World production and exports of fresh vegetables eligible for importation into the United States
Summary information on countries eligible to export these fresh vegetables t Countries eligible to export to the United States Total number of countries 2/ 30 54 36 47 47 50 37 14 46 37 20 96 42 36 All 23 34 80 2 36 28 34 42 1 44 18 Number of low- and middle-income countries 3/ 26 35 23 26 29 27 24 10 22 23 8 67 28 23 nd 14 28 55 0 22 17 22 33 0 22 13 Eligible country production and exports as a percent of world total volume 1/ Production 4/ 21 8 18 16 nd 10 22 nd 8 2 nd 96 14 11 100 nd 3 84 1 9 nd 2 37 nd 21 nd
Commodity Artichokes Asparagus Bell pepper Broccoli and cauliflower Brussels sprouts Cabbage and other brassicas Carrot Celery Cucumber Eggplant Escarole Garlic Green bean Lettuce Mushroom Mustard greens Okra Onion Potato Pumpkin and squash Radish Spinach Sweet corn Sweet potato Tomato Turnip greens
nd=no data. 1/ Represents an upper bound since FAO reports production and statistics for nations as a whole, though in some cases only s United States. 2/ Countries eligible to export each commodity to the United States as of June 2008 according to USDA Animal and Plant Heal 3/ According to country classification developed by World Bank for 2007. 4/ World production and export data for 2005 from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAOSTAT. 5/ Rank of commodity among fresh vegetables produced in the United States in 2007 according to USDA-ERS analysis.
6/ Rank of commodity among fresh vegetables consumed in the United States in 2006 according to USDA-ERS analysis. Sources: USDA, Economic Research Service, Vegetable and Melons Yearbook, http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1212, and Food Availability Data, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/FoodAvailIndex.htm; USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fres Import Manual, http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/fv.pdf; World Bank, World Developm http://go.worldbank.org/K2CKM78CC0; and United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, FAOSTAT, http://faostat.fao.or
portation into the United States
igible to export these fresh vegetables to the United States Rank of commodity in United States
ible country production and Number of eligible countries within rts as a percent of world total top ten volume 1/ Exports 4/ 21 90 78 77 nd 50 40 nd 82 63 nd 96 44 68 100 nd nd 94 5 90 nd nd 5 0 69 nd Producers 4/ 3 5 3 5 2 1 3 nd 1 1 6 9 4 3 9 1 1 7 0 1 nd 2 3 1 3 2 Exporters 4/ 2 7 5 7 7 2 5 nd 5 4 7 9 5 4 10 1 nd 9 1 8 nd 4 0 1 6 3
Per capita Fresh vegetable disappearance production 5/ 6/ 20 19 9 8 and 14 nd 6 5 7 12 nd nd 17 15 1 21 nd nd 2 10 11 and 13 nd 16 4 18 3 nd 18 19 7 9 and 17 23 6 5 9 8 20 24 13 15 2 14 22 22 4 1 11 and 10 21 16 5 12 3 22
ns as a whole, though in some cases only specific regions of a country may be eligible to export to the according to USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regulations
iculture Organization, FAOSTAT. 7 according to USDA-ERS analysis.
06 according to USDA-ERS analysis.
2, and Food Availability Data, al and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable nloads/fv.pdf; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2007, rganization, FAOSTAT, http://faostat.fao.org/site/291/default.aspx.