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Blueberry Cold Storage Reports

Cold Storage Trends

MARCH  2012 

Data contained in these summary tables were compiled from the USDA-NASS Cold Storage Reports by Rufus S. La Lone

The USDA updates data around the 22th of each month, and reports current inventories as of the end of the previous month.  Cells with “-” will fill-in over time.

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Blueberry Holdings 2011-2012

1,000 pounds
MONTH TOTAL
AUGUST 167,015
SEPTEMBER 174,805 
OCTOBER 160,156 
NOVEMBER 149,989 
DECEMBER 136,966 
JANUARY 124,003 
FEBRUARY 114,066 
MARCH  78,078 
APRIL  
MAY  
JUNE  
Holdings as % of MAR 2011 121%

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Blueberry MonthlyUsage

1,000 pounds
2012  MARCH  USE 35,988
3 Month Average Use 19,629
Month’s Supply / Prev. 3 Months’ Use  4
Months Until New Pack  5
Months long / (Short) based on previous 3 months Average Usage  (1)

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Blueberry TotalVolume

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1,000 pounds
MONTHS 2010-11 3 YR. AVG 2010-11 2000-10
AUGUST 167,015 175,142 163,387 189,893
SEPTEMBER 174,805 175,755 155,105 189,628
OCTOBER 160,156 162,963 140,707  173,849
NOVEMBER 149,989  149,742 129,877  154,647
DECEMBER 136,966  137,271 116,485  141,883
JANUARY 124,003  122,920 104,091   123,579
FEBRUARY 114,066  111,504 93,103  109,095
MARCH  78,078 96,324 80,016  93,342
APRIL   80,770 65,583  75,482
MAY   66,662 50,865  61,331
JUNE   65,401 57,467  57,332
Present storage volume is 5.29 mil. lbs. (6% ) BELOW the 3 year average.

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Cumulative Blueberry Usage

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1,000 pounds
Month 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09
SEPTEMBER INCR 8,282 211 INCR
OCTOBER 14,649  22,680 16,044 8,144
NOVEMBER 24,816  33,510 35,246 17,775
DECEMBER 37,839 46,902 48,010 28,769
JANUARY 50,802  59,296 66,314 41,389
FEBRUARY 60,739  70,284 80,798 51,514
MARCH 96,727  83,371 96,551 66,863
APRIL   97,804 114,411 81,658
MAY   128,562 128,562 94,688
JUNE   132,561 132,561 101,074
Cumulative usage is ABOVE last year by 13.36 mil. lbs. (16%).  Pack Year started at 174.81 mil. lbs. (7%) ABOVE last year’s volume