Truck Rate Report Washington, DC April 15, 2020 Contact: Patty Willkie (202)365-6701 WA_FV190 Corrected Copy - Mexico Crossings through Texas New York rate FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY APRIL 14 2020 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 slight surplus of trucks was reported for the following commodities: tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and melons from Central and South Florida apples and pears from Yakima Valley and Wenatchee District Washington. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF APRIL 8-14 2020 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY APRIL 14 2020 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY APRIL 7 2020 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 MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- CUCUMBERS, BEANS, EGGPLANT, PEPPERS, TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES AND MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3600 4000 (+6) BALTIMORE 4400 5500 (+18) BOSTON 5000 6000 (0) CHICAGO 3200 3600 (+10) DALLAS 2000 2500 (+7) LOS ANGELES 1000 1400 (0) MIAMI 4200 5000 (-2) NEW YORK 5000 6500 (-7) PHILADELPHIA 5500 6500 (+2) CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6000 6300 BALTIMORE 6900 7200 BOSTON 7600 7900 CHICAGO 5200 5300 DALLAS 4100 MIAMI 6700 6900 NEW YORK 8100 8400 PHILADELPHIA 7500 7800 KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5900 6200 (+3) BALTIMORE 6800 7100 (+4) BOSTON 7500 7800 (+3) CHICAGO 5100 5200 (+3) DALLAS 4000 (+3) MIAMI 6600 6800 (-3) NEW YORK 8000 8300 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7400 7700 (0) SEATTLE 3300 3600 (0) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE, CILANTRO, KALE AND PARSLEY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5700 6000 (+3) BALTIMORE 6900 7200 (+4) BOSTON 7600 7900 (+3) CHICAGO 5200 5300 (+3) DALLAS 4000 (+3) MIAMI 6500 6800 (-3) NEW YORK 8100 8400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7600 7900 (0) SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, LETTUCE, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6200 6500 (+2) BALTIMORE 7300 7600 (+3) BOSTON 8000 8300 (+3) CHICAGO 5500 5600 (+3) DALLAS 4300 4700 4600 4700 (+2) MIAMI 7000 7200 (-3) NEW YORK 8000 8800 8400 8700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8100 (0) SEATTLE 3300 3600 (0) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, LETTUCE, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6100 6400 (+2) BALTIMORE 7200 7500 (+4) BOSTON 7800 8100 (+3) CHICAGO 5400 5500 (+3) DALLAS 4500 (+2) MIAMI 6900 7100 (-3) NEW YORK 8300 8600 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7700 8000 (0) SEATTLE 3400 3700 (0) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4400 5400 5000 5400 (0) BALTIMORE 5300 6300 5800 6200 (-2) BOSTON 5800 6800 6300 6700 (-2) CHICAGO 3800 4700 4100 4500 (-2) DALLAS 2900 3700 3200 3600 (-6) MIAMI 5700 6700 6200 6600 (-2) NEW YORK 5400 6400 5900 6300 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 5200 6300 5800 6200 (-2) SEATTLE 2750 3400 3100 3200 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3093 3655 3225 3440 (0) BALTIMORE 3868 4622 4300 4400 (0) BOSTON 4515 4623 (0) CHICAGO 2150 2580 2150 2365 (0) DALLAS 1613 2580 1828 2150 (0) LOS ANGELES 1828 2150 (0) MIAMI 4300 5160 (0) NEW YORK 4181 5160 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4730 4255 4300 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, MELONS SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 900 1300 900 1100 BALTIMORE 1900 2200 1900 2100 BOSTON 2600 3000 2800 3000 CHICAGO 1600 1800 NEW YORK 2700 3000 2700 2800 PHILADELPHIA 2000 2300 2000 2200 FLORIDA -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1000 1200 (0) LOS ANGELES 4500 5000 (+22) MIAMI 650 (0) NEW YORK 2500 3000 (-17) PHILADELPHIA 2100 2200 (+9) SOUTH FLORIDA -- MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 850 1200 850 1000 (0) BOSTON 2100 3100 2100 2200 (-12) CHICAGO 1700 2400 1700 2100 (-17) NEW YORK 1800 2700 1800 2600 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 1600 2500 1700 2400 (+5) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5100 5525 (0) BALTIMORE 5525 5950 (0) BOSTON 5950 6800 (0) CHICAGO 3400 3825 3825 (0) DALLAS 3825 4250 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 (0) MIAMI 6163 6800 6375 (0) NEW YORK 5738 6375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5738 5950 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4400 4675 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5800 5313 5525 (0) BOSTON 5950 6163 5950 (0) CHICAGO 3400 4200 3600 3800 (0) DALLAS 3400 3825 3400 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2125 1913 (0) MIAMI 5950 6800 6375 (0) NEW YORK 5525 5900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5313 5738 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2200 2700 2500 (0) NEW YORK 3400 4200 3600 3800 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2700 3000 2700 2900 (0) BALTIMORE 2400 2600 (0) CHICAGO 1000 1200 1100 1200 (0) DALLAS 2800 3000 (0) NEW YORK 3100 3300 3100 3200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2900 3100 2900 3000 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATO ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4300 4408 4300 (0) BALTIMORE 4408 4730 (0) BOSTON 4730 5160 5160 (0) CHICAGO 2150 2365 2150 (0) DALLAS 3010 3763 3225 3655 (0) MIAMI 5375 5590 (0) NEW YORK 4945 5590 5160 5375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 4730 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1600 (0) CHICAGO 1500 2000 1800 (0) DALLAS 1600 2000 1800 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2000 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 (0) BOSTON 3000 3500 3000 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2000 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2500 3500 3500 (0) BALTIMORE 1300 2000 1700 1800 (0) BOSTON 1500 2000 2000 (0) MIAMI 3200 4000 3600 4000 (0) NEW YORK 1200 2000 1800 1900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1200 2000 1500 1900 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2600 3000 (-5) BALTIMORE 5200 5400 (+26) BOSTON 4800 5500 (-6) CHICAGO 2600 3000 (-13) DALLAS 1200 1600 (0) LOS ANGELES 2800 3200 (-5) MIAMI 3100 3300 (-7) NEW YORK 4400 5500 (-7) PHILADELPHIA 4400 5000 4600 4700 (-2) SEATTLE 4800 5200 (-12) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6100 6250 (0) CHICAGO 4250 4700 (0) DALLAS 4250 4500 (0) LOS ANGELES 2200 2700 (0) MIAMI 6800 7300 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4700 5700 5300 5700 (-2) BALTIMORE 5400 6500 5800 6200 (-2) BOSTON 6100 7000 6300 6700 (-3) CHICAGO 4000 5000 4200 4600 (-6) DALLAS 3500 4400 4000 4400 (-9) LOS ANGELES 1900 2600 2000 2200 (-5) NEW YORK 5700 6700 6000 6400 (-5) PHILADELPHIA 5600 6600 5800 6200 (-5) SEATTLE 900 1300 950 1050 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2763 3000 (0) BALTIMORE 3188 3400 (0) CHICAGO 956 1063 (0) DALLAS 2975 3200 (0) MIAMI 3931 5100 3931 4038 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2763 3400 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. 2020 2019 APR 05-11 APR 07-13 U.S. 20,845 32,730 IMPORTS 17,350 21,924 ------------ -------------- sum 38,195 54,654 MAR 29-APR 04 MAR 31-APR 06 U.S. 21,355 31,558 IMPORTS 16,592 23,589 ------------ -------------- sum 37,947 55,147 MAR 22-28 MAR 24-30 U.S. 27,164 33,343 IMPORTS 24,427 23,839 ------------ -------------- sum 51,591 57,182