Washington, DC February 13, 2019 USDA Truck Rate Report WA_FV190 Provided by: Patty Willkie Phone: 202-205-9690 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12 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 the following commodities: Iceberg lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, Romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, and celery from Western Arizona, carrots from Kern District California, celery, strawberries, cilantro, kale, parsley, and leaf lettuce from Oxnard District California, broccoli and cauliflower from Santa Maria California, and citrus and avocados from South District California. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. A First Report was issued for potatoes from Florida. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6-12 2019 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12 2019 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5 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 ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4000 4400 (-9) CHICAGO 3400 3800 (-5) DALLAS 2400 2700 (0) LOS ANGELES 1200 1500 (+4) MIAMI 5200 5600 (-2) NEW YORK 5400 5800 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 5100 5500 5300 (0) WESTERN ARIZONA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE AND CELERY SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4600 4900 (-4) BALTIMORE 5900 6400 (-2) BOSTON 6600 6900 (-1) CHICAGO 4300 4400 (-2) DALLAS 3000 3700 (-3) MIAMI 6300 6600 (-2) NEW YORK 6200 6700 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 6100 6500 (-2) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4900 5200 (-4) BALTIMORE 6200 6700 (-2) BOSTON 6900 7200 (-1) CHICAGO 4100 4200 (-2) DALLAS 3400 3700 (-3) MIAMI 6600 6900 (-1) NEW YORK 6500 7000 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 6400 6800 (-1) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, KALE, PARSLEY AND LEAF LETTUCE SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 5100 5400 (-4) BALTIMORE 6300 6800 (-2) BOSTON 7000 7300 (-1) CHICAGO 4100 4300 (-2) DALLAS 3600 3800 (-3) MIAMI 6700 7000 (-1) NEW YORK 6600 7100 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 6500 6900 (-1) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 5500 5800 (-3) BALTIMORE 6700 7100 (-1) BOSTON 7400 7600 (-1) CHICAGO 4600 4700 (-2) DALLAS 3800 4200 (-2) MIAMI 7100 7300 (-1) NEW YORK 7000 7400 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 6900 7200 (-1) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 3800 5000 4500 4900 (-2) BALTIMORE 5400 6300 5700 6100 (-2) BOSTON 6000 7000 6500 6900 (-1) CHICAGO 3600 4600 3800 4200 (-2) DALLAS 2800 3800 3200 3600 (0) MIAMI 6000 7000 6400 6800 (-1) NEW YORK 5700 6700 6000 6400 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 5600 6600 5800 6200 (-2) SEATTLE 2750 3400 2800 3100 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2881 4051 3440 3655 (0) BALTIMORE 5066 5160 (-1) BOSTON 5590 6012 5590 (0) CHICAGO 2150 3352 2150 2365 (0) DALLAS 1613 2472 1720 2150 (-14) LOS ANGELES 1742 2150 (-9) MIAMI 4730 5805 5590 (+2) NEW YORK 4730 5475 5160 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 5200 4515 (+2) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1300 (-7) BALTIMORE 2100 2200 (-17) BOSTON 3000 3100 (-15) CHICAGO 1900 2100 (-7) NEW YORK 2700 3000 (-7) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2500 (-18) FLORIDA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE - FIRST REPORT -- ATLANTA 1000 1200 BOSTON 3613 3825 3800 CHICAGO 3200 MIAMI 650 700 NEW YORK 2800 3500 PHILADELPHIA 2500 3000 2500 2600 IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4675 5312 (0) BALTIMORE 5738 6375 (0) BOSTON 6163 7013 (0) CHICAGO 3825 4038 (0) DALLAS 4038 4250 (0) LOS ANGELES 2125 2338 (0) MIAMI 7225 7438 (0) NEW YORK 6163 6800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6163 6588 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4888 5738 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5525 (0) BOSTON 5950 6588 (0) CHICAGO 3188 3825 (0) DALLAS 3188 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 (0) MIAMI 6163 7013 (0) NEW YORK 6163 6588 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5738 6375 (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) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2250 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 (0) BOSTON 3000 3500 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0) NEBRASKA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2962 3506 3400 (0) BALTIMORE 4125 5100 4994 5100 (+9) BOSTON 4892 5738 5313 5525 (+5) CHICAGO 2125 2236 2125 (-5) DALLAS 2093 2550 2125 (0) LOS ANGELES 2125 3361 2125 (-23) MIAMI 5206 5738 5419 5525 (0) NEW YORK 4378 4675 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4250 4463 (0) 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 1900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1300 1500 (0) LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS -- CABBAGE ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2700 (-7) BALTIMORE 3900 4400 (-2) BOSTON 5000 (-2) CHICAGO 2800 3400 (-6) DALLAS 1200 1400 (-7) LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 (+6) MIAMI 3300 3500 (-6) NEW YORK 4700 5200 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 4300 4600 (0) SEATTLE 4600 5500 (+3) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2700 (-7) BALTIMORE 3900 4400 (-2) BOSTON 5000 (-2) CHICAGO 2800 3400 (-6) DALLAS 1200 1400 (-7) LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 (+6) MIAMI 3300 3500 (-6) NEW YORK 4700 5200 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 4300 4400 (-2) SEATTLE 4600 5500 (+3) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6163 6800 (0) CHICAGO 5525 6588 (0) DALLAS 4250 4700 (0) LOS ANGELES 1913 2550 (0) MIAMI 7225 7650 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 6000 7000 6500 6900 (0) BOSTON 6500 7300 6700 7100 (0) CHICAGO 4000 4900 4500 4800 (0) DALLAS 3600 4600 3600 4100 (+1) LOS ANGELES 2000 2700 2300 2600 (0) NEW YORK 6100 7100 6500 6900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6100 7100 6400 6800 (0) SEATTLE 1000 1400 1000 1200 (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. 2019 2018 FEB 03-09 FEB 04-10 U.S. 20,473 28,047 IMPORTS 19,547 23,609 ------------ -------------- sum 40,020 51,656 JAN 27-FEB 02 JAN 28-FEB 03 U.S. 21,025 27,245 IMPORTS 21,192 21,470 ------------ -------------- sum 42,217 48,715 JAN 20-26 JAN 21-27 U.S. 21,022 27,285 IMPORTS 21,840 22,093 ------------ -------------- sum 42,862 49,378