Truck Rate Report Washington, DC January 20, 2021 USDA - Specialty Crops Market News Contact: Francine Vigliotti (202) 720-9938 WA_FV190 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY JANUARY 19 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 following commodities: potatoes from San Luis Valley Colorado, potatoes from Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District Idaho. A slight shortage of trucks was reported for the following commodities: vegetables and berries from Central and South Florida, onions from Idaho and Malheur County Oregon, potatoes from Minnesota-North Dakota Red River Valley, potatoes and onions from Columbia Basin Washington. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks. FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 13-19 2021 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 19 2021 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 12 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 PEPPERS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6500 6900 (-2) BALTIMORE 7700 8200 (-1) BOSTON 8300 8800 (-3) CHICAGO 5700 6300 (-2) DALLAS 4600 5300 (-5) MIAMI 7900 8400 (-3) NEW YORK 8300 8600 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8300 (-1) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- BEANS, CORN, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, HONEYDEW, PEPPERS, SQUASH, TOMATOES,WATERMELON ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4600 5800 4900 5100 BALTIMORE 6800 7900 7200 7400 BOSTON 7800 9000 8200 8400 CHICAGO 4100 5100 4400 4600 DALLAS 2700 3400 2900 3100 LOS ANGELES 1400 1800 1500 1600 MIAMI 6000 7000 6300 6500 NEW YORK 7200 8500 7600 7900 PHILADELPHIA 7000 8200 7400 7600 KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6800 7200 (-2) BALTIMORE 8000 8500 (-1) BOSTON 8700 9100 (-3) CHICAGO 6000 6600 (-2) DALLAS 4900 5600 (-5) MIAMI 8300 8700 (-3) NEW YORK 8900 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 8500 8600 (-1) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, STRAWBERRIES, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, ROMAINE, PARSLEY AND KALE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6800 7100 (-2) BALTIMORE 8400 8500 (-1) BOSTON 8400 9200 (-3) CHICAGO 6100 6500 (-2) DALLAS 4900 5500 (-5) MIAMI 8200 8600 (-3) NEW YORK 8800 8900 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 8500 (-1) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND CELERY ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 7200 7300 (-2) BALTIMORE 7100 8600 (-1) BOSTON 8800 9200 (-3) CHICAGO 6400 6700 (-2) DALLAS 5100 5700 (-4) MIAMI 8300 8800 (-3) NEW YORK 8900 9000 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 8400 8700 (-1) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6400 6900 6500 6800 (0) BALTIMORE 7300 8200 7700 8100 (-1) BOSTON 8200 8900 8300 8700 (-2) CHICAGO 5800 6700 5800 6300 (-2) DALLAS 4500 5600 4600 5200 (-5) MIAMI 7800 8600 7900 8300 (-2) NEW YORK 8000 8700 8100 8500 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 7800 8600 7900 8300 (-1) SEATTLE 2800 4100 3000 3500 (0) 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 SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1200 1300 1200 (0) BALTIMORE 2200 2440 2200 2300 (+10) BOSTON 3300 3500 (+6) CHICAGO 2100 2200 (+10) NEW YORK 3000 3300 (+13) PHILADELPHIA 2500 2600 (+11) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO -- POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4888 6200 5800 5900 (0) BALTIMORE 6163 6800 (0) BOSTON 7013 7225 (0) CHICAGO 3400 4038 3825 (0) DALLAS 3600 4800 3825 4038 (0) LOS ANGELES 1800 2200 (0) MIAMI 6800 7650 (0) NEW YORK 6000 7225 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6163 6800 (0) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 5738 6375 (0) BALTIMORE 6375 7225 (0) BOSTON 7225 8075 (0) CHICAGO 4250 4675 4675 (0) DALLAS 4250 5100 4675 (0) LOS ANGELES 1913 2125 (0) MIAMI 7650 8925 8500 (0) NEW YORK 7225 8075 (0) PHILADELPHIA 6375 7225 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 2000 2400 2200 (0) NEW YORK 4000 4200 4000 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2800 2900 (0) BALTIMORE 2900 3100 3000 3100 (0) CHICAGO 1000 1100 (0) DALLAS 2900 3100 3000 3100 (0) NEW YORK 3200 3400 3300 3400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3000 3200 3100 3200 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 4300 5160 4730 4945 (0) BALTIMORE 5160 5590 5160 (0) BOSTON 5698 6880 6020 (0) CHICAGO 2365 2795 2365 2580 (0) DALLAS 3440 4085 3440 3870 (0) MIAMI 6020 6450 6020 (0) NEW YORK 5590 6020 6020 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5160 5375 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 ADEQUATE -- 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 2000 2500 (0) BOSTON 2000 2300 (0) CHICAGO 3500 4980 4100 4980 (0) MIAMI 4200 6500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2000 2500 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES MANGOS TOMATOES BROCCOLI MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3200 4000 3500 3600 (0) BALTIMORE 5400 6200 5800 5900 (-8) BOSTON 6200 7000 6200 6300 (-14) CHICAGO 3700 4000 (-4) DALLAS 1600 1800 1600 1700 (0) LOS ANGELES 3200 3600 3200 3300 (+3) MIAMI 3800 4500 3800 4000 (-18) NEW YORK 5600 6500 6300 6400 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 5300 6000 5500 5600 (-9) SEATTLE 5800 6100 (-8) TEXAS -- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 3200 4000 3500 3600 (0) BALTIMORE 5400 6000 5800 5900 (-8) BOSTON 6200 7000 6200 6300 (-14) CHICAGO 3700 4000 (-4) DALLAS 1600 1800 1600 1700 (0) LOS ANGELES 3200 3600 3200 3300 (+3) MIAMI 3800 4500 3800 4000 (-18) NEW YORK 5600 6500 6300 6400 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 5300 6000 5500 5600 (-9) SEATTLE 5800 6100 (-8) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 6978 7400 (0) DALLAS 5300 6240 (0) LOS ANGELES 2800 3200 (0) MIAMI 8400 8600 (0) NEW YORK 7981 (0) PHILADELPHIA 7400 7800 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS. ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 6700 7600 6800 7200 (-7) BALTIMORE 7600 8800 7800 8400 (0) BOSTON 8400 9300 8600 9000 (-2) CHICAGO 5300 6400 5700 6200 (-2) DALLAS 5500 6500 5600 6000 (-4) LOS ANGELES 2400 3200 2400 2800 (-4) MIAMI 8500 9200 8700 9200 (-1) NEW YORK 8400 9100 8500 8900 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 7600 8700 7800 8400 (0) 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 10-16 JAN 12-18 U.S. 20,149 31,880 IMPORTS 25,748 22,762 ------------ -------------- sum 45,897 54,642 JAN 03-09 JAN 05-11 U.S. 19,934 35,315 IMPORTS 33,964 20,320 ------------ -------------- sum 53,898 55,635 DEC 27-JAN 02 DEC 29-JAN 04 U.S. 17,611 26,529 IMPORTS 14,182 21,906 ------------ -------------- sum 31,793 48,435