price and the retail price, calculated by Commission staff.
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TABLE 28 Fresh-market tomatoes: Florida shipments quantities and prices of sales, by maturity, by grade, and

by size, 2005–06 to 2007–08 crop-years

Greens Pinks

Grade/size 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Quantity (1,000 25-pound equivalents)

85 percent U.S. No.1 or better

5x6/larger 10,834 12,981 10,173 258 152 60

6x6 6,336 8,048 6,904 48 30 2

6x7 3,608 4,502 3,883 7 2 (a

)

Total 20,778 25,530 20,959 313 184 62

U.S. combination

5x6/larger 6,531 5,461 4,966 2,060 2,191 1,572

6x6 4,232 4,118 3,485 439 562 431

6x7 2,442 2,596 2,420 103 128 112

Total 13,205 12,175 10,871 2,603 2,882 2,115

U.S. No. 2

5x6/larger 3,148 3,202 2,762 1,046 1,549 1,472

6x6 1,891 1,998 2,223 197 256 297

6x7 1,511 1,453 1,820 53 54 75

Total 6,551 6,653 6,805 1,296 1,859 1,844

Grand totals

5x6/larger 20,512 21,644 17,901 3,364 3,893 3,104

6x6 12,459 14,164 12,612 684 848 729

6x7 7,561 8,552 8,122 163 184 188

Total 40,533 44,359 38,635 4,211 4,924 4,022

Average price (dollars per 25-pound equivalent)

85 percent U.S. No. 1 or better

5x6/larger 10.53 8.82 15.02 8.87 8.46 15.65

6x6 11.06 7.79 14.46 8.38 7.11 17.69

6x7 10.97 6.84 13.64 8.30 5.94 18.88

Average 10.77 8.14 14.58 8.79 8.21 15.73

U.S. combination

5x6/larger 10.49 8.33 13.89 7.83 6.84 12.68

6x6 11.09 7.31 13.49 9.38 6.12 11.87

6x7 10.51 6.53 12.82 8.84 5.90 10.64

Average 10.69 7.60 13.53 8.14 6.66 12.41

U.S. No. 2

5x6/larger 9.85 7.82 13.23 7.75 6.29 12.05

6x6 10.67 6.91 12.65 8.90 5.46 11.33

6x7 9.59 6.22 11.74 8.79 4.68 9.89

Average 10.03 7.20 12.64 7.97 6.13 11.85

Grand totals

5x6/larger 10.42 8.55 14.43 7.89 6.69 12.44

6x6 11.01 7.53 13.87 9.17 5.95 11.66

6x7 10.54 6.64 12.97 8.80 5.54 10.36

Average 10.62 7.85 13.94 8.13 6.52 12.20

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from Annual Report, Florida Tomato Committee, Maitland, FL, 2005–06,

2006–07, and 2007–08 crop-years.

Note: Because of rounding, figures may not add to the totals shown.

a

Less than 500 containers.
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TABLE 29 Fresh-market tomatoes: Average f.o.b. prices of Florida shipments, by maturity and by weeks, 2006–07

and 2007–08 crop-years ($/25-lb equivalent) 

Month/week

ending

 Greens Pinks Field packs All maturities

2006–07 2007–08 2006–07 2007–08 2006–07 2007–08 2006–07 2007–08

Oct. 14 12.08 (a

) 8.60 (a) (a) (a) 12.01 (a)

