Table 2.
Top 20 commodities based on import and consumption data, 2007
| Imports, thousand kg (Rank) |
Consumption, thousand kg (Rank) |
Composite Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables | Tomato | 1 071 (1) | 2 780 (3) | 2 |
| Potato | 502 (2) | 5 371 (1) | 1 | |
| Cucumber | 459 (3) | 864 (7) | 4 | |
| Onion | 418 (4) | 2 971 (2) | 3 | |
| Bell pepper | 329 (5) | 926 (6) | 5 | |
| Squash** | 257 (6) | 611 (8) | 7 | |
| Garlic | 225 (7) | 405 (9) | 9 | |
| Artichoke | 166 (8) | 221 (10) | 10 | |
| Carrot | 112 (9) | 1 227 (4) | 6 | |
| Head lettuce | 70 (10) | 2 774 (5) | 8 | |
| Fruits | Banana | 3 543 (1) | 3 552 (2) | 1 |
| Melon | 953 (2) | 3 851 (1) | 1 | |
| Pineapple* | 697 (3) | 688 (7) | 3 | |
| Grape | 569 (4) | 1 103 (4) | 2 | |
| Lime * | 328 (5) | 326 (10) | 6 | |
| Avocado | 302 (6) | 471 (8) | 5 | |
| Apple | 173 (7) | 2 262 (3) | 3 | |
| Orange | 112 (8) | 1 021 (5) | 4 | |
| Pear | 86 (9) | 425 (9) | 8 | |
| Strawberry | 72 (10) | 882 (6) | 7 | |
Items listed in order of combined ranks for imports and consumption. Consumption measured as "Disappearance." Data: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/FoodAvailSpreadsheets.htm#fruitveg
* In a few cases, imports exceed disappearance due to re-exportation.
**Squash: No breakdowns could be obtained to specify relative quantities imported of summer, winter, and non-specified squashes, to parallel available data in the MRL database.