World Apple Report Topic Index Volume 21, …

1 1 World Apple Report Topic Index Volume 21, january - december 2014 A: By Subject Subject Issue, Page "Marked Local" Produce Ads Growing 11,4 Abenomics Effects Uncertain 2,2 Aging Farmers 9,6 Agricultural Census Data Confirm Trends 9,4 Agricultural Sustainability, Focus on 6,1 Agriculture's Story, Telling 9,6 Alarm in Asia 7,2 Anti-GMO Activists Keep Up Pressure 9,5 Apple Juice Concentrate Consolidation 8,3 Apple Juice, Intercontinental Disconnect 12,4 Apple Orchards Continue to Get Bigger 6,7 Apple Production to Top 100 million by 2025 3,5 Apple World 2025 3,5 Apples a Victory for NAFTA 6,9 Arab Spring Self-destructs 9,4 Asia, E-Commerce to Soar in 8,5 Austerity versus Stimulus Undecided 2,2 Beverage Markets Beleaguered 5,5 Biggest Stories of 2013 1,5 Bilateral Trade Deals, Progress in 4,6 Bill Gates on Foreign Aid 3,4 Bitcoin, Strange Phenomenon of 2.

2 7 Bitcoin's Uneasy Adolesence 5,3 Bottled Water Rebounds 5,5 Brazil Awaits World Cup Boost 7,4 BRICs Countries, Weakness Among 1,2 BRICs, Troubled 11,2 Buying Local, The Many Facets of 11,4 Buying Regional, Does it Make More Sense? 7,5 Canada Rejects COOL Labels Again 1,9 Career Paths in Agriculture 9,6 Challenges to Organic Expansion 8,7 Changing Gears Again 10,1 Chilean Industry Reeling 5,4 China and Russia Exceptions 6,2 China Near Crisis Point 6,9 China, Is (it) Becoming More Protectionist? 5,9 China's Changing Role 10,9 China's New Direction 1,4 Coffee Moves Upscale 5,5 Communication Revolution 10,5 Competitiveness, International 5,1 Consumer Confidence Weakens 8,2 Consumer Expenditures, Booming 10,4 Consumer, State of 11,2 Consumers, Are Today's More Rational 2,6 Consumption, EU Fresh Produce Falls Again 6,2 Consumption, Edges Upwards 6,2 Corruption, Europe Battles 3,4 Cracks Beginning to Show 10,7 Crop Insurance and Farm Debt 1,3 Currencies, Little Relief on 10,7 Decline in the Fruit Sector 9,6 Defending Science and Truth 9,5 Depressed Economy the Norm 1,2 Drones in Your Future 10,3 Eastern Europe, Troubles Explode in 9,2 E-Commerce to Soar in Asia 8,5 EU Agriculture Opposes Transatlantic Pact 3,9 EU Floundering 12,2 EU Fresh Produce Consumption Falls Again 6,2 EU Wakeup Call 7.

