Global Trade Patterns in Fruits and Vegetables

Sophia Huang , Linda Calvin , William T. Coyle , John Dyck , Kenzo Ito , David Kelch , Gary Lucier , Agnes Perez ; Susan Pollack , Shirley Pryor , Anita Regmi , Mathew Shane , Dennis Shields , Jim Stout , and Thomas Worth

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: European Union (EU);    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA);    Asia;    United States;    Canada;    Mexico;    Japan;    China;    Southern Hemisphere;    Northern Hemisphere;    bananas;    fruits;    vegetables;   

RP-ID  :  WRS-0406

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

International trade in fruits and vegetables has expanded at a higher rate than trade in other agricultural commodities, particularly since the 1980s. Not only has world trade in fruits and vegetables gained prominence, but the variety of commodities has expanded. Over the years, three regions-the European Union (EU), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) area, and Asia (East, Southeast, and South)-have remained as both the major destinations and sources of supply. A substantial share of their trade is intraregional, particularly that of the EU. All the three regions, however, depend on Southern Hemisphere countries for imports of juices and off-season fresh fruits, and on equatorial regions for bananas, the leading fresh fruit import. In addition to global north-south trading, due mostly to the counter-cyclical seasons of the two hemispheres, Asian trade has also become much more important since the 1980s as incomes and populations have grown and policies changed.