Washington, DC January 2, 2019 USDA Truck Rate Report Contact: Francine Vigliotti (202)720-9938 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY DECEMBER 31 2019 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 following commodities: cucumbers, beans, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and melons from Mexico Crossings through Nogales Arizona, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, romaine and leaf lettuce from Imperial, Palo Verde and Coachella Valleys, California and Central and Western Arizona, carrots and grapes from Kern District California, celery, strawberries, romaine, leaf lettuce, cilantro, kale and parsley from Oxnard District California, broccoli, strawberries, cauliflower, celery from Santa Maria California, potatoes from San Luis Valley Colorado, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and berries from Central and South Florida, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho, apples from New York, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington and Central Wisconsin. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: grapes from San Joaquin Valley California, citrus and avocadoes from South District California, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from Minnesota-North Dakota (Red River Valley), sweet potatoes from Eastern North Carolina, apples and pears from Yakima Valley & Wenatchee District Washington. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 25-31 2019 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 31 2019 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM MONDAY DECEMBER 23 2019 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 SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4600 5500 5000 5200 (+6) BALTIMORE 6000 7000 6300 6600 (+8) BOSTON 7200 8400 8000 (+12) CHICAGO 4300 5000 4500 (+6) DALLAS 2700 3300 2800 3000 (+12) LOS ANGELES 1400 2000 1600 (+23) MIAMI 5900 7000 6200 6500 (+6) NEW YORK 6500 7600 7200 7400 (+9) PHILADELPHIA 6300 7300 6700 7000 (+7) IMPERIAL, PALO VERDE AND COACHELLA VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA -- LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4800 5400 (+5) BALTIMORE 6300 6800 (+4) BOSTON 7200 7600 (+5) CHICAGO 4700 5200 (+1) DALLAS 3600 4100 (+1) MIAMI 6600 7000 (+1) NEW YORK 6800 7200 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 6600 7000 (+5) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5500 5900 (+5) BALTIMORE 6900 7200 (+4) BOSTON 7600 7900 (+5) CHICAGO 5100 5400 (+1) DALLAS 3900 4200 (+1) MIAMI 7200 7400 (+1) NEW YORK 7300 7600 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7300 (+5) SEATTLE 3600 4000 (+1) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE, CILANTRO, KALE AND PARSLEY SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5400 5800 (+5) BALTIMORE 7000 7300 (+4) BOSTON 7700 8000 (+5) CHICAGO 5200 5500 (+1) DALLAS 3900 4200 (+1) MIAMI 7100 7400 (+1) NEW YORK 7400 7700 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 7200 7500 (+5) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- GRAPES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- BALTIMORE 5800 6500 6000 6300 (0) DALLAS 3100 3800 3200 3600 (0) MIAMI 6100 6900 6300 6500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5900 6600 6100 6400 (0) SEATTLE 2700 3600 3200 3300 (0) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, STRAWBERRIES, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5800 6200 BALTIMORE 7300 7600 BOSTON 7900 8200 CHICAGO 5400 5700 DALLAS 4400 4700 MIAMI 7500 7700 NEW YORK 7600 7900 PHILADELPHIA 7300 7600 SEATTLE 3700 4100 SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4700 5700 4900 5300 (0) BALTIMORE 6100 7000 6100 6500 (0) BOSTON 6700 7600 6700 7100 (0) CHICAGO 4300 5100 4400 4800 (0) DALLAS 3400 4200 3400 3800 (+3) MIAMI 6500 7300 6500 6800 (+2) NEW YORK 6500 7300 6500 6900 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 6300 7100 6300 6700 (+2) SEATTLE 2800 3400 3100 3400 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- BOSTON 4300 4591 4515 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2580 2150 2365 (0) DALLAS 1520 