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Article: -ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE: Fruit and tree nuts yearbook.
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- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- October 20, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 October 1998-ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE: Fruit and tree nuts yearbook (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Fruit production increased 12 percent in 1997 from a year ago to 35.7 million tons. Noncitrus fruit production rose 14 percent, and citrus production rose 10 percent. Noncitrus fruit accounted for slightly over half of all fruit produced. Crop size increased for all fruit except apples, plums/prunes, lemons, papayas, dates, guavas, olives, avocados, and pineapples. It remained constant for limes and mangos. The 1997 crop was valued at $10.7 billion, 10 percent higher than the previous year. The value of the noncitrus crop ...