retail price of plums in us
In 2004, the season-average grower price for plums was $473 per ton. Price variability is mainly attributed to fluctuations in production. Imports Although the United States is a net exporter of fresh-market plums, exports exceeded imports by just $8.4 million in 2004. The total value of U.S. plum imports has nearly doubled between 1998 and 2004 from $18.0 million to $31.1 million (Figure 6). The highest value of imports was in 2002 at $33.2 million.