21 9.76 15.34 9.04 13.23 (a

) (a) 9.71 15.05

28 7.64 15.09 7.19 13.64 7.32 14.00 7.59 14.93

Nov. 4 6.46 11.36 6.11 9.96 6.62 10.35 6.44 11.24

11 6.17 11.98 5.48 11.18 6.01 11.37 6.11 11.90

18 6.60 16.07 5.41 14.83 6.12 14.94 6.52 15.97

25 5.97 19.49 4.64 18.07 4.86 19.00 5.88 19.41

Dec. 2 4.57 19.28 3.64 17.65 4.01 18.59 4.50 19.13

 9 4.14 18.91 3.02 17.01 3.41 18.00 3.89 18.71

16 4.91 21.91 4.09 21.24 4.81 21.26 4.79 21.83

23 5.44 20.62 4.86 21.08 5.35 21.18 5.37 20.68

 30 5.45 14.67 4.85 14.70 5.22 14.59 5.36 14.67

Jan. 6 4.46 14.45 3.60 13.17 4.31 12.97 4.35 14.24

13 6.36 15.04 5.49 14.80 5.90 15.31 6.21 15.04

20 13.80 11.90 12.94 10.89 13.10 11.22 13.64 11.73

27 13.76 11.38 12.93 9.59 13.24 10.73 13.65 11.13

Feb. 3 9.22 11.41 7.70 9.40 8.04 10.00 9.04 11.14

10 8.63 9.17 7.17 7.18 7.46 8.39 8.44 8.95

17 7.10 9.39 6.20 7.61 6.97 8.24 6.99 8.98

24 6.79 12.54 5.75 10.54 6.23 11.13 6.67 12.19

Mar. 2 5.58 19.31 4.02 17.47 4.56 18.00 5.35 19.04

 9 5.56 19.41 4.24 17.55 4.89 18.00 5.31 19.25

16 6.73 17.67 5.30 15.75 6.01 16.44 6.54 17.44

23 7.76 15.49 6.76 13.59 7.12 14.00 7.63 15.21

30 10.24 11.84 9.64 10.38 10.12 11.08 10.16 11.68

Apr. 6 9.54 10.88 9.32 9.76 9.36 10.44 9.50 10.75

13 10.74 13.35 10.44 11.47 10.54 12.05 10.69 12.99

20 15.31 9.94 15.44 8.32 15.82 8.89 15.35 9.73

27 15.97 7.70 15.25 5.79 15.35 6.51 15.90 7.50

May 4 16.16 8.69 15.27 7.44 15.27 7.74 16.05 8.55

11 10.14 8.25 8.49 6.94 8.80 7.67 9.89 8.09

18 5.79 8.89 4.38 7.96 4.74 8.14 5.60 8.75

25 5.39 14.26 3.70 13.34 4.04 13.11 5.19 14.11

June 1 5.12 13.92 3.46 13.08 4.01 13.11 4.92 13.79

 8 5.16 13.71 4.00 12.93 5.00 12.91 5.06 13.59

15 (

a

) 13.37 (a) 11.87 (a) 12.69 (a) 13.09

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from Annual Report, Florida Tomato Commission, Orlando, FL, 2006–07 and

2007–08 crop-years.

Note: Data shown are for the actual weeks reported during the 2007–08 crop-year. Data for the other crop-year are

for weeks closest to the dates shown.

Note: Prices are generally higher earlier in the season when supplies are low and tend to fall as additional supplies

from Florida and Mexico become available. However, in those seasons where supplies are somewhat lower because

of weather damage during the production season, prices may be higher during the ensuing weeks.

a

Not reported.
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TABLE 30 Fresh-market tomatoes: Average range of shipping-point prices for mature-green tomatoes f.o.b.

Florida,a

 by grade, by size, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year ($/25-lb carton)

Month/week

ending

85 percent U.S. #1 or better U.S. combination or better U.S #2

5x6 6x6 5x6 6x6 5x6 6x6 

2007

Dec. 15 25.65-25.65 23.65-24.65 24.65-25.65 23.65-23.65 23.65-24.65 21.65-22.65

22 25.65-25.65 23.65-23.65 25.65-25.65 23.65-23.65 23.65-23.65 21.65-21.65

29 21.65-23.65 17.65-17.65 21.65-22.65 16.65-16.65 20.65-21.65 15.65-15.65

2008

Jan. 5 17.65-19.65 13.65-15.65 17.65-17.65 13.65-14.65 16.65-19.65 12.65-14.65

12 19.65-19.65 15.65-16.65 - - 18.65-18.65 14.65-14.65

19 14.65-17.65 13.65-15.65 - - 13.65-13.65 11.65-12.65

26 13.65-13.65 13.65-13.65 - - 12.65-12.65 12.65-12.65

Apr. 19 11.65-15.65 11.65-15.65 9.65-11.65 9.65-11.65 9.65-13.65 9.65-13.65

26 9.65-11.65 9.65-11.65 8.65-10.65 8.65-10.65 7.65-9.65 7.65-9.65

May 3 11.65-13.65 10.65-12.65 10.65-12.65 10.65-11.65 9.65-11.65 7.65-10.65

10 11.65-11.65 10.65-10.65 - - 9.65-10.65 8.65-9.65

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, Market News,

http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal, retrieved August 4, 2008.

