U.S. horticultural and tropical product exports set record

AgExporter, March, 2002

> U.S. exports of horticultural products reached a record $11.1 billion in fiscal 2001, up 5 percent from 2000. U.S. exports of sugar and tropical products hit a record $2.6 billion in fiscal 2001, up 14 percent from 2000. Some of the fastest-growing product sales in fiscal 2001 were almonds, up 48 percent; pistachios, up 39 percent; apples, up 24 percent; grapes, up 20 percent; carrots, also up 20 percent; and prunes, up 14 percent.