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Figure 1.1. Regional and world banana production, 1990-2010 (not shown: Europe, with < 1% of world total)

(source: FAO, 2011).

respectively. The top ten producers of citrus group fruits
were China, the United States, Brazil, Mexico, India, Spain,
Argentina, Turkey, Iran, and Italy (FAO, 2011).

the supply of each commodity is the sum of production,
imports, and beginning inventories, and from this amount,
the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic
Research Service (ERS) subtracts out exports, farm and in-
dustrial uses, and ending stocks. The USDA collects data on
these components directly from producers and distributors
using techniques that vary by commodity. These data are not

TRENDS IN CONSUMPTION
The food availability data represent the supply of food avail-
able for consumption in the United States. For a given year,

Figure 1.2. Regional and world pineapple production, 1990-2010 (not shown: Europe, with < 1% of world
total) (source: FAO, 2011).