International Marketing
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Worldwide demand for fresh grape exports from California is at an all-time high. 2008 was the second highest year in export volume ever and an all-time high in export value for fresh grape exports from California through January, as retail stores around the world saw increased sales of California grapes.
Each season, the California Table Grape Commission's global marketing campaign arranges global retailer promotions in more than 35 countries from May through January.
In the last 10 years, exports of fresh California grapes have increased 40 percent, while the value of those exports has increased 99 percent (May-Jan, excluding shipments to Canada).
Export rankings (May through December):
Country |
19-lb boxes |
|---|---|
Canada |
11,304,028 |
Mexico |
5,567,079 |
China1 |
2,781,741 |
Central American Region2 |
1,876,115 |
Australia |
1,872,402 |
Indonesia |
1,613,883 |
Taiwan |
1,567,935 |
Philippines |
1,299,438 |
Hong Kong/Macau1 |
1,192,689 |
Malaysia |
1,002,049 |
United Kingdom/Eire |
888,222 |
Singapore |
883,929 |
Thailand |
878,011 |
New Zealand |
759,543 |
Indochina Region3 |
538,038 |
North Andean Region4 |
525,275 |
Venezuela |
488,957 |
Russian Federation/Ukraine |
439,759 |
Middle East - United Arab Emirates/Kuwait |
377,914 |
Korea, South |
349,951 |
India Region5 |
322,568 |
Panama |
310,268 |
Dominican Republic |
295,184 |
Japan |
244,479 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
149,449 |
1 Assumes 62.5 percent transshipment from Hong Kong to China
2 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
3 Vietnam, Cambodia
4 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
5 India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Source: USDA, except for Australia which is California Table Grape Export Association