Washington, DC August 15, 2018 USDA Truck Rate Report WA_FV190 Provided by: Patty Willkie Phone: 202-205-9690 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY AUGUST 14 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 surplus of trucks was reported for the following commodities: watermelons and onions from Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, and limes, mangoes, onions, tomatoes, broccoli, mixed fruits and vegetables from Mexico Crossings through Texas. A shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: onions from Southern New Mexico. A slight surplus of trucks was reported for the following commodities: carrots and grapes from Kern District California, broccoli, cauliflower, Iceberg lettuce, Romaine lettuce, and leaf lettuce from Salinas-Watsonville California, broccoli, cauliflower, Iceberg lettuce, leaf lettuce, celery, and strawberries from Santa Maria California. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: onions from San Joaquin Valley California, potatoes from San Luis Valley Colorado, melons from Delaware, Maryland, and Eastern Shore Virginia, melons from Southeast Missouri, melons from Southwest Indiana and Southeast Illinois, melons from North Carolina, onions from Vidalia District Georgia, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, sweet potatoes from Easter North Carolina, and potatoes from Columbia Basin Washington. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. A First Report was issued for cabbage and beans from Western and Central New York. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 8-14 2018 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 14 2018 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY AUGUST 7 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 -- MANGO ADEQUATE -- LOS ANGELES 1200 1400 (0) CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- NECTARINES, PEACHES, PLUMS, GRAPES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6600 7100 6800 7000 (0) BALTIMORE 7500 8500 7900 8000 (0) BOSTON 9000 9500 (0) CHICAGO 6100 6600 6300 6600 (0) DALLAS 4300 4800 4500 4700 (0) MIAMI 8300 8800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 8600 8900 (-1) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 5400 6500 5600 6200 (-2) BALTIMORE 6400 8500 6700 7100 (-3) BOSTON 7300 8400 7600 8200 (-2) CHICAGO 5000 5700 5200 5500 (-2) DALLAS 3500 4100 3800 4100 (-2) MIAMI 6700 7500 7000 7300 (-3) NEW YORK 6800 8400 7100 8200 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 6600 8500 7300 7900 (-3) SEATTLE 2800 3900 3100 3900 (0) SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ICEBERG LETTUCE, LETTUCE ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 5800 6400 5800 6200 (-2) BALTIMORE 6600 8700 7300 8100 (-3) BOSTON 7700 8600 7900 8400 (-2) CHICAGO 5300 5900 5400 5700 (-2) DALLAS 3100 4300 3900 4300 (-2) MIAMI 7300 7700 (-3) NEW YORK 7200 8600 7600 8400 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 7200 8800 7500 8300 (-2) SEATTLE 2600 3600 3200 3600 (0) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ICEBERG LETTUCE, LEAF LETTUCE, CELERY AND STRAWBERRIES SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 5700 6400 5800 6200 (-2) BALTIMORE 6800 8700 7300 8100 (-3) BOSTON 7700 8600 7800 8400 (-2) CHICAGO 5300 5900 5400 5700 (-2) DALLAS 3900 4300 (-2) MIAMI 7000 7700 7100 7500 (-3) NEW YORK 7200 8600 7600 8400 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 7000 8700 7500 8300 (-2) SEATTLE 3100 3600 3200 3600 (0) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5500 6400 5800 6100 (-1) BALTIMORE 6800 7800 7300 7700 (0) BOSTON 7600 8400 7900 8300 (0) CHICAGO 5100 5800 5400 5700 (0) DALLAS 3700 4600 4100 4500 (0) MIAMI 7100 8200 7600 8000 (0) NEW YORK 7200 8000 7500 7900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7900 7300 7700 (0) SEATTLE 2800 3600 3300 3600 (0) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5100 6500 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 6588 7500 (0) BOSTON 7225 10000 (0) CHICAGO 4675 9000 4675 5100 (0) DALLAS 4200 8000 (0) LOS ANGELES 800 1300 (0) MIAMI 6800 7225 7000 7200 (0) NEW YORK 7013 10000 7200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6588 8000 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2150 3118 2150 2222 (0) DALLAS 1810 2150 (+5) LOS ANGELES 2000 2510 2150 2250 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2580 3683 (+4) BALTIMORE 4605 4988 (+19) BOSTON 5465 6450 (+80) MIAMI 5160 5590 (+16) NEW YORK 4978 6450 (+10) PHILADELPHIA 4728 6450 (+16) DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA -- MELONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2300 2500 (+12) BALTIMORE 