Washington, DC December 19, 2018 USDA Truck Rate Report WA_FV190 Provided by: Francine Vigliotti Phone: 202-720-9938 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY DECEMBER 25 2018 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: tomatoes and mixed vegetables, berries from Central and South Florida, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, cabbages, oranges, and grapefruit from Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, limes, tomatoes, broccoli, mixed fruits and vegetables from Mexico Crossings through Texas, limes, tomatoes, broccoli, mixed fruits and vegetables from Mexico crossings through Texas, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington, and potatoes and onions from Central Wisconsin. A shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: beans, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, mixed vegetables, peppers, and squash from Mexico Crossings through Nogales, Arizona. Last report was issued for grapes from Central and Southern San Joaquin Valley California. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 19-25 2018 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 25 2018 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY DECEMBER 18 2018 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 SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4500 4600 (+3) CHICAGO 4300 4500 (+5) DALLAS 2900 3000 (0) LOS ANGELES 1200 1400 1200 1300 (0) MIAMI 6000 6200 (+5) NEW YORK 6300 6700 6600 6700 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 6300 6500 (+2) WESTERN ARIZONA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5900 6100 (-3) BALTIMORE 7200 7700 (-4) BOSTON 7800 8100 (-4) CHICAGO 5200 (-2) DALLAS 4300 5200 (+13) MIAMI 7400 7600 (-4) NEW YORK 7500 8000 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7200 7600 (-6) CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- GRAPES ADEQUATE - LAST REPORT -- ATLANTA 5700 6600 5800 6100 (0) BALTIMORE 6800 7500 7200 7400 (0) BOSTON 7600 8300 7800 8100 (0) CHICAGO 5200 5800 5300 5600 (0) DALLAS 3700 4300 3900 4300 (0) MIAMI 7000 7800 7500 7800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7500 7100 7300 (0) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6200 6400 (-3) BALTIMORE 7500 8000 (-4) BOSTON 8100 8400 (-4) CHICAGO 5200 (-2) DALLAS 4900 5200 (+10) MIAMI 7700 7900 (-4) NEW YORK 7800 8300 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7500 7900 (-6) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, KALE, PARSLEY AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6400 6600 (-3) BALTIMORE 7600 8100 (-4) BOSTON 8200 8500 (-4) CHICAGO 5300 (-2) DALLAS 5100 5300 (+8) MIAMI 7800 8000 (-4) NEW YORK 7900 8400 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7600 8000 (-6) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6700 6900 (-3) BALTIMORE 8000 8400 (-4) BOSTON 8600 8800 (-4) CHICAGO 5700 (-2) DALLAS 5300 5700 (+6) MIAMI 8200 8300 (-4) NEW YORK 8300 8700 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 8000 8300 (-6) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4900 5900 5500 5900 (0) BALTIMORE 6600 7600 6800 7200 (0) BOSTON 7100 8100 7400 7800 (0) CHICAGO 4400 5500 4800 5200 (0) DALLAS 3600 4700 3900 4300 (0) MIAMI 6800 8000 7400 7900 (0) NEW YORK 6800 7800 7100 7500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7600 6800 7200 (0) SEATTLE 2750 3500 2900 3300 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2997 4051 3225 3440 (0) BALTIMORE 4945 5375 5160 (0) BOSTON 5375 6012 5805 (0) CHICAGO 2150 3352 2150 2365 (0) DALLAS 1603 2580 2150 2580 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- LOS ANGELES 1828 2761 2150 (0) MIAMI 4730 5805 5590 5805 (+2) NEW YORK 4730 5475 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 5200 4300 4515 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 900 1500 1300 1500 (-3) BALTIMORE 2300 2500 (+12) BOSTON 4000 4200 (+22) CHICAGO 2300 2500 (+20) NEW YORK 3200 3400 (+12) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2800 2600 2800 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5100 