Import share of fruit still going up
Imports continue to represent a rising percentage of fresh fruit consumed in the U.S.
Excluding bananas, imports made up 38.5% in percent of all fresh fruit consumed in the U.S. in 2016, up from 37.7% in 2015, 23.3% in 2010 and 20.1% in 2000.
Including bananas, 53.1% of all fresh fruit consumed in the U.S. is imported, up from 49.1% in 2010 and 42.4% in 2000.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reportshows that imports accounted for 85.9% of fresh avocados consumed in the U.S., up from 73.4% in 2010 and 25.7% in 2000.
Imports represented 12.2% of total consumption of fresh oranges in 2016, compared with 7.8% in 2010 and 3.1% in 2000.
Imported grapefruit represented 5.7% of total consumption in 2016, up from 3% from 2010 and 0.9% in 2000.
The percent of total consumption represented by imports for other commodities for 2016 includes:
- Apples: 6.3%;
- Blueberries: 57.2%;
- Cherries: 7.7%;
- Grapes: 49.8%;
- Kiwifruit: 82.1%;
- Peaches and nectarines: 11.1%;
- Pears: 18.1%;
- Plums: 22.5%;
- Raspberries: 48.4%;
- Strawberries: 14%;
- Grapefruit: 5.7%;
- Lemons: 13.4%;
- Oranges: 12.2%; and
- Tangerines: 30%.