3 2 EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement Fate 11,9 Europe and Japan Struggling 11,2 Europe Battles Corruption 3,4 Europe, Sick Men of 10,2 Europe's Looming Crisis 10,6 EU-Ukraine Trade Deal Spells Trouble 8,4 Family Farmer to Corporate Villain 10,5 Farm Bill Jeopardizes Market Access 11,9 Farm Bill Monstrosity 4,7 Fat Wars and Tax Wars 6,4 FDA Admits Outsize Task 7,1 FDA Frets and Struts 11,1 FDA Has Failed to Follow Legislative Intent 1,6 Financial and Markets 5,7 Financial Engineering Gone Wild 11,3 FMSA Repeal, Formidable Obstacles to 7,8 Food Label Use Stil Declining 10,3 Food Retailers, Another Difficult Year 1,4 Food Safety Angst Grows 1,1 Food Safety Culture 11,1 Forecasts of Apple Variety Trends to 2025 4,5 Foreign Supplier Verification Proposals 3,3 Free Trade versus Managed Trade 10,4 Fresh Apple Trade Shakeup 10,8 Fresh Facts on Retail 8,8 Fruit Industry Pivots towards Asia 1,7 Fruit Sector, Decline in 9,6 Fruit Snacking Grows 10,3 Germany Regresses on Pensions 3,4 Global Economy Still Struggling 1,5 Global Power, Rebalancing of 1,7 GMO Debate Won't Die 9,5 GMO Labeling, Vermont Picks Fight on 6,3 Great Recession Great Disrupter 10,10 Hong Kong Future Uncertain Immigration Reform 1,7 Importance of New Agribusinesses 9,1 Income Realignments Changing Markets 3,2 India, New Consumer Brand in 2,3 India, Promise Postponed 7,4 India, Worrying news out of 9,9 Industry Consolidation Continues 1,5 2 Inflation Worries 5,2 Infrastructure and Inputs 5,6 Innovation in Produce 1,5 International Competitiveness 5,1 Ireland's Tax Hunger 9,4 Japan Again Miscalculates 10.

4 2 Japan Gambles Again 5,4 Japan's Gamble Failing Again 8,4 Labeling Law Reflects Archaic Thinking 4,7 Latin America Struggles 4,4 Local Food Production, Dubious Rationales 7,5 Locally Grown Contradiction 7,5 Looking Back on 20 Turbulent Years 10,4 Looking Forward to the Next 20 Years 10,11 Lost Youth Generation 8,1 Marketing Margins Revert to Norms 10,7 Mega-retailers, Rise of 10,5 Mexico Rebounds from Great Recession 2,4 Michigan State Proposes Fruit Commission 1,3 Middle East Map Being Redrawn 7,9 Middle East Shambles 11,2 Minimum Wage, Seattle 7,3 MRL Regulations Impede Trade 7,7 Multichannel Marketing, Potential of 2,1 NAFTA Celebrates 20th Anniversary 2,4 NAFTA, Apples a Victory for 6,9 Needed: Campaign in Defense of Science 9,9 New York Helps Illegal Immigrants 8,3 Nigeria leaps Ahead 5,4 No Quiet on the Russian Front 10,2 Northern Hemisphere Apple Supplies Back 2,7 Orchards Lands Rebound 6,5 Organic Agriculture Surges in Poland 2,4 Organic Apple Trade Growing 10,13 Organic Conundrum 8,7 Organic Expansion, Challenges to 8,7 Organic Products Benefit 3,9 Organics Under Pressure 10,8 Organics, Competition Increases in 5,3 Pivot towards Asia, Fruit Industry 1,7 Poland, Organic Agriculture Surges in 2,4 Poland's Secret Sauce 11,3 Prices under Pressure, Wholesale 10,7 Proactive Product Development 4,1 Processing Apple Markets 10,8 Product Proliferation, Problems of 4,1 Production Efficiency 5,6 Productivity of Apple Production 12,7 Promotions, Efficacy of Price 4.

