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TMP: FRESH AVOCADO: WORLD OUTLOOK AND U.S.
MARKET AND PRICE REPORT SEPTEMBER 2003

Market Research Series Nº 1/03 With this report about FRESH AVOCADO, Today's Market Prices starts the Market Research Series.

FRESH AVOCADO: WORLD OUTLOOK AND U.S. MARKET AND PRICE REPORT is a 38-page study with 23 Tables and 12 Graphs.

A product by Today's Market Prices. Six years providing daily prices of fruits, herbs and vegetables in wholesale markets worldwide and in growing areas and import points of the United States.

You will receive this printed FRESH AVOCADO REPORT by mail for only U$S 75.-. Available in English and in Spanish.

Today's Market Prices professionals have developed this project of specialized publications that aims at providing the world's fruit and horticultural sectors with tools for an efficient and competitive business operation.

The Fresh Avocado Market Report, provides a summary of the most recent statistics about international production and trade in volume and value. The information is sorted according to country level for the last ten years which allows to view the international market trends until 2002.

As regards prices, Today's Market Prices database has allowed a great deal of information about prices in U.S. terminal markets to be shown. Weekly prices of avocado, from January 2003 to September 5th 2003 (week 36th), are provided in Tables and Graphs sorted by variety, size, and country of origin for Terminal markets of Miami, New York and San Francisco. Finally, the report does not try to draw conclusions but to supply information so that operators can define their own policies and strategies from their market position.

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GENERAL INDEX OF THE REPORT CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.       WORLD PRODUCTION
2.       WORLD TRADE
2.1     EXPORTS
2.2.    IMPORTS
3.       UNITED STATES
3.1.    PRODUCTION
3.2.    IMPORTS
3.2.1. TOTAL IMPORTS
3.2.2. MONTHLY IMPORTS
3.3.    EXPORTS
3.4.    REEXPORTS
4.       AVOCADO PRODUCTION, SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION IN PRODUCING COUNTRIES
5.       PRICES IN U.S. TERMINAL MARKETS
5.1.    AVOCADO GREENSKIN VARIETY PRICES 2002 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2003
5.1.1. MIAMI TERMINAL MARKET
5.1.2. NEW YORK TERMINAL MARKET
5.2.    AVOCADO HASS VARIETY PRICES 2002 THROUG SEPTEMBER 2003
5.2.1. SAN FRANCISCO TERMINAL MARKET
5.2.2. MIAMI TERMINAL MARKET

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TABLES

TABLE 1. WORLD AND 20 TOP COUNTRIES, AVOCADOS PRODUCTION, 1993 - 2002, IN METRIC TONS

TABLE 2. WORLD AND 20 TOP COUNTRIES, AVOCADOS EXPORTS, 1992 - 2001, IN METRIC TONS

TABLE 3. WORLD AND 20 TOP COUNTRIES, AVOCADOS IMPORTS, 1992 - 2001, IN METRIC TONS

TABLE 4. WORLD AND 20 TOP COUNTRIES, AVOCADOS IMPORTS, 1992 - 2001, IN 1,000 DOLLARS

TABLE 5. UNITED STATES, FLORIDA AVOCADOS: BEARING ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION, SEASON AVERAGE PRICE AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION AT PACKING HOUSE DOOR FOR CROP YEARS 1993-94 THROUGH 2002-03

TABLE 6. UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA AVOCADOS: BEARING ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION, SEASON AVERAGE PRICE AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION AT PACKING HOUSE DOOR FOR CROP YEARS 1997-98 THROUGH 2001-02

TABLE 7. UNITED STATES, HAWAI AVOCADOS: BEARING ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION, SEASON AVERAGE PRICE AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION AT PACKING HOUSE DOOR FOR CROP YEARS 1997-98 THROUGH 2001-02

TABLE 8. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, CONSUMPTION IMPORTS BY SUPPLIER, 1993 - 2002, QUANTITIES IN METRIC TONS

