Apple trade begins with variety, intended use and product form—not a generic fruit label. Fresh dessert apples, processing apples, cider fruit, frozen or dried pieces, juice, puree and canned products follow different grade, size, color, maturity, defect, storage and packing conventions. Comparable offers require variety, fresh or processing use, product form, grade and inspection basis, count or diameter, color, maturity and firmness, defects, pack, treatment, storage atmosphere and temperature history, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
The figures below are USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates for the 2025 United States commercial apple crop, published in May 2026. They are dated national crop measures—not global trade totals, a current physical offer or a live delivered price; annual crop values and average returns are not presented as current lot prices.
Fresh dessert fruit is graded and packed for appearance and eating quality, while processing and cider fruit is assessed for usable yield and freedom from defects that create loss in preparation. Frozen, dried, juice, puree and canned forms add their own identity, composition and pack requirements. Atlas keeps variety, intended use, product form, processing stage and pack style explicit before comparing lots or evidence.
USDA apple grades distinguish maturity, cleanliness, shape, decay, internal condition, bruising, russeting, color and other defects. The precise variety and grade matter, and combination grades require at least half of the lot to meet the higher grade. A physical record preserves the standard and inspection basis, variety, color, count or diameter, maturity, firmness, defects, pack, crop year, harvest date, treatment, cold or controlled-atmosphere storage, temperature history and arrival condition.
USDA NASS estimated 10.7185 billion pounds of utilized United States commercial apple production in 2025 from 296,900 bearing acres. Fresh-market use was 7.2684 billion pounds and processing use was 3.4501 billion pounds. These dated aggregates span states, varieties, qualities and uses. A delivered price still requires the exact variety, grade, size, maturity, product form, pack, storage condition, origin, destination, Incoterm, delivery window and current physical evidence.
No. Fresh-market fruit, processing grades and cider fruit use different quality, appearance, defect, usable-yield, packing and inspection conventions.
It is USDA NASS's estimate of utilized United States commercial apple production for the 2025 crop year. It is a dated national crop measure, not global production and not a current physical price.
Federal grades describe maturity, cleanliness, shape, decay, internal condition, color, russeting and other defects. The exact variety, grade and inspection point must remain attached to the lot.
Variety, fresh or processing use, product form, grade and inspection basis, color, count or diameter, maturity, firmness, defects and condition, crop year, treatment, packaging and net weight, harvest date, storage atmosphere and temperature history, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.