Washington, DC April 10, 2019 USDA Truck Rate Report WA_FV190 Provided by: Patty Willkie Phone: 202-365-6701 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY APRIL 9 2019 Rates quoted represent open (spot) market sales that shippers or receivers pay, depending on basis of sale, per load, including brokers' fees for shipments in truck load volume to a single destination. Extra charges for delivery to terminal markets, multi-pickup and multi-drop shipments are not included unless otherwise stated. Rates are based on the most usual loads in 48-53 foot refrigerated trailers from the origin shipping area to the destination receiving city. The ten cities of destination are Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington. A slight surplus of trucks was reported for sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina. A slight surplus of trucks was reported for the following commodities: beans, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, mixed vegetables, peppers, and squash from Mexico crossings through Nogales Arizona, tomatoes, mixed vegetables and berries from Central and South Florida, onions, cabbage, oranges, and grapefruit from Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, and limes, tomatoes, broccoli, mixed fruits and vegetables from Mexico crossings through Texas. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF APRIL 3-9 2019 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY APRIL 9 2019 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY APRIL 2 2019 SHOWN IN (). In areas where rates are based on package rates, per-load rates were derived by multiplying the package rate by the number of packages in the most usual load in a 48-53 foot trailer. WEEKLY RANGE TUESDAY MOSTLY MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, MELONS AND MIXED VEGETABLES, PEPPERS AND SQUASH SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4100 4400 (+1) CHICAGO 3200 3600 (0) DALLAS 2300 2500 (0) LOS ANGELES 1300 1500 (0) MIAMI 4800 5400 5000 (+1) NEW YORK 5400 5900 5500 5700 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 5200 5700 5200 5400 (+2) WESTERN ARIZONA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4600 5000 BALTIMORE 6100 6500 BOSTON 6500 6900 CHICAGO 4200 4600 DALLAS 3300 3700 MIAMI 6500 6700 NEW YORK 6400 6800 PHILADELPHIA 6200 6700 CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- BOSTON 6900 7300 (+4) CHICAGO 4400 4800 (+5) DALLAS 3700 4100 (+3) NEW YORK 6800 7200 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 6600 7100 (+5) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4900 5300 (+4) BALTIMORE 6400 6800 (+5) BOSTON 6800 7200 (+4) CHICAGO 4300 4700 (+5) DALLAS 3500 3900 (+3) MIAMI 6800 7000 (+5) NEW YORK 6700 7100 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7000 (+5) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, KALE AND PARSLEY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4800 5200 BALTIMORE 6300 6700 BOSTON 6700 7100 CHICAGO 4300 4700 DALLAS 3500 3900 MIAMI 6700 6900 NEW YORK 6600 7000 PHILADELPHIA 6400 6900 SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5400 5800 BALTIMORE 6700 7100 BOSTON 7300 7700 CHICAGO 4600 5000 DALLAS 4100 4500 MIAMI 7300 7500 NEW YORK 7200 7600 PHILADELPHIA 7000 7500 SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND ICEBERG LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5200 5600 (+4) BALTIMORE 6700 7100 (+5) BOSTON 7100 7500 (+4) CHICAGO 4500 4900 (+4) DALLAS 3900 4300 (+3) MIAMI 7100 7300 (+4) NEW YORK 7000 7400 (+4) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7300 (+4) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4500 5500 5000 5400 (+4) BALTIMORE 5600 6600 6100 6500 (+3) BOSTON 6300 7400 6800 7200 (+3) CHICAGO 3800 4900 4300 4700 (+5) DALLAS 2800 3800 3400 3800 (+6) MIAMI 6200 7200 6700 7100 (+3) NEW YORK 5900 6900 6100 6600 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 5700 6700 6100 6500 (+2) SEATTLE 2750 3500 2900 3300 (+2) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2881 3683 3440 (0) BALTIMORE 4945 5160 4945 (0) BOSTON 5160 5465 5160 (0) CHICAGO 1935 3048 1935 2150 (0) DALLAS 1613 2150 1720 2043 (0) LOS ANGELES 1828 2510 1935 2150 (0) MIAMI 4515 5590 4515 4730 (0) NEW YORK 4515 4978 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4515 4945 