Commissioner's Reports by the California Agricultural Statistics Service and county
agricultural data available for purchase.
US trade data are available from Foreign Agricultural Trade for the United States
(FATUS) and Agricultural Statistics. Both of these sources provide quantity and prices
data for only part of the commodities under consideration. The Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) provides U.S. trade statistics on quantities and values of all the
fresh and juice commodities in this study. Data on exports of California commodities
are available through the Agricultural Issues Center for the majority of the commodities
in this study. For the few commodities not covered, methods used to determine
California exports will be used to calculate the figures. For example, Brussel sprouts are
not covered in the AIC export statistics; however, California is the only US producer of
this crop, so all US exports would be from California.
No data set exists for imports into California that are destined solely for the
California market. This figure would need to be calculated. California consumption is
equal to production, less exports of California products plus imports into California.
Since California specific data exists for consumption, production, and exports, imports
can be calculated once the level of California consumption is determined as described
earlier.
Wholesale price data may be purchased from the American Marketing Service.
These data would cover only fresh fruits and vegetables. The USDA reports retail
prices for many of the fresh and processed commodities covered in this study, but not
all. For items traded in international markets, import and export prices may also be
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