1828 1828 (0) LOS ANGELES 1828 2108 1828 (0) MIAMI 4300 5160 (0) NEW YORK 4181 4622 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4300 3870 4193 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1300 1500 1400 1500 (+16) BALTIMORE 2300 3100 2700 2900 (+4) BOSTON 3200 3800 3600 3800 (+3) CHICAGO 2400 2600 (-7) NEW YORK 3300 3500 (+8) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (+7) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5100 5738 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- BALTIMORE 5738 6163 5738 (0) BOSTON 5950 6375 (0) CHICAGO 3613 4038 3825 (0) DALLAS 3613 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1700 2550 (0) MIAMI 5950 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5738 6375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5738 6163 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4463 4700 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5500 (0) BOSTON 5700 5950 (0) CHICAGO 3400 (0) DALLAS 3400 3613 (0) LOS ANGELES 1900 2000 (0) MIAMI 6375 6800 (0) NEW YORK 5100 5550 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5100 5313 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2200 2500 2200 (0) NEW YORK 3400 3800 3500 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE -- POTATOES ADEQUATE -- BALTIMORE 2500 2700 (0) BOSTON 1450 1650 1500 1600 (0) NEW YORK 2100 2450 2200 2400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2500 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2700 3000 2800 3000 (0) BALTIMORE 2700 2900 2700 2800 (0) CHICAGO 1000 1200 1000 1100 (0) DALLAS 2900 3200 3000 (0) NEW YORK 2900 3100 3000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3000 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATO SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4300 (0) BALTIMORE 4300 4730 4515 4730 (0) BOSTON 4515 5160 5160 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2365 2150 (0) DALLAS 2795 3440 3010 3440 (0) MIAMI 5375 5590 5590 (0) NEW YORK 4730 5590 4730 5375 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4300 4730 4300 4515 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 (0) CHICAGO 1500 1800 (0) DALLAS 1600 1800 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2500 (0) BALTIMORE 2000 2500 2000 (0) BOSTON 3000 3500 3000 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2000 2500 (-10) PHILADELPHIA 2250 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2500 3500 3500 (0) BALTIMORE 1500 2000 2000 (0) BOSTON 1500 2000 2000 (0) MIAMI 3200 4000 3700 4000 (0) NEW YORK 1200 2000 1800 1900 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1500 2000 2000 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3400 3800 (+13) BALTIMORE 5400 6000 (+20) BOSTON 6800 (+21) CHICAGO 3800 4500 (+26) DALLAS 1600 1800 (+13) LOS ANGELES 3300 4000 (+22) MIAMI 4200 (+5) NEW YORK 6000 6600 (+20) PHILADELPHIA 5500 7000 (+33) SEATTLE 5800 6200 (+11) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6100 6800 (0) CHICAGO 4500 4800 (0) DALLAS 4600 5200 (0) LOS ANGELES 2300 2900 (0) MIAMI 7200 8075 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5200 6000 5500 5900 (0) BALTIMORE 6300 7000 6400 6800 (0) BOSTON 7000 7600 7000 7300 (0) CHICAGO 4600 5400 5000 5400 (0) DALLAS 4400 5300 4600 5000 (0) LOS ANGELES 2200 2800 2300 2700 (0) NEW YORK 6800 7400 6800 7100 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6300 7000 6600 7000 (+1) SEATTLE 950 1300 1000 1200 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2763 3400 (0) BALTIMORE 3188 3613 (0) BOSTON 3400 4038 (0) CHICAGO 1063 1275 (0) DALLAS 2975 3400 (0) MIAMI 4250 5100 (0) NEW YORK 4038 4250 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3188 3613 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Shipments are in 40,000 pound units. Information is subject to revision. 2019 2018 DEC 22-28 DEC 23-29 U.S. 15,373 19,676 IMPORTS 12,179 14,362 ------------ -------------- sum 27,552 34,038 DEC 15-21 DEC 16-22 U.S. 22,949 26,188 IMPORTS 13,913 19,937 ------------ -------------- sum 36,862 46,125 DEC 08-14 DEC 09-15 U.S. 23,176 27,231 IMPORTS 18,451 19,809 ------------ -------------- sum 41,627 47,040