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A FEATURED ARTICLE FROM

OCTOBER 2005

VALUE OF ALL U.S. FROZEN FOODS* 1942 THROUGH 2004 (in US dollars)

1942 162,000,000
1943 178,000,000
1944 197,000,000
1945 257,000,000
1946 324,000,000
1947 245,000,000
1948 292,000,000
1949 375,000,000
1950 500,000,000
1951 700,000,000
1952 875,000,000
1953 1,200,000,000
1954x 1,450,000,000
1955 1,700,000,000
1956 2,106,000,000
1957 2,362,000,000
1958 2,320,000,000
1959 2,749,000,000
1960 3,037,114,000
1961 3,638,600,000
1962 3,960,000,000
1963 4,381,000,000
1964 5,246,000,000
1965 5,765,000,000
1966 6,250,000,000
1967 6,449,000,000
1968 6,990,000,000
1969 7,641,114,000
1970 7,931,000,000
1971 8,128,000,000
1972 9,230,000,000
1973 12,178,000,000
1974 13,087,444,000
1975 14,329,851,000
1976 16,712,044,000
1977 18,824,605,000
1978 20,442,355,000
1979 23,863,360,000
1980 24,718,829,000
1981 27,604,682,000
1982 30,432,419,000
1983 32,854,387,000
1984 36,203,684,000
1985 37,617,930,000
1986 40,899,955,000
1987 44,057,524,000
1988 47,776,662,000
1989 48,692,787,000
1990 51,961,770,000+
1991 50,280,543,000
1992 51,808,515,000
1993 53,325,000,000
1994 56,853,000,000+
1995 59,065,000,000
1996 65,021,000,000
1997 67,550,000,000
1998 69,723,000,000
1999 74,132,000,000
2000 76,700,000,000+
2001 79,400,000,000+
2002 82,200,000,000+
2003 85,000,000,000+
2004 87,104,000,000

*Includes all sales of frozen fruits, vegetables, concentrates, poultry, meats, seafood and prepared foods at conservative prices or at average prices paid by institutions and reprocessors. As a general rule, retail sales made up 65% of the total figure until about 1970. Subsequent sales have shifted towards foodservice and currently domestic sales of frozen products are approximately 31% retail to 69% institutional by value, and 26% retail and 74% institutional by volume. But much of the volume characterized as institutional actually represents products initially frozen but sold in some other form.

Source: QUICK FROZEN FOODS INTERNATIONAL

?Corrected from previous Almanacs

U.S OUTPUT OF COMMERCIAL FROZEN FOODS 1942-2004 (In millions of pounds) (US-made products and imports reprocessed or sold in this country)

