WA_FV404                                                                                        
WASHINGTON  USDA  AMS  MAR 19 2019               AVOCADOS                                       
                                                                                                
Provided by:  Specialty Crops Market News                                                       
              Federal - State Market News Service, USDA.                                        
California volume is harvested data.                                                            
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                                                                                
                                       SHIPMENTS BY ORIGINS                                     
                           (AMOUNTS ARE SHOWN IN UNITS OF 10,000 LBS)                           
                                                                                                
COMMODITY                        MAR 10   MAR 03   MAR 11  TOTAL THIS   TOTAL LAST              
  MODE                           MAR 16   MAR 09   MAR 17  SEASON THRU  SEASON THRU     TOTAL   
    ORIGIN                        2019     2019     2018   MAR 16 2019  MAR 17 2018  LAST SEASON
                                                                                                
AVOCADOS                                                                                        
  PIGGYBACK                                                                                     
    CALIFORNIA-SOUTH                  -        -       13            9          374         1118
    TOTAL                             -        -       13            9          374         1118
                                                                                                
  TRUCK                                                                                         
    CALIFORNIA-SOUTH                  -       56      583          346         3434        36458
    FLORIDA                          10        6        1         2653         3350         3352
    TOTAL                            10       63      585         3000         6784        39810
                                                                                                
  U.S. TOTAL                         10       63      598         3008         7158        40928
                                                                                                
  IMPORT                                                                                        
    COLOMBIA                          5        -        -           53            -            -
    CHILE                             -       16        -         4879         5787         5787
    DOMINICA                          -        -        -            1            -            8
    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC              149      113      201         5290         5753         6349
    JAMAICA                           -        -        -            7            4            4
    MEXICO                         5167     5255     4373       134117       117873       187335
    PERU                              -        -        -        12862        12482        12482
  IMPORT TOTAL                     5322     5383     4574       157209       141901       211966
                                                                                                

AVOCADOS - ORGANIC                                                                              
    MEXICO                            -        -        -           79           69           82
  IMPORT TOTAL                        -        -        -           79           69           82
                                                                                                

COMMODITY TOTAL                    5332     5446     5172       160297       149128       252976