Actions for Fruit (Fresh) from the Food Availability database shown in Million pounds Date Type: Year; Country: USA; Commodity: Fresh grapefruit: Supply and use; Attribute: Food availability-Total-Million pounds Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd Sage Data [electronic resource]

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Fruit (Fresh) from the Food Availability database shown in Million pounds Date Type: Year; Country: USA; Commodity: Fresh grapefruit: Supply and use; Attribute: Food availability-Total-Million pounds Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd Sage Data [electronic resource]

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United States Department of Agriculture
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Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, Inc. 2025
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Reporting of domestic production ceased for mangos in 1998, limes in 2003, and pineapples in 2007. Imports comprise the vast majority of available supplies of these tropical fruit in the United States. The mango and lime industry in Florida did not recover from the losses from 1992's Hurricane Andrew. Many trees were not replaced and production continued to decline significantly in the following years, leading the Florida NASS Field Office to drop mangos and limes from the annual commodity production survey. Reporting was also recently discontinued for pineapple production in Hawaii to avoid disclosure of individual operations as the local industry now consists of one major corporation. The food availability data compiled by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) reflect the amount of food available for human consumption in the United States. The dataset includes estimates for over 200 commodities, including individual fruits, vegetables, grains, added sugars and sweeteners, dairy products, nuts, meat, poultry, and seafood. ERS's food availability data are often referred to as food disappearance data because the data represent the resulting food supply after food "disappears" into the food marketing system. ERS calculates the residual of a commodity's total annual available supply after subtracting measurable uses, such as farm inputs (feed and seed), exports, ending stocks, and industrial uses. The annual data series includes per capita food availability estimates, which are useful for studying food consumption trends because they are a proxy for actual food intake. Food availability data measure the use of basic commodities, such as wheat, beef, and shell eggs for food products at the farm level or an early stage of processing. They do not measure food use of highly processed foods (such as bakery products, frozen dinners, and soups) in their finished form. Ingredients of highly processed foods, however, are included as components of less processed foods, such as sugar, flour, fresh vegetables, and fresh meat. The food availability series is based on records of annual commodity flows from production to end uses. This involves the development of supply and disappearance balance sheets for each major commodity from which human foods are produced. In general, the total annual available supply of each commodity consists of the sum of production, imports, and beginning stocks. These three components are either directly measured or estimated by government agencies using sampling and statistical methods. For most commodity categories, measurable nonfood uses are farm inputs (feed and seed), exports, ending stocks, and industrial uses. The amount of food available for human consumption is calculated as the difference between available commodity supplies and nonfood use. In a few cases, supplies for human food use are measured directly and one of the other use components becomes the residual. Per capita food availability is calculated by dividing the annual total food supply during a specific time period by the U.S. total resident population plus Armed Forces overseas in a given year. Yearly population estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau. For commodities not shipped overseas in substantial amounts, such as fluid milk and cream, ERS uses the resident population as the base. No adjustments are made for changes in the demographic makeup of the population.
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9781544332048 Sage Data CORE
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Statistical data with bibliographic citation and abstract.
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