5 4 Protectionism Rising Again 1,5 Purchasing Patterns, Long-term Effects on 8,6 Purchasing Patterns, Short-term Effects on 8,6 Purple Tomatoes, How Do You Like Them? 3,2 Repeal FSMA 7,1 Retail Trade Sluggish 6,3 Retailers in the Driver's Seat 4,6 Russia Again Most Protectionist 2,9 Russia Discombobulated 12,2 Russia Strikes Back 7,9 Russia, and China, Exceptions 6,2 Russian Dilemma 4,2 Russian Front, No Quiet on 10,2 Safeway Sale Signals Retail Upheaval 4,3 Sausages and Trade Negotiation 12,9 Science and Truth, Defending 9,5 Science-based, Risk-based Regulation 11,1 Seattle Minimum Wage 7,3 Shifting Retirement Age 7,4 Snacking (of) Fruit Grows 10,3 Southern Hemisphere Needs New Strategies 1,7 Southern Hemisphere Troubles in Europe 9,7 Special Review of the 2013-14 Year 10,7 Store Size, Turning Point in 4,3 Superfoods SuperCon 10,3 Supermarket Ratings Misleading 5,3 Suppliers, New Role for Large 4,6 Sustainability Rebounds 6,1 Sustainably Confused 3,1 Tax Wars Heating Up 6,4 Technology, Role of 6,6 Thailand under Watch 7,2 The Aldi Challenge 2,5 The Rise of ASEAN 11,7 Trade Agreements in the News 3,9 Trade Agreements Moving Ahead 1,8 Trade Disputes, Victims Not Obvious 8,9 Trade Disruptions Ahead 10,13 Trade Negotiation, and Sausages 12,9 Trade Restrictions Multiply 8,9 Trade, Ukraine Stand-off Threatens 5,9 Trade, Uncoordinated MRL Regulations 7,7 Troubles Explode in Eastern Europe 9,2 Fresh Markets, Challenging 10.

6 6 Ag Census Surprises 6,5 Economic Shocker 8,2 Experience of New Agribusinesses 9,1 Ukraine Factor, The 10,1 Ukraine Gas Supplies Threatened 7,9 Ukraine Stand-off Threatens Trade 5,9 Ukraine's Future, Struggle for 1,9 Uneasy Lies the head that Wears the crown 9,3 United Fresh Critique (of FMSA) 1,1 United States, Changing of Guard in 12,2 Unresolved Challenges for the Year 2014 2,2 US Loses Credibility on Trade Liberalization 11,9 Varietal Pot, Stirring the 12,5 Varieties, Trends in Major 4,5 Variety Carousel Still Swinging 10,8 Vermont Picks Fight on GMO Labeling 6,3 Washington State Consolidates Associations 1,3 Who Will Defy Sanctions on Russia? 10,8 Whole Foods, Is (it) Really Responsible? 12,3 Why Government Fails So Often 7,6 World Economic Freedom, Slippage in 12,1 World Recovery in Sight 5,2 Worrisome Trends in Economic Freedom 3,7 Worrying News out of India 9,9 WTO Survives Bali Summit 1,9 3 World Apple Report Topic Index Volume 21, january - december 2014 B.

7 By Company Company Issue, Page Aldi Challenge 2,5 Bitocin Gains Friends 11,3 Chiquita Settles 12,4 Chiquita-Fyffes Deal Threatened 9,3 Chiquita's New Snacks 8,3 Earthbound Farms Acquired 1,3 General Mills Taps Consumer Needs 8,3 McDonald's Faces "Sea of Troubles" 9,2 Safeway Sale Signals Retail Upheaval 4,3 Simplot Promotes GMO Potato 2,3 Target Chooses Outsider 9,3 Tesco CEO Clarke Exits 9,3 Tesco Not Changing Fast 6,8 Tesco Tentative Toe in India 2,3 Tesco Troubles Continue 5,3 Tesco's Troubles Could Entangle Others 11,3 Walmart CEO Terms Shorten 9,3 Walmart Expands Financial Services 11,3 Walmart's Plans Presage Changing Retail 7,3 Whole Foods, Really Responsible? 12,3 C: Charts Title Units Period Issue, Page Apple Demand, United States: What's Happening to? 10,000 lbs 2000- 2014 5,12 Apple Juice Concentrate, China: Exports of, january to May Mt & $m 2007- 2014 8,12 Apple Movement out of december 1 Storage, United States, by Region Percent 2002- 2014 7,11 Apple Production, World : Actual versus World Apple Report Forecasts 1,000 mt 2000-2025 10,13 China: Exports of Apple Juice Concentrate, january to May Mt & $m 2007- 2014 8,12 China: Fruit Imports Fall Again in 2013 1,000 mt 2005-2013 4,11 Costco's Triumphant Twenty Years, Net Sales, fiscal years $million 1994-2013 10,16 EU-15.

