Fruits Info

USDA informs, due to the increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables in the USA, its imports are rising by high rates; imports have already exceeded exports twice as much. In 1990-92 the average annual volumes of fruit & vegetable imports totaled to $2.7 billion; in 2004-06 the imports increased up to $7.9 billion. The average yearly vegetable imports reach at $1.8 billion in 2004-06, fruits imports were worth to $2.5 billion.

Mexico and Canada are the major suppliers of vegetables to the USA; almost 83% of the total imports are owed to these countries. The major imported products are tomatoes, cucumbers and bell pepper. The volumes of imported bananas are the largest; Colombia, Ecuador, Costa-Rika, Honduras and Guatemala deliver these products.

So the reliance of the USA on the imports of fresh fruits and vegetables increase year by year. The influence of this issue to fruit vegetable business of Russia and Ukraine, the formed opportunities will be covered in the presentations focused on the global fruit vegetable market throughout the CIS largest fruit vegetable conferences: "Fruits Vegetable Business of Russia 2007. Wealth of New Opportunities" and "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2007. Meeting New Leader".