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Botero, Jaramillo

Agricultural and Resource Economics

1991

M.S.

... This research analyzes industry characteristics in marketing tropical fruits. The study also includes a demand analysis for selected products. The products selected for this study are asparagus, limes, mangoes, passion fruit, pineapples, and pitahayas. ...The analysis consisted of two parts. The first part required a mail questionnaire be sent to produce buyers for supermarkets in the East Coast of the U.S. ...The second part of the study consisted of a demand analysis for the period 1983-1989 of the same products, except passion fruit and pitahayas because of lack of data markets of Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. ...This information will help exporters and market buyers to better understand the demand for these products in the East Coast and major terminal markets, and strategically plan for the expansion of tropical fruits and vegetables in U.S. markets.