Washington, DC January 22, 2019 USDA Truck Rate Report Contact: Patty Willkie (202)365-6701 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY JANUARY 21 2020 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 shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: potatoes from San Luis Valley Colorado, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, and potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington. A slight surplus of trucks was reported for the following commodities: tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and berries from Central and South Florida. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 15-21 2020 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 21 2020 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 14 2020 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 -- CUCUMBERS, BEANS, EGGPLANT, PEPPERS, TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES AND MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4200 5000 4200 4600 (-4) BALTIMORE 5700 6100 5800 6000 (-2) BOSTON 6700 7200 6800 7000 (-2) CHICAGO 3600 4200 3800 (-7) DALLAS 2400 2800 2400 2600 (0) LOS ANGELES 1300 1600 1300 1400 (0) MIAMI 5300 5600 (-2) NEW YORK 6300 6700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5900 6500 6100 6200 (-1) IMPERIAL, PALO VERDE AND COACHELLA VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA -- LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4800 5300 (-2) BALTIMORE 6200 6600 (-2) BOSTON 7100 7600 (-1) CHICAGO 4500 5100 (-2) DALLAS 3600 4100 (0) MIAMI 6500 6700 (0) NEW YORK 6700 7200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6400 6900 (-1) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5500 5800 (-2) BALTIMORE 6800 7000 (-1) BOSTON 7500 7900 (-1) CHICAGO 4900 5300 (-2) DALLAS 3900 4200 (0) MIAMI 7100 (0) NEW YORK 7200 7600 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7200 (-1) SEATTLE 3600 4000 (0) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE, CILANTRO, KALE AND PARSLEY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5400 5700 (-2) BALTIMORE 6900 7100 (-1) BOSTON 7600 8000 (-1) CHICAGO 5000 5400 (-2) DALLAS 3900 4200 (0) MIAMI 7000 7100 (0) NEW YORK 7300 7700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7400 (-1) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, STRAWBERRIES, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5800 6100 (-2) BALTIMORE 7200 7400 (-1) BOSTON 7800 8200 (-1) CHICAGO 5200 5600 (-2) DALLAS 4400 4700 (0) MIAMI 7400 (0) NEW YORK 7500 7900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7100 7500 (-1) SEATTLE 3700 4100 (0) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4500 5500 4900 5300 (0) BALTIMORE 5600 6600 6100 6500 (0) BOSTON 6400 7200 6700 7100 (0) CHICAGO 3900 4800 4300 4700 (0) DALLAS 3000 3900 3300 3700 (0) MIAMI 6100 6900 6300 6700 (0) NEW YORK 6000 6900 6200 6600 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5900 6800 6100 6500 (0) SEATTLE 2800 3400 3100 3400 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3093 3440 3225 3333 (0) BALTIMORE 3868 4300 4300 (0) BOSTON 4408 4591 4515 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2580 2150 2365 (0) DALLAS 1520 1828 1828 (0) LOS ANGELES 1828 2108 1828 (0) MIAMI 4300 5160 (0) NEW YORK 4181 4622 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4300 3870 4193 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 1000 1300 (-4) BALTIMORE 1800 2000 (-5) BOSTON 2600 3000 (-3) CHICAGO 1900 2000 (-9) NEW YORK 2400 2800 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 1900 2400 2000 2300 (-7) SOUTH FLORIDA -- MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1100 1500 1100 1200 (0) BOSTON 2600 3000 (+2) CHICAGO 2200 2600 (+7) NEW YORK 2300 2800 (-7) PHILADELPHIA 2000 2500 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5100 5738 (0) BALTIMORE 5738 6163 5738 (0) BOSTON 5950 6375 (0) CHICAGO 3613 4038 3825 (0) DALLAS 3613 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2550 (0) MIAMI 5950 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5738 6375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5738 6163 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4463 4700 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5500 (0) BOSTON 5700 5950 (0) CHICAGO 3400 (0) DALLAS 3400 3613 (0) LOS ANGELES 1900 2000 (0) MIAMI 6375 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5100 5550 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5100 5313 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2200 2500 2200 (0) NEW YORK 3400 3800 3500 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 2500 2700 (0) BOSTON 1450 1650 1500 1600 (0) NEW YORK 2100 2450 2200 2400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2500 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2700 3000 2800 3000 (0) BALTIMORE 2700 2900 2700 2800 (0) CHICAGO 1000 1200 1000 1100 (0) DALLAS 2900 3200 3000 (0) NEW YORK 2900 3100 3000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATO ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4300 (0) BALTIMORE 4300 4730 4515 4730 (0) BOSTON 4515 5160 5160 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2365 2150 (0) DALLAS 2795 3440 3010 3440 (0) MIAMI 5375 5590 5590 (0) NEW YORK 4730 5590 4730 5375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 4730 4300 4515 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0) CHICAGO 1500 1800 (0) DALLAS 1600 1800 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2500 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 2500 2000 (0) BOSTON 3000 3500 3000 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2000 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2500 3500 3500 (0) BALTIMORE 1300 2000 1700 1800 (0) BOSTON 1500 2000 2000 (0) MIAMI 3200 4000 3600 4000 (0) NEW YORK 1200 2000 1800 1900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1200 2000 1500 1900 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3400 3500 (0) BALTIMORE 5400 5500 (0) BOSTON 6000 6200 (0) CHICAGO 3200 3500 (0) DALLAS 1300 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 3400 3600 (0) MIAMI 4200 4500 (0) NEW YORK 5700 5800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5200 5600 (0) SEATTLE 5600 6000 (0) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6100 6800 (0) CHICAGO 4500 4800 (0) DALLAS 4600 5200 (0) LOS ANGELES 2300 2900 (0) MIAMI 7200 8075 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5000 6000 5400 5800 (-2) BALTIMORE 5900 6900 6200 6600 (-2) BOSTON 6600 7500 6700 7100 (-1) CHICAGO 4400 5300 4800 5200 (-2) DALLAS 4300 5200 4600 5000 (0) LOS ANGELES 2200 2800 2300 2700 (0) NEW YORK 6500 7100 6600 7000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6200 7000 6200 6600 (-3) SEATTLE 950 1300 1000 1200 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2763 3400 (0) BALTIMORE 3188 3613 (0) BOSTON 3400 4038 (0) CHICAGO 1063 1275 (0) DALLAS 2975 3400 (0) MIAMI 4250 5100 (0) NEW YORK 4038 4250 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3188 3613 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. On Jan. 1, 2020, Specialty Crops Market News transitioned to the Department of Homeland Security ACE reporting system. ACE data reflects actual volumes of specialty crops movement activity data along the U.S. northern border instead of percentages of the volume shown in the previous source data. The first weekly report reflecting the ACE data was released Jan. 6, 2020. 2020 2019 JAN 12-18 JAN 13-19 U.S. 20,462 29,224 IMPORTS 17,482 21,400 ------------ -------------- sum 37,944 50,624 JAN 05-11 JAN 06-12 U.S. 21,629 30,250 IMPORTS 18,287 21,775 ------------ -------------- sum 39,916 52,025 DEC 29-JAN 04 DEC 30-JAN 05 U.S. 18,872 26,106 IMPORTS 20,961 17,456 ------------ -------------- sum 39,833 43,562