TABLE 9. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, CONSUMPTION IMPORTS BY SUPPLIER, 1993 - 2002, VALUES IN 1000 DOLLARS

TABLE 10. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, IMPORTS AVERAGE PRICES, 1993 - 2002, IN DOLLAR PER KILOGRAM

TABLE 11. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, MONTHLY CONSUMPTION IMPORTS BY SUPPLIER, 2002, QUANTITIES IN METRIC TONS

TABLE 12. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, MONTHLY CONSUMPTION IMPORTS BY SUPPLIER, 2002, VALUES IN 1000 DOLLARS

TABLE 13. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, EXPORTS BY COUNTRY, 1993 - 2002, QUANTITIES IN METRIS TONS

TABLE 14. UNITED STATES, AVOCADOS, REEXPORTS BY COUNTRY, 1993 - 2002, QUANTITIES IN METRIS TONS

TABLE 15. FRESH AVOCADOS: PRODUCTION, SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES, 1,000 METRIC TONS

TABLE 16. AVOCADO, GREENSKIN, TERMINAL MARKET IN MIAMI, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES ACCORDING TO ORIGIN AND SIZE PER WEEK, 2002 ( US$ /FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 17. AVOCADO, GREENSKIN, MIAMI TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, JANUARY - JUNE 2003 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 18. AVOCADO, GREENSKIN, NEW YORK TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, 2002 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 19. AVOCADO, GREENSKIN, NEW YORK TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2003 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 20. AVOCADO, HASS, SAN FRANCISCO TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, 2002 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 21. AVOCADO, HASS, SAN FRANCISCO TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2003 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 22. AVOCADO, HASS, MIAMI TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, 2002 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

TABLE 23. AVOCADO, HASS, MIAMI TERMINAL MARKET, WEEKLY AVERAGE PRICES BY ORIGIN AND SIZE, JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2003 ( US$ / FLT 2 LYR)

FIGURES

FIGURE 1. AVOCADOS PRODUCTION, SIX TOPS COUNTRIES, 1993-2002

FIGURE 2. AVOCADOS PRODUCTION, FIVE TOPS COUNTRIES, FIRST, MEXICO, EXCLUDED 1993-2002

FIGURE 3. AVOCADO EXPORTS SIX TOP COUNTRIES, 1992 - 2001

FIGURE 4. AVOCADO IMPORTS, SIX TOP COUNTRIES, 1992 - 2001

FIGURE 5. AVOCADOS, UNITED STATES, IMPORTS, FOUR TOP COUNTRIES, 1993 - 2002 EN TONELADAS

FIGURE 6. AVOCADOS, UNITED STATES IMPORTS, PRICE BY COUNTRY, 1993 - 2002, US$ BY KILOGRAM

FIGURE 7. AVOCADOS, UNITED STATES, MONTHLY IMPORTS BY THREE TOP COUNTRIES, 2002, EN TONELADAS

FIGURE 8. AVOCADOS, UNITED STATES, PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, EXPORTS, 1993/94 - 2001/02 IN METRIC TONS

FIGURE 9. AVOCADO, GREENSKIN, UNITED STATES, AVERAGE PRICES MIAMI TERMINAL MARKET, DOMINICANA REP. ORIGIN, 2002 - JUNE 2003

FIGURE 10. AVOCADO, GREENSKIN, UNITED STATES, AVERAGE PRICES NEW YORK MARKET, DOMINICANA REP. FLORIDA ORIGIN, 2002 - JUNE 2003

FIGURE 11. AVOCADO, HASS, UNITED STATES, AVERAGE PRICES SAN FRANCISCO MARKET, CALIFORNIA. CHILE, DOMINICANA REP ORIGIN, 2002 - JUNE 2003

FIGURE 12. AVOCADO, HASS, UNITED STATES, AVERAGE PRICES MIAMISAN FRANCISCO MARKET, CALIFORNIA. CHILE, DOMINICANA REP ORIGIN, 2002 - JUNE 2003