8 Imports of Fresh Apples from Southern Hemisphere Mt & euros 1995-2013 2,12 Expenditures, United States, Fresh Fruits and Fresh Vegetables Share Percent 2004-2012 2,11 Exports by United States of Fresh Apples to China and Hong Kong Metric tons 2007- 2014 9,12 Exports of Apple Juice Concentrate, China:, january to May Mt & $m 2007- 2014 8,12 Fresh Apples, United States: Exports of , to China and Hong Kong Metric tons 2007- 2014 9,12 Fresh Apples, World 's Top Four Exporters of, calendar years Metric tons 2007-2013 10,15 Fresh Fruits and Fresh Vegetables in Expenditures, United States Share of Percent 2004-2012 2,11 Fruit Imports, China, Fall Again in 2013 1,000 mt 2005-2013 4,11 Imports Fruit, China, Fall Again in 2013 1,000 mt 2005-2013 4,11 Imports, EU-15: Fresh Apples from Southern Hemisphere Mt & euros 1995-2013 2,12 Major Apple Exporters: Average Prices $/mt 2012 and 2013 7,12 Organic Fruit Share of All Retail Fruit Sales, United States percent 2008- 2014 11,12 Organic Sales as Percent of All Fruit Sales, United States % change 2008-2013 1,11 Russia: Apple Production among its Neighbors 1,000 mt 2000-2012 4,12 Sliced Apples, United States: Latest Information on $ 2004-2013 9,11 Top Four Exporters of Fresh Apples, World , calendar years Metric tons 2007-2013 10,15 United States: Apple Movement out of december 1 Storage, by Region Percent 2002- 2014 7,11 United States: Entry Rate of Establishments percent 1977-2011 9,1 United States: Exports of Fresh Apples to China and Hong Kong Metric tons 2007- 2014 9,12 United States.

9 Latest Information on Sliced Apples $ 2004-2013 9,11 United States: Major Fruits and Nuts, Share of Acreage Nonbearing percent 2007 & 2012 6,11 United States: Organic Fruit Share of All Retail Fruit Sales percent 2008- 2014 11,12 United States: Organic Sales as Percent of All Fruit Sales % change 2008-2013 1,11 United States: Share of Fresh Fruits and Fresh Vegetables in Expenditures Percent 2004-2012 2,11 United States: What's Happening to Apple Demand? 10,000 lbs 2000- 2014 5,12 World : Apple Production: Actual versus World Apple Report Forecasts 1,000 mt 2000-2025 10,13 World 's Top Four Exporters of Fresh Apples, calendar years Metric tons 2007-2013 10,15 4 D: Tables Title Units Period Issue, page Acreage, United States: Changes in Bearing Acres & % 91-93 v 2011-13 12,8 Advertised Prices of Conventional and Organic Fruits, United States $/lb 2011-14 11,11 Apple Production, World : 1,000 mt 2000-2025 3,5 Area (Total and <5yrs), Europe: Selected Countries, Dessert Apple hectares 2002=2012 6,12 Area Harvested, World : Apple 1,000 ha 2000-2025 3,5 ASEAN: Imports of Major Fresh Fruit Mt/ $/mt 1999-2011 11,7 Chile's Remarkable Variety Makeover, 1991-2013 percent 1991-2013 12,11 China.

10 Imports of Major Fresh Fruits 1,000 mt 2003-2012 3,12 Comparative Performance Measures, 2014 - 2014 5,8 Europe: Selected Countries, Dessert Apple Area (Total and <5yrs) hectares 2002=2012 6,12 European Union: Annual Average Prices of Fresh Apples and Bananas Euro/kg 2012 & 2013 12,12 Exports of Minor Apple Varieties to Selected Asian Markets, New Zealand Percent 2013 8,11 Free and Mostly Free Economies, Rank in 2004 and 2014 rank 2004 & 20