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US fruit and vegetables trade reached a top?
US produce market reached a deficit of 59% for the fruit and 30% for the vegetables, while the export shipments stopped progressing.
US fresh fruit and vegetables exports declined in 2025 except with Asian markets, no positive impact is seen from Trum tariff policies. The United States exported $12.9 billion worth of fruits and vegetables in 2025, across a total volume of 7.26 million metric tons, according to data from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Top10 markets represented US$10,56 billion in 2025 in decline from 2024 after 4 consecutive years of growth. Only Asian markets are not showing signs of decline so far.
Canada Mexico and Japan
Canada represents by far the first market with US$5,21 billion or 40% of total shipments last year. Mexico follows with 2,15 billion, then Japan with 1,11 billion. South Korea, Taiwan and the European Union follow on the ranking with respectively $660,8 million, 488 and 381 million of export value last year.
US imports at 35,6 billion
US produce imports have been progressing until 2024, the question is if they have reached a top or will continue progressing. USDA estimated the total value of US produce imports at US$35,6 billion in 2025, which is almost 3 times higher than the exports. $20,1 billion are allocated to fresh fruit, $13,5 allocated to the vegetables. Since the 2008 completion of the transition to tariff- and quota-free trade among Mexico, Canada, and the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable imports had increased with few interruptions.
Rely on imports
From 2007 to 2023, the percent of U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable availability supplied by imports grew from 50 percent to 59 percent for fresh fruit and from 20 percent to 35 percent for fresh vegetables (excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms), according to USDA analysis. The import share increased by more than 20 percentage points during this period for 10 crops: asparagus, avocados, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, raspberries, snap beans, and tomatoes.
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