Increase of fresh produce imports to the US

Barranquilla – In a report by the USDA, there is an evaluation of the increasing imports of fruits and vegetables to this country, particularly important since the 1990s. The major suppliers are located within the NAFTA countries in the first place, counter-season countries of the Southern hemisphere in the second place and equatorial countries providers of bananas in the third place. The most important increase on imports is mirrored in the increasing and diversification of consumption by the US population.Between 1990-92 and 2004-06, US annual imports of fresh produce increase from 2.7 billion dollars to 7.9 billion dollars (nominal values). Exports also increased but less than proportional, therefore US is converting in a net importer of fresh produce.
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Sophia Huang and Kuo Huang, the authors of the report, are agricultural economists at the USDA.
Publication date: 9/17/2007
Author: Jahir Lombana
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