Note: There were no data reported in 2008 for the weeks of February 2 through April 12.

a

Data are for Central and South Florida.
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TABLE 31 Fresh-market tomatoes: Average range of shipping-point prices for vine-ripe tomatoes from Mexico, f.o.b.

Nogales, AZ, by method grown, by container, by count or size, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year ($/flat)

Month/week

ending

Greenhouse-grown Field-grown

One-layer flats Two-layer flats

32 count 35 count 39 count 45 count 4x5 size 5x5 size

2007

Nov. 24 10.85-10.85 16.85-18.85 16.85-16.95 14.85-14.95 - -

Dec. 1 18.95-20.95 18.00-18.95 16.00-16.95 14.85-14.95 - -

. 8 20.85-20.96 18.00-18.95 16.00-16.95 14.85-14.95 - -

15 22.85-24.95 20.85-22.95 18.95-18.95 16.95-16.85 28.95-32.95 27.95-30.95

22 22.85-24.95 20.85-22.95 18.85-18.95 16.85-18.85 20.95-28.95 21.95-28.95

29 14.95-20.95 12.95-18.95 12.95-16.95 8.95-14.95 16.95-20.95 15.95-20.95

2008

Jan. 5 14.95-16.95 12.95-14.95 12.95-12.95 8.95-10.95 16.95-18.95 15.95-16.95

12 16.95-16.95 14.95-14.95 12.95-12.95 10.95-12.95 14.95-18.95 13.95-16.95

19 8.95-16.95 7.95-14.95 5.95-12.95 4.95-10.95 8.95-12.95 7.95-10.95

26 8.95-10.95 6.95-8.95 5.95-8.95 4.95-6.95 10.95-10.95 8.95-8.95

Feb. 2 5.95-8.95 4.95-8.95 4.95-8.95 4.95-6.95 5.95-8.95 5.95-7.95

9 3.55-6.95 3.55-5.95 3.55-5.95 3.55-4.95 5.25-6.00 5.55-5.95

16 3.55-5.95 3.95-8.95 3.95-6.95 3.55-6.95 5.25-8.95 5.55-8.95

23 5.95-7.95 5.95-7.95 5.95-7.95 5.95-8.95 10.95-12.95 13.95-12.95

Mar. 1 8.95-12.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 12.95-14.95 15.95-14.95

8 8.95-12.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 10.95-14.95 11.95-14.95

15 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-9.95 5.25-7.95 15.95-16.95

22 10.95-12.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-10.95 8.95-9.95 12.95-16.95 11.95-16.95

29 10.95-10.95 7.95-8.95 7.95-8.95 6.95-8.95 10.95-12.95 11.95-10.95

Apr. 5 10.95-10.95 8.95-8.95 7.95-8.95 6.95-8.95 14.95-16.95 13.95-14.95

12 10.95-10.95 6.95-8.95 5.95-8.95 5.95-8.95 10.95-14.95 8.95-12.95

19 7.95-8.95 5.95-6.95 5.95-6.95 4.95-6.95 10.95-12.95 8.95-10.95

26 7.95-8.95 5.95-6.95 4.95-6.95 4.95-5.95 8.95-10.95 7.95-8.95

May 3 7.95-8.95 5.95-6.95 4.95-6.95 4.95-5.95 9.95-12.95 8.95-10.95

10 - - - - 10.95-12.95 6.95-10.95

17 - - - - 10.95-12.95 5.85-8.95

24 - - - - 12.95-16.95 8.95-12.95

31 - - - - 12.95-16.95 11.00-14.95

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, Market News,

http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal, retrieved August 6, 2008.
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TABLE 32 Fresh-market tomatoes: Range of Chicago terminal market prices for tomatoes, by method grown, by

maturity, by supplier, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year ($/carton or flat)

