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Fresh and Frozen Fruit Imports 2005 Percent of Total – 4.0 Million Metric Tons
(Exclude Bananas and Plantains)

Beans 1.3%
Asparagus 1.3%
Cabbage 2.6%
Other Vegetables Carrots 3.8%
11.0% Broccoli &
Cauliflower 10.4%
Celery 1.2%

Tomatoes 23.7%
Cucumbers 11.7%
Eggplant 1.1%
Endive 0.2%
Garlic 1.2%
Squash 5.1% Lettuce 0.9%
Okra 1.2%
Radishes 0.7% Onions 11.2%
Peas 2.5%
Peppers &
Pimentos 8.9%
Source: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS),
U.S. Agricultural Imports Data 1990 & 2005, www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/USTImFatus.asp.
Calculations: Agricultural Economics Extension, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida

Figure 1.2 Fresh and Frozen Vegetable Imports in 1990 and 2005, Percent of Total
Fresh and Frozen Vegetable Imports 1990 Percent of Total – 1.5 Million Metric Tons (Exclude Potatoes).
Fresh and Frozen Vegetable Imports 2005 Percent of Total – 4.0 Million Metric Tons (Exclude Potatoes)

Beans 1.6%
Asparagus 2.8% Cabbage 1.3%
Carrots 2.4%
Other Vegetables Broccoli &
14.9% Cauliflower 8.3%
Celery 0.7%

Cucumbers 10.8%
Eggplant 1.3%
Tomatoes 23.7% Endive 0.1%
Garlic 1.7%
Lettuce 1.9%
Okra 1.3%
Onions 7.3%
Squash 5.9%
Peas 1.5%
Radishes 0.5% Peppers &
Pimentos 12.2%
Source: Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS),
U.S. Agricultural Imports Data 1990 & 2005, www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/USTImFatus.asp.
Calculations: Agricultural Economics Extension, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida.

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