date:Dec 26, 2019
Bananas -excluding plantains- avocados and grapes, are the US three most popular imported fruits. Collectively they represent 44.6% of the value of all fresh or dried fruits imported into the United States during 2018.
Overall US demand totaled US$15.2 billion worth of non-frozen fruits imported during 2018. That dollar amount equals a 32.4% increase from the value of Americas imported fruits during 2014 and a 3.7% year-over-year uptick from 2017 to 2018.
In contrast, exported fruits from the