Month/week

ending

Field-grown Greenhouse-grown

Mature greensa Vine ripesb Vine ripesc

California Florida California Florida Canada Mexico

2007

Sept. 1 12.00-14.00 - - 12.50-13.00 10.00-12.00 -

8 12.00-13.00 - - 12.50-13,00 10.00-12.00 -

15 8.00-11.00 - 6.50-8.00 15.00.15.50 10.00-13.00 -

22 8.50-10.50 - 7.00-8.00 12.00-15.00 11.00-13.00 -

29 8.50-11.00 - 7.50-10.00 12.00-12.00 11.00-13.00 -

Oct. 6 12.00-16.00 - 12.00-20.00 14.00-16.00 14.00-14.00 -

13 16.00-20.00 - 14.00-20.00 18.00-18.00 13.00-16.00 -

20 18.00-22.00 - 19.00-22.00 20.00-22.00 15.00-16.00 16.00-16.00

 27 18.00-22.00 - 16.00-22.00 20.00-22.00 10.00-16.00 14.50-16.00

Nov. 3 15.00-18.00 - 14.50-18.00 20.00-20.00 10.00-14.00 12.00-14.50

10 15.00-19.00 - 14.50-16.50 19.00-19.00 12.00-14.00 12.00-13.00

17 - 22.00-26.00 18.00-25.00 24.00-28.00 14.00-20.00 20.00-21.00

24 - 25.00-28.00 23.00-25.00 27.00-28.00 21.00-22.00 20.00-21.00

Dec. 1 - 28.00-28.00 23.00-25.00 27.00-30.00 21.00-22.00 20.00-21.00

8 - 26.00-28.00 23.00-25.00 28.00-30.00 21.00-23.00 20.00-21.00

15 - 26.00-34.00 28.00-30.00 30.00-31.00 23.00-26.00 26.00-26.00

22 - 30.00-34.00 28.00-30.00 30.00-34.00 26.00-32.00 26.00-32.00

29 - 24.00-28.00 - 28.00-30.00 16.00-24.00 30.00-32.00

2008 

Jan. 5 - 20.00-24.00 - 27.00-28.00 10.00-14.00 20.00-32.50

12 - 21.00-24.00 - 23.00-24.00 - 25.00-25.00

19 - 15.00-22.00 - 16.00-23.00 - 22.00-24.00

 26 - 14.00-16.00 - 15.00-18.00 - 22.00-24.00

Feb. 2 - 14.00-15.00 - 13.00-16.00 - 15.00-24.00

9 - 14.00-15.00 - 12.00-14.00 - 12.00-14.00

16 - 12.00-14.00 - 12.00-14.00 - 12.00-12.00

 23 - 12.00-18.00 - 12.00-14.00 - 12.00-14.00

Mar. 1 - 16.00-20.00 - 16.00-20.00 - 13.00-14.00

8 - 24.00-25.00 - 22.00-22.00 - 14.00-15.00

15 - 26.00-26.00 - 23.00-23.00 - 16.00-18.00

22 - 20.00-23.00 - 22.00-23.00 - 12.00-14.00

29 - 16.00-21.00 - 17.00-23.00 - 12.00-14.00

Apr. 5 - 16.00-18.00 - 17.00-18.00 20.00-20.00 12.00-14.00

12 - 18.00-20.00 - 18.00-22.00 17.00-18.00 14.00-16.00

19 - 14.00-18.00 - 15.00-18.00 16.00-17.00 10.00-15.00

26 - 12.00-15.00 - 15.00-17.00 16.00-17.00 10.00-12.00

May 3 - 12.00-14.00 - 14.00-16.00 14.00-17.00 -

10 - 13.00-14.00 - 18.00-18.00 14.00-15.00 -

17 - 14.00-14.00 - 16.00-18.00 14.00-15.00 -

24 - 16.00-20.00 - 16.00-18.00 14.00-15.00 -

31 - 20.00-23.00 - 22.00-25.00 16.00-18.00 -

June 7 - 20.00-22.00 - 16.00-30.00 15.00-16.00 -

14 - 16.00-20.00 - 17.00-17.00 15.00-18.00 -

21 - 16.00-18.00 - 15.00-18.00 15.00-18.00 -

28 - 14.00-16.00 - 14.00-16.00 15.00-16.00 -

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, Market News,

http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal, retrieved August 2, 2008.

