Truck Rate Report Washington, DC February 10, 2021 USDA - Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Patty Willkie (202)365-6701 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9 2021 Rates quoted represent open (spot) market sales that shippers or receivers pay, depending on basis of sale, per load, including brokers' fees for shipments in truck load volume to a single destination. Extra charges for delivery to terminal markets, multi-pickup and multi-drop shipments are not included unless otherwise stated. Rates are based on the most usual loads in 48-53 foot refrigerated trailers from the origin shipping area to the destination receiving city. The ten cities of destination are Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington. A shortage of trucks was reported for the potatoes from San Luis Valley Colorado, vegetables and berries from Central and South Florida, and sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 3-9 2021 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9 2021 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2 2021 SHOWN IN (). In areas where rates are based on package rates, per-load rates were derived by multiplying the package rate by the number of packages in the most usual load in a 48-53 foot trailer. WEEKLY RANGE TUESDAY MOSTLY IMPERIAL, PALO VERDE AND COACHELLA VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA -- LETTUCE, LEAF LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5700 6400 (-4) BALTIMORE 6700 7400 (-5) BOSTON 7500 8100 (-5) CHICAGO 5200 5800 (-4) DALLAS 4100 4800 (-4) MIAMI 7100 7800 (-5) NEW YORK 7300 7900 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7100 7700 (-3) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4600 5700 4900 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 6200 7200 6600 6800 (0) BOSTON 7200 8300 7400 7600 (0) CHICAGO 3900 5000 4200 4400 (0) DALLAS 2800 3400 2900 3100 (0) LOS ANGELES 1500 1700 (0) MIAMI 6000 6800 6200 6400 (0) NEW YORK 6800 8000 7100 7300 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6500 7400 6800 7000 (0) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6000 6700 (-4) BALTIMORE 7000 7700 (-5) BOSTON 7900 8400 (-5) CHICAGO 5500 6100 (-4) DALLAS 4400 5100 (-4) MIAMI 7500 8100 (-5) NEW YORK 7900 8200 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8000 (-2) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6000 6600 (-4) BALTIMORE 7400 8100 (-4) BOSTON 7600 8500 (-5) CHICAGO 5600 6000 (-4) DALLAS 4400 5000 (-4) MIAMI 7400 8000 (-5) NEW YORK 7800 8200 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7700 8000 (-2) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6400 6800 (-4) BALTIMORE 7100 7800 (-4) BOSTON 8000 8500 (-5) CHICAGO 5900 6200 (-4) DALLAS 4600 5200 (-4) MIAMI 7500 8200 (-5) NEW YORK 7900 8300 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 7700 8100 (-2) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5700 6500 5800 6200 (-2) BALTIMORE 6800 7500 6800 7200 (-3) BOSTON 7700 8400 7700 8100 (-3) CHICAGO 5200 5900 5300 5600 (-4) DALLAS 4200 4900 4200 4600 (-2) MIAMI 7000 7900 7200 7600 (-5) NEW YORK 7400 8100 7400 7800 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 7100 7900 7200 7600 (-1) SEATTLE 2800 4000 3100 3500 (+2) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3010 4100 (0) BALTIMORE 4200 4300 (0) CHICAGO 2580 3000 (0) DALLAS 1505 2800 (0) LOS ANGELES 1935 2100 (0) MIAMI 4900 5805 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4300 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- VEGETABLES, BERRIES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1500 1800 (+14) BALTIMORE 3000 3500 (+30) BOSTON 4000 4500 (+9) CHICAGO 2800 3500 3000 3500 (+41) NEW YORK 3900 4000 (+10) PHILADELPHIA 3500 3900 3500 3800 (+22) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4250 5000 (0) BALTIMORE 5525 6375 (0) BOSTON 6375 6800 (0) CHICAGO 3400 3825 (0) DALLAS 3600 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1800 2200 (0) MIAMI 6800 7013 (0) NEW YORK 6000 6375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5525 6375 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5525 5950 (0) BALTIMORE 5950 6375 (0) BOSTON 6800 7225 (0) CHICAGO 4250 4675 4675 (0) DALLAS 4250 4675 (0) LOS ANGELES 1913 2125 (0) MIAMI 6375 7013 (0) NEW YORK 6375 6800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5950 6375 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 (0) NEW YORK 4000 4200 4000 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2600 2800 (0) BALTIMORE 2700 2900 (-8) CHICAGO 900 1100 900 1000 (0) DALLAS 2700 2900 (-8) NEW YORK 3200 3400 3300 3400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (-8) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4300 4945 4300 4730 (0) BALTIMORE 5160 5590 (0) CHICAGO 2365 2795 2365 2580 (0) DALLAS 3440 4085 3440 3870 (0) MIAMI 6020 6450 6020 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4515 5160 4730 5160 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1600 (0) CHICAGO 1500 2000 1800 (0) DALLAS 1600 2000 1800 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2500 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 2500 (0) BOSTON 3000 3500 (0) CHICAGO 3500 (0) MIAMI 3000 (0) NEW YORK 2500 3000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4000 5712 4700 5712 (0) BALTIMORE 2500 2800 2500 (0) BOSTON 2000 2500 2500 (0) MIAMI 5000 6000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2500 2800 2500 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3400 3600 (+1) BALTIMORE 5200 5600 5200 5400 (+3) BOSTON 5800 6400 6200 6300 (0) CHICAGO 3600 3800 (+6) DALLAS 1500 1700 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 3200 3300 (-6) MIAMI 3500 4000 3600 3700 (-12) NEW YORK 5700 6200 5800 6000 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 5400 5800 5500 5600 (+2) SEATTLE 5600 5800 (-4) TEXAS -- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3400 3600 (+1) BALTIMORE 5200 5600 5200 5400 (+3) BOSTON 5800 6400 6200 6300 (0) CHICAGO 3600 3800 (+6) DALLAS 1500 1700 (0) LOS ANGELES 3000 3600 3200 3300 (-6) MIAMI 3500 4000 3600 3700 (-12) NEW YORK 5700 6200 5800 6000 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 5400 5800 5500 5600 (+2) SEATTLE 5600 5800 (-4) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6400 6600 (0) DALLAS 4950 5300 (0) LOS ANGELES 2200 2800 (0) MIAMI 7200 8400 (0) NEW YORK 7800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7400 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6200 7000 6300 6600 (-5) BALTIMORE 7000 7900 7100 7500 (-4) BOSTON 7400 8200 7400 7800 (-6) CHICAGO 5200 6100 5300 5700 (-4) DALLAS 4700 5800 5000 5400 (-4) LOS ANGELES 2200 2800 2300 2600 (0) MIAMI 7600 8400 7600 8000 (-5) NEW YORK 7300 8200 7400 7800 (-8) PHILADELPHIA 7000 8000 7200 7600 (-3) SEATTLE 900 1300 1000 1150 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3400 3613 (0) BALTIMORE 3400 3613 (0) BOSTON 3613 4800 3825 4800 (0) CHICAGO 1063 1169 (0) DALLAS 3400 4038 (0) MIAMI 4888 5525 (0) NEW YORK 3613 4800 3825 4800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3400 3613 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. 2021 2020 JAN 31-FEB 06 FEB 02-08 U.S. 19,791 27,509 IMPORTS 25,930 19,697 ------------ -------------- sum 45,721 47,206 JAN 24-30 JAN 26-FEB 01 U.S. 20,861 27,760 IMPORTS 28,586 27,462 ------------ -------------- sum 49,447 55,222 JAN 17-23 JAN 19-25 U.S. 20,226 28,830 IMPORTS 21,137 21,926 ------------ -------------- sum 41,363 50,756