WA_FV404                                                                                        
WASHINGTON  USDA  AMS  SEP 24 2019               AVOCADOS                                       
                                                                                                
Provided by:  Specialty Crops Market News                                                       
              Federal - State Market News Service, USDA.                                        
California volume is harvested data.                                                            
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                       SHIPMENTS BY ORIGINS                                     
                           (AMOUNTS ARE SHOWN IN UNITS OF 10,000 LBS)                           
                                                                                                
COMMODITY                        SEP 15   SEP 08   SEP 16  TOTAL THIS   TOTAL LAST              
  MODE                           SEP 21   SEP 14   SEP 22  SEASON THRU  SEASON THRU     TOTAL   
    ORIGIN                        2019     2019     2018   SEP 21 2019  SEP 22 2018  LAST SEASON
                                                                                                
AVOCADOS                                                                                        
  PIGGYBACK                                                                                     
    CALIFORNIA-SOUTH                  4       13       13          330         1056         1118
    TOTAL                             4       13       13          330         1056         1118
                                                                                                
  TRUCK                                                                                         
    CALIFORNIA-SOUTH                  -      204      532        20568        34919        36458
    FLORIDA                         140      158       98         2944         1441         2671
    TOTAL                           140      362      630        23512        36359        39129
                                                                                                
  AIR                                                                                           
    FLORIDA                           -        -        -          118            -            -
    TOTAL                             -        -        -          118            -            -
                                                                                                
  U.S. TOTAL                        144      375      644        23960        37415        40247
                                                                                                
  IMPORT                                                                                        
    COLOMBIA                          -        -        -          150            4           63
    CHILE                           263      108      365          810          967         4891
    DOMINICA                          -        -        -            -            1            1
    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC               27       17       32          774         1535         6776
    JAMAICA                           -        -        1            2            4            9
    MEXICO                         3840     4500     3174        25064        21816       196810
    NEW ZEALAND                       -        -        -            4            -            -
    PERU                             46      212      165        13530        12269        14081
  IMPORT TOTAL                     4175     4837     3736        40334        36595       222630
                                                                                                

AVOCADOS - ORGANIC                                                                              
    MEXICO                            -        -        -            3            -           91
  IMPORT TOTAL                        -        -        -            3            -           91
                                                                                                

COMMODITY TOTAL                    4320     5212     4380        64297        74010       262968