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Abstract
During 1978-89, the United States exported more fresh fruit than had been
reported by the Bureau of the Census. Import data made available by Statistics
Canada revealed that some shipments of fresh fruit from the United States to
Canada had not been counted by the Bureau. Using the Canadian data raised
total U.S. fruit exports and lowered consumption. The author determined that
U.S. consumption of citrus fruits was 5 percent lower and consumption of
noncitrus fruits was 1 percent lower than previously estimated. Since 1990, the
Bureau of the Census has used Canadian import data as a measure of U.S.
exports to Canada. This bulletin reports the revised U.S. exports and per
capita consumption for 13 fl"esh fruits: grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges,
tangerines, apples, avocados, sweet cherries, grapes, peaches and nectarines,
pears, prunes and plums, and strawberries. The report also includes 40-year
trends for fresh fruit consumption.