a

25 pound cartons loose, 5x6 size.

b

Two-layer cartons, 4x5 size.

c

15-pound flats, 22s size.
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TABLE 33 Fresh-market tomatoes: Range of New York terminal market prices for field-grown mature-green

tomatoes,a

 by state and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year ($/carton)b

Month/week ending California Florida Tennessee Virginia

2007

Aug. 4 8.00-9.00 - 8.00-10.00 8.00-9.00

11 9.00-10.00 - 8.00-10.00 8.00-10.00

 18 10.00-12.00 - 9.00-10.00 9.00-11.00

25 12.00-15.00 - 12.00-12.00 11.00-14.00

Sept. 1 13.00-15.00 - 13.00-14.00 12.00-14.00

 8 13.00-14.00 - - 12.00-14.00

15 11.00-12.00 - 11.00-13.00 11.00-12.00

22 11.00-12.00 - 10.00-12.00 -

29 11.00-15.00 - 11.00-12.00 11.00-15.00

Oct. 6 16.00-20.00 - 16.00-17.00 20.00-20.00

13 22.00-22.00 - - 23.00-25.00

20 23.00-25.00 - - 22.00-24.00

 27 20.00-22.00 20.00-22.00 - -

Nov. 3 18.00-21.00 18.00-21.00 - -

10 20.00-20.00 18.00-20.00 - -

17 10.00-11.00 32.00-35.00 - -

24 - 28.00-30.00 - -

Dec. 1 - 26.00-28.00 - -

 8 - 24.00-27.00 - -

15 - 25.00-32.00 - -

22 - 30.00-32.00 - -

29 - 30.00-30.00 - -

2008

Jan. 5 - 24.00-26.00 - -

12 - 22.00-23.00 - -

19 - 14.00-18.00 - -

 26 - 14.00-17.00 - -

Feb. 2 - 14.00-15.00 - -

9 - 13.00-15.00 - -

16 - 11.00-13.00 - -

 23 - 13.00-16.00 - -

Mar. 1 - 18.00-24.00 - -

8 - 22.00-28.00 - -

15 - 22.00-26/00 - -

 22 - 18.00-22.00 - -

29 - 15.00-18.00 - -

Apr. 5 - 15.00-20.00 - -

12 - 19.00-20.00 - -

19 - 14.00-18.00 - -

26 - 11.00-14.00 - -

May 3 - 12.00-15.00 - -

10 - 14.00-15.00 - -

17 - 13.00-15.00 - -

24 - 16.00-20.00 - -

31 22.50-23.00 21.00-24.00 - -

June 7 22.00-22.00 19.00-22.00 - -

 14 - 16.00-21.00 - -

 21 - 16.00-19.00 - -

28 - 12.00-17.00 - -

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, Market News,

http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal, retrieved August 2, 2008.

a

Data are for 85 percent or more U.S #1 or better grade.

b

Cartons hold 25 pounds.
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TABLE 34 Fresh-market tomatoes: Range of Los Angeles terminal market prices for tomatoes, by type, by

supplier, and by weeks, 2007–08 crop-year ($/carton or flat)

