Washington, DC December 05, 2018 USDA Truck Rate Report WA_FV190 Provided by: Patty Willkie Phone: 202-205-9690 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY DECEMBER 4 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: onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington, and apples and pears from Yakima Valley and Wenatchee District Washington. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 4 2018 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 4 2018 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY NOVEMBER 27 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 ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4200 4300 CHICAGO 4000 4500 4000 4200 DALLAS 2800 3000 LOS ANGELES 1200 1400 1200 1300 MIAMI 5800 6200 NEW YORK 6400 6800 PHILADELPHIA 6200 6400 WESTERN ARIZONA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6000 6400 (-6) BALTIMORE 7700 8100 (-4) BOSTON 8200 8600 (-5) CHICAGO 5600 6000 (-5) DALLAS 4400 4800 (-4) MIAMI 8200 8600 (-2) NEW YORK 8000 8400 (-5) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8200 (-5) CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- GRAPES ADEQUATE -- 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 6300 6700 (-6) BALTIMORE 8000 8400 (-4) BOSTON 8500 8900 (-4) CHICAGO 5600 6000 (-5) DALLAS 4800 5200 (-4) MIAMI 8500 8900 (-2) NEW YORK 8300 8700 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 8100 8500 (-5) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, KALE, PARSLEY AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6500 6900 (-6) BALTIMORE 8100 8500 (-3) BOSTON 8600 9000 (-4) CHICAGO 5700 6100 (-5) DALLAS 5000 5400 (-4) MIAMI 8600 9000 (-2) NEW YORK 8400 8800 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 8200 8600 (-5) SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 7000 7400 (-5) BALTIMORE 8600 9000 (-3) BOSTON 9100 9500 (-4) CHICAGO 6200 6600 (-4) DALLAS 5500 5900 (-3) MIAMI 9100 9500 (-2) NEW YORK 8900 9300 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 8700 9100 (-4) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6800 7200 (-5) BALTIMORE 8500 8800 (-3) BOSTON 9000 9300 (-4) CHICAGO 6100 6500 (-5) DALLAS 5400 5800 (-3) MIAMI 9000 9300 (-2) NEW YORK 8800 9100 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 8600 8900 (-4) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5500 7100 6000 6600 (0) BALTIMORE 7100 8700 7600 8400 (0) BOSTON 7500 9200 8000 8700 (0) CHICAGO 5100 7100 5500 6200 (0) DALLAS 3900 5800 4400 5200 (0) MIAMI 6700 9200 8000 8700 (0) NEW YORK 7400 9000 7700 8400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7300 9000 7400 8200 (-1) SEATTLE 3300 3600 (+11) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2997 4051 (+4) BALTIMORE 4515 5375 (+11) BOSTON 5375 6012 (+7) CHICAGO 2150 3352 2350 2365 (-8) DALLAS 1613 2580 2150 (+5) LOS ANGELES 1935 2761 (+5) MIAMI 5482 5590 (+10) NEW YORK 4730 5475 (+13) PHILADELPHIA 4300 5200 4515 (+4) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1100 1300 (-8) BALTIMORE 2100 2300 (-4) BOSTON 2900 3300 (-6) CHICAGO 1900 2200 2000 2100 (-7) NEW YORK 2600 2900 2800 2900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2400 2700 2400 2600 (-4) 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) LOS ANGELES 2125 2763 (0) MIAMI 6885 10000 (0) NEW YORK 7225 8075 7650 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7650 7225 (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 3200 3500 (0) CHICAGO 900 1200 1000 1100 (0) DALLAS 3400 3600 (0) MIAMI 5000 5400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3100 3400 (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 1169 3825 2962 3400 (-18) BALTIMORE 4125 5313 (+5) BOSTON 4892 5738 (-10) CHICAGO 2125 2763 2125 2236 (-8) DALLAS 1976 2550 2125 (+2) LOS ANGELES 2125 3361 (+22) MIAMI 4675 5738 5525 (-1) NEW YORK 4378 4675 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 4250 4463 (-4) 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 -- ATLANTA 2900 3200 (0) BALTIMORE 4200 4400 (-1) BOSTON 5200 5400 (-4) CHICAGO 3000 3400 (+3) DALLAS 1400 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3500 (+8) MIAMI 3800 4000 (0) NEW YORK 4800 5000 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 4400 4800 (0) SEATTLE 5000 5200 (-4) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2900 3200 (0) BALTIMORE 4200 4400 (-1) BOSTON 5200 5400 (-4) CHICAGO 3000 3400 (+3) DALLAS 1400 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3500 (+8) MIAMI 3800 4000 (0) NEW YORK 4800 5000 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 4400 4800 (0) SEATTLE 5000 5200 (-4) 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 SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- BALTIMORE 7900 8800 8200 8600 (0) BOSTON 8500 9300 8800 9200 (0) DALLAS 5200 6200 5600 6100 (0) LOS ANGELES 2400 3100 2600 3000 (0) NEW YORK 8200 9000 8500 8900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 8000 8900 8300 8700 (0) 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 NOV 25-DEC 01 NOV 26-DEC 02 U.S. 22,362 25,377 IMPORTS 17,002 18,272 ------------ -------------- sum 39,364 43,649 NOV 18-24 NOV 19-25 U.S. 19,651 21,901 IMPORTS 14,515 18,271 ------------ -------------- sum 34,166 40,172 NOV 11-17 NOV 12-18 U.S. 26,509 29,404 IMPORTS 14,767 19,237 ------------ -------------- sum 41,276 48,641