YEAR FRUIT VEGS. POULTRY MEATS SEAFOOD PREP. CONC.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1942 275 220 70 12 41 5 -
1943 210 300 85 14 53 7 -
1944 315 285 105 - 53 10 -
1945 445 338 124 - 71 25 -
1946 540 475 150 12 74 40 -
1947 347 346 181 15 74 5 -
1948 377 446 216 20 89 20 -
1949 360 566 261 50 97 35 140
1950 475 590 316 75 133 60 300
1951 420 790 382 85 177 85 440
1952 420 895 462 125 207 130 550
1953 542 1,076 559 170 236 195 678
1954 523 974 676 200 267 280 783
1955 660 1,140 817 250 307 340 807
1956 763 1,650 988 300 310 420 919
1957 671 1,587 1,195 343 319 500 980
1958 610 1,702 1,445 300 300 540 760
1959 618 1,626 1,747 300 478 700 1,096
1960 660 1,957 2,333 330 506 826 1,362
1961 704 2,116 2,345 360 548 966 1,463
1962 668 2,261 2,224 450 596 1,152 1,762
1963 620 2,231 2,095 536 676 1,448 1,388
1964 775 2,619 2,261 696 785 1,950 1,657
1965 641 3,050 2,284 765 940 2,146 1,807
1966 756 3,415 2,528 842 971 2,354 1,702
1967 740 3,361 2,804 920 990 2,726 1,760
1968 812 3,775 2,570 930 1,090 3,203 1,679
1969 782 3,845 2,577 952 1,197 3,611 1,655
1970 743 4,294 2,645 971 1,265 3,696 1,775
1971 759 4,528 2,209 990 1,202 3,837 2,010
1972 697 5,044 2,318 1,005 1,335 4,081 2,098
1973 764 5,216 2,277 1,190 1,404 4,092 2,360
1974 756 5,405 2,342 1,222 1,405 3,981 2,307
1975 691 5,293 2,195 1,278 1,429 4,508 2,490
1976 694 5,384 2,480 1,321 1,647 4,934 2,611
1977 759 6,014 2,353 1,369 1,654 5,219 2,786
1978 631 6,278 2,428 1,370 1,740 5,387 2,699
1979 665 6,712 2,716 1,380 1,764 5,284 2,891
1980 753 5,977 2,841 1,410 1,625 5,201 3,256
1981 698 6,729 3,134 1,433 1,677 5,184 3,060
1982 818 7,221 2,895 1,623 1,686 5,296 3,054
1983 747 6,829 3,150 1,679 1,855 5,535 3,163
1984 790 7,317 3,100 1,729 2,026 5,799 3,062
1985 821 7,931 3,413 1,533 2,085 5,878 2,843
1986 862 7,758 3,358 1,490 2,185 5,955 3,008
1987 1,151 8,050 3,770 1,488 2,330 6,136 2,931
1988 1,077 8,440 3,853 1,400 2,343 6,415 3,044
1989 1,053 8,900 3,965 1,401 2,434 6,626 3,042
1990 1,118 9,943 4,406 1,372 2,396 6,879 2,794
1991 992 9,391 4,522 1,383 2,280 6,905 3,397
1992 1,008 10,275 4,623 1,425 2,383 6,109+ 3,053
1993 1,050 10,667 4,764 1,360 2,416 6,321 3,162
1994 1,094 12,025 4,932 1,480 2,355+ 6,738 3,640
1995 1,093 12,395 5,159 1,493 2,418 6,866 3,918
1996 1,018 11,998 5,090 1,500 2,423 10,813 3,651
1997 1,078 12,337 5,296 1,512 2,597 11,094 3,556
1998 1,086 12,905 5,248 1,525 2,682 11,420 3,486
1999 1,145 12,916 5,219 1,560 2,881 14,720 3,304
2000 1,319 13,572 5,168 1,610 2,460 16,005 3,147
2001 1,337 16,998 5,621 2,999 3,319 11,062 3,632
2002 1,395 17,500 5,748 2,904 3,695 12,285 3,869
2003 1,145 16,059 2,272 3,199 2,300 15,752 3,326
2004 1,246 12,822 5.332 3,990 3,616 13,669 3,569

1. Includes potato products and prepared vegetables.

2. Includes frozen cuts, ground beef, hamburger and other raw items.

3. Does not include potatoes (included in vegetables) or fish sticks, fish portions, scallops and breaded shrimp which are included with seafood.

4. Includes estimates of juice drinks, synthetics and other concentrated liquids, as well as juice concentrates. Includes concentrates for chilled juice and other remanufacture.

?Corrected figures.

	
	TOTAL
	
	623	
	669
	768
	1,003
	1,291
	968
	1,168
	1,509
	1,949
	2,379
	2,789
	3,456
	3,703
	4,231
	5,350
	5,595
	5,690
	6,565
	7,974
	8,502
	9,113
	9,084
	10,743
	11,633
	12,568
	13,302
	14,059
	14,619
	15,389
	15,535
	16,578
	17,303
	17,418
	17,885
	19,071
	20,154
	20,533
	21,412
	21,063
	21,915
	22,593
	22,958
	23,823
	24,504
	24,616
	25,856
	26,572
	27,420
	28,458
	28,881
	28,878+
	29,849
	32,264+
	33,522
	36,494
	37,470
	38,354
	41,744
	43,281
	44,608
	47,396	
	44,053
	44,244
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