U.S. retail price of grapes 1995-2021
Grape Production in the United States
Grapes have the highest production volume of any fruit in the United States. In 2017, nearly 7.4 million tons of fresh grapes were grown and harvested in the United States. This amounted to around 6.5 billion U.S. dollars in production value. Grapes can be eaten fresh, dried and produced into raisins, or made into wine. The total vine bearing areas in the United States reached 443 thousand hectares in 2016, up from 419 thousand hectares in the previous year.
U.S. Fruit Consumption
In 2016, per capita consumption of fresh fruit in the United States was 116 pounds annually. In the last decade there has been an upward trend in fresh fruit consumption in the United States. The fruit of choice among most Americans are bananas, which had a per capita consumption of 28.5 pounds in 2017. In comparison, the average American consumed around 8.2 pounds of grapes in that year.