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There will be about 7 millions fewer boxes of Washington state apples shipped from the Yakima and Wenatchee valleys this season, but it still should end up next August being the second largest crop of all time.
Last year’s record apple loadings hit 128.2 million fresh boxes, and is competing with larger New York and Michigan shipments, after devasting freezes hit those states in 2012.
As of December 1, 28 million boxes had been shipped compared to 31.5 million at the same time last year and 25.3 million two years ago. Loadings are still clipping along at 2.7 million boxes per week and should remain at that level into spring, possibly peaking around 3 million per week in January.
The crop’s current standing at 113.3 million boxes is up .1 percent from the November 1 storage report, down 5.5 percent from the August 1 forecast of 119.8 million boxes and pff 11.7 percent from the record 128.2-million-box 2012 crop.
Exports are down 10 percent from a year ago at 8.4 million boxes as of December 1 compared with 9.4 million at the same time in 2012 and 7.8 million in 2011.
Mexico and Canada are Washington’s largest apple export markets.
Mexico normally takes 10 million to 11 million boxes annually but hit 13.6 million last year. Canada averages 5 million to 6 million and last year took 6.35 million boxes.
Thus far this season, Canada is at 1.2 million boxes and Mexico is just getting started at 1 million
Washington state apples – grossing about $6700 to Orlando.
Washington state apple shipping estimates indicate that the 2013-14 apple crop will be the second largest in the state’s history. The statewide total is placed at 119.8 million boxes, down 10 million boxes from last year’s record-setting season. But that’s still a bunch of apples to ship this season. Nationwide, apple loadings should be up 13 percent.
There were 10 million boxes left to ship August 1st on the old storage crop. But an orderly transition is expected to take place betwee the old crop and the one that’s gearing up.
Shipments for the new season apples got underway the third week of August and Galas and Gingergolds are already being hauled.
A volume breakdown for top apple varieties for the 2013-14 season is as follows: Red Delicious/33.75 million boxes; Golden Delicious/10.5 million boxes; Granny Smith/15 million boxes; Fuji/16.5 million boxes; Gala/26.4 million boxes;’ Cripps Pink/3.3 million boxes; Jonagold/1 million boxes; Braeburn/2.3 million boxes; and Honeycrisp 5.7 million boxes. The balance of the overall estimate is taken up by all other varieties.
National shipments of apples are expected to be up 13 percent this season, with the biggest increases coming from the Midwest and East. Michigan is making a big time recovery from last season’s weather disaster.
During the 2012-13 season, Washington apple shippers picked everything they could get their hands on to supply the nation, which had experienced bad weather in some other major shipping areas.
Yakima Valley apples – grossing about $6500 to New York City.