1000 (+5) BOSTON 2000 2200 2100 (+2) CHICAGO 1700 1900 (+13) NEW YORK 1400 1600 (+15) PHILADELPHIA 1100 1250 1150 1200 (+9) NORTH CAROLINA -- MELONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1350 1450 1400 1450 (+2) BALTIMORE 1400 1600 (+11) BOSTON 2500 2800 2700 2800 (+2) CHICAGO 1800 2000 1900 2000 (+3) NEW YORK 2300 2500 2400 2500 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 1700 2000 1850 2000 (+1) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI -- MELONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- CHICAGO 1600 1700 1650 1700 (+2) SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS -- MELONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- CHICAGO 1300 1400 1400 (+4) VIDALIA DISTRICT GEORGIA -- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 850 1200 1000 1200 (0) BALTIMORE 2400 3200 2500 2800 (0) BOSTON 3700 4300 3700 4200 (0) CHICAGO 2700 3300 2700 3000 (0) MIAMI 1800 2200 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4250 4675 4600 4675 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5350 5300 5350 (0) BOSTON 5950 6200 (0) CHICAGO 2900 3613 3188 3400 (0) DALLAS 3400 3613 (0) LOS ANGELES 1488 1913 1700 (0) MIAMI 5738 6200 5950 6163 (0) NEW YORK 5313 5738 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4900 5525 5313 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 (0) NEW YORK 4000 5000 4500 5000 (0) MICHIGAN -- BLUEBERRIES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 900 1200 1000 1100 (0) MICHIGAN -- CUCUMBERS AND SQUASH ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 950 1100 1000 (0) MIAMI 4400 5000 (0) NEW YORK 3400 4000 3600 3800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3200 3600 3300 3400 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4038 4675 4038 4463 (0) BALTIMORE 4250 5100 4250 4888 (0) BOSTON 4675 5100 5100 (0) CHICAGO 1913 2338 1913 2125 (0) DALLAS 2975 3825 (0) MIAMI 5313 6163 5950 (0) NEW YORK 4675 5313 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4038 5100 4250 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 SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2250 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 (0) BOSTON 3000 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2000 2250 (0) SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3825 4675 4250 (0) BALTIMORE 6375 6800 (0) BOSTON 6800 7225 (0) CHICAGO 3825 5100 3825 4250 (0) DALLAS 1800 2900 2338 (0) NEW YORK 6800 8075 7225 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6163 6800 (0) WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK -- CABBAGE AND BEANS ADEQUATE - FIRST REPORT -- BOSTON 1900 2500 NEW YORK 1800 2000 LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS -- WATERMELONS AND ONIONS SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2600 (-10) BALTIMORE 3800 4000 (-14) BOSTON 4800 5000 (-8) CHICAGO 2800 3000 (-2) DALLAS 1000 1400 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 (+2) MIAMI 3600 (-3) NEW YORK 4800 (-13) PHILADELPHIA 4000 4400 (-9) SEATTLE 5000 (-2) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES MANGOES ONIONS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2600 (-10) BALTIMORE 3800 4000 (-14) BOSTON 4800 5000 (-8) CHICAGO 2800 3000 (-2) DALLAS 1000 1400 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 (+2) MIAMI 3600 (-3) NEW YORK 4800 (-13) PHILADELPHIA 4000 4400 (-9) SEATTLE 5000 (-2) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5400 6300 5850 (0) CHICAGO 4800 5000 (0) DALLAS 4000 4800 (0) LOS ANGELES 1800 2500 (0) MIAMI 6300 7900 7100 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES, NECTARINES, PRUNES. ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 6900 7500 7000 7300 YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES,NECTARINES, PRUNES. ADEQUATE -- BOSTON 7400 8000 7400 7800 CHICAGO 4300 5300 4400 4800 DALLAS 4000 4600 4100 4400 LOS ANGELES 2000 3000 2300 2700 NEW YORK 7200 7800 7400 7700 PHILADELPHIA 7100 7700 7200 7500 SEATTLE 1000 1400 1100 1300 CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2975 3400 2975 3188 (0) BALTIMORE 3400 3613 (0) BOSTON 3400 4463 3613 4000 (0) CHICAGO 956 1275 956 1063 (0) MIAMI 4675 5313 (0) NEW YORK 3400 4675 3800 4200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3400 3613 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. 2018 2017 AUG 05-11 AUG 06-12 U.S. 30,185 29,665 IMPORTS 12,879 13,827 ------------ -------------- sum 43,064 43,492 JUL 29-AUG 04 JUL 30-AUG 05 U.S. 30,103 30,876 IMPORTS 14,432 12,786 ------------ -------------- sum 44,535 43,662 JUL 22-28 JUL 23-29 U.S. 29,885 31,924 IMPORTS 14,198 14,337 ------------ -------------- sum 44,083 46,261