Value of U.S. fruit and vegetable imports rises by 10% in 2022
The value of U.S. imports of fresh produce increased at a double-digit pace in 2022, with volume growing at a moderate pace.
The USDA reported fresh and frozen fruit imports in 2022 totaled $19.3 billion, up 10% from 2021. By volume, U.S. imports of fresh and frozen fruits totaled 14.1 million metric tons, up 3% from 2021.
U.S. fresh vegetable imports in 2022 totaled $11.8 billion, up 10% from 2021. U.S. imports of fresh vegetables, by volume, totaled 9.4 million metric tons, up 5% from 2021, the USDA said.
Combined fresh vegetable and fresh and frozen fruit imports totaled $31.1 billion in 2022, up 10% from 2021. By volume, U.S. imports of fresh vegetables and fresh and frozen fruit were 23.5 million metric tons, up 4% from 2021.
U.S. fruit and vegetable imports by commodity and value in 2022, compared with 2021:
- Fresh berries, excluding strawberries — $4.2 billion, up 15%.
- Fresh avocados — $3.3 billion, up 8%.
- Fresh tomatoes — $2.9 billion, up 3%.
- Fresh and frozen bananas and plantains — $2.5 billion, up 3%.
- Fresh grapes — $2.2 billion, up 22%.
- Fresh peppers — $1.9 billion, down 2%.
- Fresh citrus — $1.8 billion, up 13%.
- Fresh and frozen strawberries — $1.5 billion, no change.
- Fresh cucumbers — $1.1 billion, up 14%.
- Fresh and frozen pineapples — $852.8 million, up 9%.
- Mangoes — $777.4 million, up 6%.
- Fresh melons — $695.8 million, up 7%.
- Fresh lettuce — $643.6 million, up 38%.
- Fresh asparagus — $619.9 million, down 10%.
- Fresh onions — $589.5 million, up 12%.
- Fresh cauliflower and broccoli — $464.6 million, up 16%.
- Fresh squash — $423.6 million, up 16%.
- Fresh potatoes — $396.3 million, up 48%.
- Fresh garlic — $243.2 million, up 6%.
- Fresh kiwifruit — $211.9 million, up 8%.
- Fresh beans — $202.6 million, up 7%.
- Fresh apples — $175.7 million, up 3%.
- Fresh carrots — $157.2 million, up 29%.
- Fresh pears — $116.6 million, up 12%.
- Fresh cabbage — $101.9 million, up 5%.
- Fresh peas — $101.2 million, no change.
- Fresh eggplant — $93.7 million, up 19%.
- Fresh celery — $87 million, up 14%.
- Fresh peaches — $66.5 million, up 3%.
- Fresh plums — $45.5 million, up 10%.
- Fresh okra — $41.2 million, down 9%.
- Fresh radishes — $36.6 million, up 5%.
- Fresh endive — $5.9 million, up 40%.
