Fruit and Tree Nuts Scope of Data Products
Machine readable comma-separated value (.csv) data file notes.
10/05/23

Suggested citation: Weber, C., Wakefield, H., Wechsler, S., Davis, W.V., & Lucier, G. (2023). 
Fruit and Tree Nuts documentation. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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Questions concerning the development, use, or interpretation of these
data should be addressed to:

Catharine Weber, Helen Wakefield, Seth Wechsler, Wilma V. Davis, and Gary Lucier
USDA/Economic Research Service/Market and Trade Economics Division/Crops Branch

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Machine readable .csv files containing general scope documentation on the following data products:
- Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook Tables
- Fruit and Tree Nuts Data - Data by Commodity 
- Fruit and Tree Nuts Data - Data by Category

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This file was made available on October 5, 2023. 

General scope of each data product for fresh and processed fruit and tree nuts 
crops are included. 

 - Variable names are contained in the first row: 
	Product...............(Data product) 
	Years.................(Year(s) of observation) 
	Commodities...........(Fruits and tree nuts) 
	Categories............(Availability; Season Average Price; Supply; Trade Shares; Trade volume; 
							Trade value; Trade unit value; Cash Receipts; Area harvested; Consumer Price Index; 
							Producer Price Index; Retail prices; Advertised retail prices; FOB shipping-point prices; 
							Market volume)
	Location..............(Geospatial Unit of Observation - National, Global, State)
	Frequency.............(Temporal Unit of Observation - Annual, Monthly, Quarter, Half Year)  
	Availability..........(Notes for the data point)
	Source................(Data source(s) for the data point)

 - The .csv data file contains 126 rows of data, one data point per row.
	These data outline the scope for the fruit and tree nut data products.

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Sources: These data products combine information from USDA, Economic Research Service; 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; 
USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Market News; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics;
the American Frozen Food Institute; the Florida Department of Citrus; the Florida Citrus Processors Association; 
the California Strawberry Commission; the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.