Strawberry Market Data, Grades and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-05Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Global production

9.2M MT

2023

Market value

$13.5B

Producing countries tracked

9

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates for the California and Florida 2025 strawberry crop, published in May 2026. They are dated United States crop measures—not global trade totals, a current physical offer or a live delivered price; the annual crop value is not presented as a current lot price.

United States utilized strawberry production

31200.3

thousand cwt · crop year 2025

United States planted strawberry area

62800

acres · crop year 2025

United States harvested strawberry area

62000

acres · crop year 2025

United States strawberry crop value

4397.856

million USD · crop year 2025

Fresh, manufacturing and frozen strawberries are separate products

Fresh retail berries are judged as a perishable produce lot, while growers' stock is assessed at delivery to a manufacturing plant and washed, sorted or frozen fruit follows processing standards. Whole, sliced, sweetened, unsweetened, puree and concentrate formats can have different identity and pack requirements. Atlas keeps variety, intended use, product form, processing stage and pack style explicit before comparing lots or evidence.

Color, firmness, size, defects and cold chain travel with the lot

USDA AMS U.S. No. 1 fresh strawberries are firm, not overripe or undeveloped, have the cap attached, show at least three-fourths pink or red surface color and, unless otherwise specified, measure at least three-fourths inch in diameter. Inspection also addresses mold, decay, moisture, disease, insects and mechanical damage. A physical record preserves the exact standard, variety, color, maturity, firmness, size, cap status, defects, packaging, net weight, inspection point, harvest date, temperature history and arrival condition.

Crop totals do not determine a delivered strawberry price

USDA NASS estimated 31.2003 million cwt of utilized United States strawberry production in 2025 from California and Florida, with 62,800 planted acres, 62,000 harvested acres and $4.398 billion of utilized crop value. Those dated aggregates combine fresh and processing uses and describe two producing states. A delivered price still requires the exact variety, use, product form, grade, maturity, size, pack, cold-chain condition, origin, destination, Incoterm, delivery window and current physical evidence.

Questions procurement teams ask

Are fresh and processing strawberries interchangeable?

No. Fresh-market, growers' stock, washed and sorted manufacturing fruit, frozen fruit, puree and concentrate use different quality, cap, size, processing, packaging and inspection conventions.

What does the 31.2003 million cwt figure represent?

It is USDA NASS's estimate of utilized California and Florida strawberry production for the 2025 crop year. It is a dated United States crop measure, not global production and not a current physical price.

What does U.S. No. 1 mean for fresh strawberries?

The federal grade requires one variety or similar varietal characteristics, attached caps, firmness, adequate development and color, freedom from mold and decay, limits on other damage and a default minimum diameter of three-fourths inch unless otherwise specified.

Which fields make physical strawberry offers comparable?

Variety, fresh or processing use, product form, grade and inspection basis, color, maturity, firmness, diameter or count, cap status, defects and condition, treatment, packaging and net weight, harvest date, temperature history, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.