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Major California Agricultural Exports to the Top Destinations in 1999*
(Commodities with exports of more than $2 million to each destination are listed in order of the

value of shipments).
         
         
(1) Canada Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Table Grapes 1 119    
Tomatoes, Processed 2 115    
Lettuce 3 102    
Wine 4 84    
Strawberries 5 78    
Carrots 6 50    
Tomatoes, Fresh 7 43    
Peaches/Nectarines 8 42    
Broccoli 9 38    
Oranges 10 35    
Almonds 11 35    
Onions 12 31    
Melons 13 27    
Flowers and Nursery 14 26    
Celery 15 26    
Cauliflower 16 23    
Raisins 17 22    
Plums 18 20    
Grape Juice 19 19    
Lemons 20 17    
Asparagus 21 15    
Walnuts 22 12    
Cherries 23 12    
Pears 24 10    
Prunes 25 10    
Pistachios 26 9    
Garlic 27 7    
Apples 28 7    
Grapefruit 29 7    
Apricots 30 6    
Olives 31 4    
Kiwi 32 4    
Figs 33 3    
Artichokes 34 3    
Dates 35 2    
Others*   3    
Total*   1067    
         
         
(2) Japan Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Rice 1 144    
Cotton, Lint 2 109    
Hay 3 74    
Wine 4 70    
Beef and Products 5 69    
Almonds 6 62    
Raisins 7 59    
Lemons 8 51    
Oranges 9 44    
Broccoli 10 41    
Strawberries 11 40    
Prunes 12 33    
Milk and Cream 13 31    
Cherries 14 30    
Grapefruit 15 30    
Walnuts 16 29    
Cauliflower 17 28    
Tomatoes, Processed 18 24    
Asparagus 19 21    
Pistachios 20 9    
Melons 21 8    
Lettuce 22 7    
Table Grapes 23 7    
Grape Juice 24 5    
Peaches/Nectarines 25 5    
Apricots 26 3    
Onions 27 3    
Figs 28 2    
Olives 29 2    
Pears 30 2    
Others*   12    
Total*   1054    
         
         
(3) Mexico Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Milk and Cream 1 116    
Table Grapes 2 28    
Tomatoes, Processed 3 18    
Almonds 4 16    
Walnuts 5 15    
Beef and Products 6 9    
Flowers and Nursery 7 8    
Lettuce 8 8    
Cotton, Lint 9 8    
Peaches/Nectarines 10 7    
Strawberries 11 7    
Pears 12 5    
Plums 13 5    
Tomatoes, Fresh 14 4    
Wine 15 4    
Garlic 16 3    
Apricots 17 3    
Raisins 18 3    
Rice 19 2    
Oranges 20 2    
Lemons 21 2    
Others*   8    
Total*   281    
         
         
(4) United Kingdom Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Wine 1 126    
Raisins 2 33    
Almonds 3 31    
Table Grapes 4 20    
Prunes 5 10    
Tomatoes, Processed 6 4    
Garlic 7 4    
Strawberries 8 4    
Others*   21    
Total*   252    
         
         
(5) Hong Kong Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Table Grapes 1 50    
Almonds 2 19    
Cotton, Lint 3 19    
Pistachios 4 19    
Milk and Cream 5 18    
Oranges 6 18    
Lettuce 7 14    
Plums 8 9    
Lemons 9 7    
Cherries 10 6    
Tomatoes, Processed 11 5    
Celery 12 4    
Broccoli 13 4    
Wine 14 4    
Beef and Products 15 4    
Peaches/Nectarines 16 3    
Raisins 17 3    
Prunes 18 2    
Figs 19 2    
Others*   8    
Total*   217    
         
         
(6) Taiwan Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Peaches/Nectarines 1 37    
Cotton, Lint 2 24    
Apples 3 23    
Table Grapes 4 21    
Milk and Cream 5 16    
Plums 6 13    
Beef and Products 7 13    
Cherries 8 8    
Hay 9 8    
Almonds 10 8    
Oranges 11 6    
Raisins 12 5    
Wine 13 5    
Lettuce 14 4    
Broccoli 15 4    
Celery 16 3    
Prunes 17 3    
Walnuts 18 2    
Others*   6    
Total*   209    
         
         
(7) Germany Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Almonds 1 109    
Walnuts 2 19    
Prunes 3 18    
Wine 4 14    
Pistachios 5 10    
Raisins 6 8    
Cotton, Lint 7 5    
Others*   7    
Total*   189    
         
         
(8) South Korea Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Cotton, Lint 1 70    
Beef and Products 2 38    
Oranges 3 15    
Milk and Cream 4 12    
Almonds 5 11    
Tomatoes, Processed 6 9    
Grape Juice 7 6    
Hay 8 4    
Raisins 9 2    
Wine 10 2    
Others*   8    
Total*   178    
         
         
(9) Netherlands Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Wine 1 74    
Almonds 2 42    
Prunes 3 7    
Pistachios 4 7    
Raisins 5 5    
Walnuts 6 4    
Avocados 7 3    
Others*   12    
Total*   155    
         
         
(10) Spain Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Almonds 1 75    
Walnuts 2 26    
Others*   9  
Total*   110    
         
         
Other Destinations Receiving Between $35 and $65 Million of California's Agricultural Exports in 1999*
         
Australia        
Belgium        
China        
France        
India        
Indonesia        
Italy        
Malaysia        
Philippines        
Singapore        
Sweden        
Switzerland        
         
         
* This table provides the approximate exports to each of the top destinations for the 33    
California commodities with the largest total export values in 1999, and 8 additional commodities  
for which California accounts for over 85% of U.S. exports, or for which reliable export data was available.  
For each of the 9 commodities that are not included here, California accounts for less than 25% of U.S.  
exports, making it difficult to estimate export destinations with available data sources.    
         
Major California Agricultural Exports to the European Union, 1999*    
(Commodities with exports of more than $2 million are listed in order of the value of shipments).  
         
  Rank

Approximate Export Value (millions)

    
Almonds 1 352    
Wine 2 256    
Raisins 3 70    
Walnuts 4 65    
Prunes 5 59    
Pistachios 6 37    
Cotton, Lint 7 22    
Table Grapes 8 22    
Tomatoes, Processed 9 12    
Garlic 10 10    
Tomatoes, Fresh 11 9    
Strawberries 12 6    
Dates 13 5    
Onions 14 5    
Avocados 15 5    
Rice 16 5    
Lemons 17 3    
Flowers and Nursery 18 3    
Peaches/Nectarines 19 2    
Asparagus 20 2    
Others*   12    
Total*   959    
         
         
* This table provides the approximate exports to the European Union for the 33    
California commodities with the largest total export values in 1999, and 8 additional commodities  
for which California accounts for over 85% of U.S. exports, or for which reliable export data was available.
For each of the 9 commodities that are not included here, California accounts for less than 25% of U.S.  
exports, making it difficult to estimate export destinations with available data sources.    
 


 

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