Month/week

ending

Plum typea

California Grape typeb Cherry typec

Central San

Joaquin Valley

Southern California

Coast and Mexico

Crossingsd Mexico Mexico California Mexico

2007

Aug. 4 7.00-10.00 8.00-13.00 - 13.00-15.00 8.00-9.00 7.00-9.00

11 7.00-8.00 7.50-9.00 - 12.00-14.00 8.00-9.00 7.00-8.00

 18 12.00-16.00 12.00-16.00 - 8.00-11.00 7.00-9.00 7.00-9.00

25 12.00-15.00 13.00-16.00 - 8.00-11.00 - 7.00-22.50

Sept. 1 11.00-14.00 10.00-16.00 - 9.00-12.50 9.00-9.00 8.00-30.00

 8 8.00-12.50 10.00-15.00 - 9.00-12.50 - 8.00-10.00

15 10.00-13.00 12.00-15.00 - 8.00-12.50 - 8.00-10.00

22 10.00-12.00 12.00-15.00 - 8.00-10.00 - 8.00-22.50

29 10.00-15.00 14.00-16.00 - 8.00-10.00 10.00-13.00 10.00-22.50

Oct. 6 15.00-19.00 15.00-22.00 - 8.00-12.00 11.00-15.00 12.00-32.50

13 16.00-19.00 16.00-20.00 - 13.00-15.00 12.00-16.00 15.00-32.50

20 14.00-17.00 16.00-20.00 - 14.00-29.00 12.00-16.00 12.00-32.50

 27 15.00-17.00 15.00-20.00 - 24.00-28.00 11.00-14.00 11.00-32.50

Nov. 3 13.00-17.00 15.00-17.00 - 20.00-28.00 11.00-14.00 12.00-32.50

10 16.00-18.00 18.00-21.00 - 20.00-20.00 11.00-11.00 12.00-32.50

17 - 20.00-22.00 - 17.50-17.50 10.00-14.00 13.00-15.00

24 - 20.00-22.00 - 17.50-21.00 12.00-14.00 14.00-15.00

Dec. 1 - 15.00-20.00 - 12.50-20.00 - 14.00-18.00

 8 - 15.00-26.00 - 12.50-15.00 - 19.00-20.00

15 - 26.00-27.00 - 14.00-20.00 - 25.00-28.00

22 - 26.00-27.00 27.00-29.00 16.50-20.00 - 25.00-26.00

29 - - 25.00-27.00 17.00-20.00 - 17.00-25.00

2008

Jan. 5 - - 18.00-22.00 16.00-18.00 - 14.00-17.00

12 - - 18.00-20.00 16.00-17.00 - 15.00-16.00

19 - - 11.00-18.00 15.00-17.00 - 12.00-16.00

 26 - - 11.00-12.00 15.00-16.00 - 12.00-13.00

Feb. 2 - - 11.00-12.00 14.00-16.00 - 11.00-13.00

9 - - 9.00-12.00 14.00-15.00 - 10.00.12.00

16 - - 9.00-12.00 14.00-15.00 - 9.00-11.00

 23 - - 11.00-12.00 14.00-15.00 - 8.00-10.00

Mar. 1 - - 15.00-17.00 14.00-15.00 - 8.00-10.00

8 - - 10.00-16.00 14.00-15.00 - 9.00-10.00

15 - - 10.00-18.00 14.00-21.00 - 9.00-12.00

 22 - - 17.00-20.00 20.00-21.00 - 12.00-15.00

29 - - 18.00-22.00 20.00-21.00 - 14.00-16.00

Apr. 5 - - 18.00-22.00 18.00-21.00 - 16.00-20.00

12 - - 16.50-22.00 18.00-18.00 - 19.00-20.00

19 - - 15.00-18.00 - - 19.00-20.00

26 - - 14.00-16.00 - - 14.00-20.00

May 3 - - 14.00-16.00 - - 14.00-15.00

10 - - 15.00-16.00 19.00-20.00 - 15.00-16.00

17 - - 12.00-14.00 19.00-20.00 - 15.00-16.00

24 - - 12.00-17.00 19.00-25.00 - 17.00-18.00

31 - - 11.00-17.00 24.00-25.00 - 18.00-18.00

June 7 - - 12.00-14.00 24.00-25.00 - 18.00-18.00

 14 - - 10.00-12.00 24.00-25.00 - 19.00-20.00

 21 - - 10.00-12.00 24.00-25.00 - 24.00-25.00

28 - - 11.00-15.00 24.00-24.50 - 20.00-25.00

Source: Compiled by Commission staff from official statistics of the USDA, Market News, 

http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal, retrieved August 2, 2008.

a

25-pound cartons loose.

b

20-pound cartons loose.

c

Flats of 12 one-pint baskets.

d

Mexico crossings through Otay Mesa.