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USDA Pear Production Summary - May 2021

Pear Bearing Acreage, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and
United States: 2018-2020
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                        :        Bearing acreage         :         Yield per acre
    State and variety   :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  ----------- acres ----------     ----------- tons ----------
                        :
California .............:  10,700     10,000      9,900     15.10      16.30      11.60
Oregon .................:  15,000     14,400     13,900     16.40      15.70      15.10
Washington .............:  20,600     20,100     19,700     19.30      16.20      17.60
                        :
United States ..........:  46,300     44,500     43,500     17.40      16.10      15.40
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                        :        Total production        :      Utilized production
    State and variety   :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :                              tons
                        :
California .............: 161,500    163,000    115,000    161,000    161,370    114,090
Oregon .................: 246,000    226,000    210,000    245,260    224,180    209,800
Washington .............: 398,000    326,000    347,000    394,000    325,330    345,940
                        :
United States ..........: 805,500    715,000    672,000    800,260    710,880    669,830
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                        :         Price per ton          :  Value of utilized production
    State and variety   :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  ---------- dollars ---------    ------- 1,000 dollars -------
                        :
California .............:  480.00     380.00     596.00     77,344     61,317     67,965
Oregon .................:  575.00     465.00     465.00    140,966    104,159     97,552
Washington .............:  535.00     440.00     509.00    210,630    143,287    175,965
                        :
United States ..........:  536.00     434.00     510.00    428,940    308,763    341,482
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Pear Utilization, Price, and Value by Utilization - States and United States: 2018-2020
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                        :                       Utilized production
   Utilization, State,  :-----------------------------------------------------------------
       and variety      :        2018         :        2019         :        2020
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                        :                              tons
                        :
Fresh                   :
 California ............:        54,100                69,440                60,840
 Oregon ................:       209,100               183,950               189,850
 Washington ............:       294,500               259,150               269,600
                        :
United States ..........:       557,700               512,540               520,290
                        :
Processed               :
 California ............:       106,900                91,930                53,250
 Oregon ................:        36,160                40,230                19,950
 Washington ............:        99,500                66,180                76,340
                        :
United States ..........:       242,560               198,340               149,540
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                        :         Price per ton          :      Value of production
   Utilization, State,  :-----------------------------------------------------------------
       and variety      :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  ---------- dollars ---------    ------- 1,000 dollars -------
                        :
Fresh                   :
 California ............:  661.00     372.00     746.00     35,760     25,832     45,387
 Oregon ................:  610.00     505.00     480.00    127,551     92,895     91,128
 Washington ............:  600.00     462.00     555.00    176,700    119,727    149,628
                        :
 United States .........:  610.00     465.00     550.00    340,011    238,454    286,143
                        :
Processed               :
 California ............:  389.00     386.00     424.00     41,584     35,485     22,578
 Oregon ................:  371.00     280.00     322.00     13,415     11,264      6,424
 Washington ............:  341.00     356.00     345.00     33,930     23,560     26,337
                        :
 United States .........:  367.00     354.00     370.00     88,929     70,309     55,339
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Pear Harvested Not Sold Production - States and United States: 2018-2020
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                        :                       Harvested not sold
    State and variety   :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :        2018         :        2019         :        2020
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                        :                              tons
                        :
California .............:          500                 1,630                   910
Oregon .................:          740                 1,820                   200
Washington .............:        4,000                   670                 1,060
                        :
United States ..........:        5,240                 4,120                 2,170
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