Higher imports helped boost consumption of pineapples and avocados. Per capita consumption of pears remained unchanged. Grapefruit consumption declined for the third straight year, but was the same as 1996. About a fifth of the fruit consumed in the United States is canned. Pineapples were the number one canned fruit consumed in the United States.
Most canned pineapple is imported, primarily from the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Apples comprise the second largest share of canned fruit, and despite the overall decline in apple consumption in 1999, canned apple consumption rose to 5.1 pounds per person. The increase, however, was mostly due to the decline in consumption the previous year. Canned apple consumption in 1999 was just slightly below the average for the nineties at 5.2 pounds per person. Canned consumption was also up for peaches, pears, and olives, and remained unchanged for grapes and cherries. Canned fruit consumption estimates are incomplete since carryover stock data became unavailable in 1988.