7000 5525 5950 (0) BALTIMORE 6800 7225 (0) BOSTON 7650 8075 (0) CHICAGO 4038 4675 (0) DALLAS 4675 5100 4675 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4888 6000 (0) BALTIMORE 5525 8500 5738 5950 (0) BOSTON 6375 7500 6375 6588 (0) CHICAGO 3400 4500 3400 3600 (0) DALLAS 3400 4900 4038 4463 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2300 (0) MIAMI 6588 8500 6588 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5950 7800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5525 6163 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 (0) NEW YORK 4000 5000 4500 5000 (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 2800 3200 (0) BOSTON 3800 4000 3800 3900 (0) CHICAGO 900 1100 1000 (0) DALLAS 3300 3500 3300 3400 (0) MIAMI 4600 5000 4700 4800 (0) NEW YORK 3200 3400 3300 3400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3300 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4085 4332 (0) BALTIMORE 4250 5375 4463 (0) BOSTON 5115 5160 (0) CHICAGO 2150 2365 (0) DALLAS 2795 3645 3225 (0) MIAMI 5590 6318 5590 (0) NEW YORK 4300 5590 5100 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4730 4300 4675 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1600 1400 (0) CHICAGO 1800 2400 2200 2400 (0) DALLAS 2200 2500 (0) NEBRASKA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2962 3825 3400 3613 (0) BALTIMORE 4125 5100 4888 5100 (0) BOSTON 4892 5738 5313 5738 (0) CHICAGO 2125 2338 (0) DALLAS 2093 2550 2125 (0) LOS ANGELES 2125 3361 2125 (0) MIAMI 5206 5738 5525 5738 (0) NEW YORK 4378 4675 4675 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 4250 4463 4463 (+5) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2800 3000 (0) BOSTON 1800 2000 1900 1950 (0) CHICAGO 2500 3000 2700 2800 (0) MIAMI 3500 4000 3700 3800 (0) NEW YORK 1500 1950 1700 1800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2000 (0) WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK -- CABBAGE ADEQUATE -- BOSTON 1900 2500 (0) NEW YORK 1800 2000 (0) LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS -- CABBAGE ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT ADEQUATE -- DALLAS 1500 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 (0) LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS -- CABBAGE ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3000 3400 (0) BALTIMORE 4500 5000 (0) BOSTON 6000 6400 (0) CHICAGO 3000 3600 (0) MIAMI 3800 3900 (0) NEW YORK 5000 6000 5500 5700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4500 5400 (0) SEATTLE 5000 5800 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- DALLAS 1500 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3000 3400 (0) BALTIMORE 4500 5000 (0) BOSTON 5800 6400 (0) CHICAGO 3000 3600 (0) MIAMI 3800 3900 (0) NEW YORK 5000 6000 5500 5700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4500 5400 (0) SEATTLE 5000 5800 (0) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 7377 9467 7400 (0) CHICAGO 5600 7396 5763 (0) DALLAS 5607 7196 5800 (0) LOS ANGELES 3210 4120 3700 (0) MIAMI 8700 9363 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 7300 8400 7700 8100 (0) BOSTON 7700 8700 8100 8500 (-2) CHICAGO 5000 6100 5200 5600 (-2) DALLAS 4500 5900 5200 5600 (0) LOS ANGELES 2100 3000 2300 2700 (0) NEW YORK 7800 8700 8000 8400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7500 8400 7600 8000 (-3) SEATTLE 1000 1400 1100 1300 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2550 3400 2975 3188 (0) BALTIMORE 3188 3613 (0) BOSTON 3400 4463 3400 3825 (0) CHICAGO 956 1275 956 1063 (0) MIAMI 4675 5313 4675 5100 (0) NEW YORK 3400 4675 3400 3825 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3188 3613 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. 2018 2017 DEC 16-22 DEC 17-23 U.S. 21,978 23,528 IMPORTS 17,275 19,574 ------------ -------------- sum 39,253 43,102 DEC 09-15 DEC 10-16 U.S. 23,896 25,889 IMPORTS 17,336 18,518 ------------ -------------- sum 41,232 44,407 DEC 02-08 DEC 03-09 U.S. 23,979 25,722 IMPORTS 17,038 18,101 ------------ -------------- sum 41,017 43,823