QID 200505 Oregon Apple Price Inquiry

Project Code 134 QID 200505			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 1/31/2010
	OREGON APPLE PRICE INQUIRY 2008 Crop						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
						Oregon Field Office 1220 S.W. 3rd Ave.Room 1735 Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 503-326-2131 Fax: 1-800-731-7011 Email: [email protected]
					The following price inquiry is an annual request for information on apple prices and certain specified costs of marketing. If some 2008 crop fruit has not yet been sold, we would appreciate your best estimate for the season with appropriate allowance for sales yet to be completed. This information will be used in preparing the final season estimates for the 2008 crop. Survey results will be available July 8th at http://www.nass.usda.gov. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report will be kept confidential and used only in computing State averages. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary. ***Please return by May 18***

1. Apples for FRESH MARKET, 2008 crop.
Average returns per box to growers for all grades and sizes packed
1		2		3		4		5		6
Apple Variety		Fruit sold for fresh market		Average net weight per packed box		Average FOB price per packed box		All costs per packed box from packing house door to FOB (Include administration, selling, advertising, inspection, warehousing, storage, packing and packing materials.)		Equivalent packing house door return per packed box (column 4 – column 5)
		BOXES		POUNDS		DOLLARS		DOLLARS		DOLLARS
2. Apples for PROCESSING, 2008 crop.
					Quantity sold for processing		Average return to grower at packing house door
Apples for --					TONS		DOLLARS PER TON
a. canning, including sauce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. juice, cider or vinegar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c. other uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Respondent Name:________________________________				Phone:_____________________________				9910 MM DD YY
								Date: __ __ __ __ __ __
For office use only
Response			Respondent			Mode				Enum.	Eval.
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold	5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth		9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web	6-E-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other		9903	098	100
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