4515 4838 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, MELONS SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 1150 1300 1150 1200 BALTIMORE 2000 2200 2100 BOSTON 2800 3200 2900 3000 CHICAGO 1800 2000 1800 1900 NEW YORK 2600 2800 2600 2700 PHILADELPHIA 2200 2400 2200 2300 FLORIDA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0) BOSTON 3613 3825 3800 (0) MIAMI 650 800 (0) NEW YORK 2600 2800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2400 2600 (0) SOUTH FLORIDA -- MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0) BOSTON 2800 3200 (0) CHICAGO 1900 2100 (0) NEW YORK 2700 2900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2400 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4675 5525 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 5313 5738 (0) BOSTON 5738 6163 5950 6163 (0) CHICAGO 3400 3825 (0) DALLAS 3613 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 (0) MIAMI 6163 6588 (0) NEW YORK 5950 6375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5525 5950 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4250 5000 4463 (0) BALTIMORE 4888 5500 5100 (0) BOSTON 5525 6163 5950 (0) CHICAGO 2975 3613 3400 (0) DALLAS 3188 3613 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 1913 (0) MIAMI 5950 6375 6163 (0) NEW YORK 5313 6000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5100 5500 5313 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 2600 2850 (0) BOSTON 1700 1800 (0) NEW YORK 2200 2500 2250 2350 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2500 2700 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2600 3000 (0) BOSTON 3500 3800 (0) CHICAGO 900 1100 1000 (0) DALLAS 2700 3200 (0) MIAMI 4000 4400 (0) NEW YORK 3000 3300 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4300 4515 (0) BALTIMORE 4515 5160 (0) BOSTON 4730 5160 (0) CHICAGO 2150 (0) DALLAS 2903 3655 (0) MIAMI 5375 6020 (0) NEW YORK 4945 5590 5160 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4730 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2250 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 (0) BOSTON 3000 3500 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2500 3000 2500 2800 (0) BALTIMORE 1500 1800 (0) BOSTON 1500 2000 1500 1750 (0) CHICAGO 2500 3000 2700 2800 (0) MIAMI 2800 3800 3200 3600 (0) NEW YORK 1200 1900 1400 1700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1500 1800 (0) LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS -- ONIONS CABBAGE ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2800 (0) BALTIMORE 3800 4400 (0) BOSTON 5000 5300 (0) CHICAGO 3200 3300 (0) DALLAS 1200 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 2800 3600 (0) MIAMI 3600 3800 (0) NEW YORK 4800 5000 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 4200 4600 (0) SEATTLE 5400 5800 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2800 (0) BALTIMORE 3800 4400 (0) BOSTON 5000 5300 (0) CHICAGO 3200 3300 (0) DALLAS 1200 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 2800 3600 (0) MIAMI 3600 3800 (0) NEW YORK 4800 5000 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 4200 4600 (0) SEATTLE 5400 5800 (0) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5738 6300 (0) CHICAGO 5200 5950 (0) DALLAS 4200 4500 (0) LOS ANGELES 1913 2125 2000 (0) MIAMI 6163 7225 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 5800 6600 6200 6600 (0) BOSTON 6500 7400 6500 6800 (0) CHICAGO 3800 5200 4400 4700 (0) DALLAS 3300 4400 4100 4300 (-1) LOS ANGELES 2050 2600 2100 2300 (0) NEW YORK 6300 7400 6500 6800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6000 7300 6300 6700 (0) SEATTLE 1000 1400 1000 1200 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2975 3188 (0) BALTIMORE 3188 3613 (0) BOSTON 2975 4038 2975 3400 (0) CHICAGO 956 1275 956 1063 (0) MIAMI 4250 5100 4675 5100 (0) NEW YORK 2975 4250 3400 3825 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2975 3613 3188 3613 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. 2019 2018 MAR 31-APR 06 APR 01-07 U.S. 22,741 35,401 IMPORTS 19,189 22,524 ------------ -------------- sum 41,930 57,925 MAR 24-30 MAR 25-31 U.S. 27,643 31,971 IMPORTS 22,301 23,099 ------------ -------------- sum 49,944 55,070 MAR 17-23 MAR 18-24 U.S. 24,467 30,217 IMPORTS 21,120 25,826 ------------ -------------- sum 45,587 56,043