what are the regulations and quality standards behind importing tropical fruits into the us?
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www.usda.gov  Down the left side is a button for Marketing and Trade, then look at International Agriculture.  This is the official site for the people who regulate that.
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U.S\nImports - commodities:   \nagricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003)  \n\nExports - commodities:   \nagricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2003)\n\nPs...you can use the CIA's factbook for other countries' info
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try these\n\nhttp://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome\n\nhttp://international.ifas.ufl.edu/FOCUSWEB/focusjan04002.htm
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If you mean "citrus" fruit:\n\nhttp://www.plantpathology.tamu.edu/Texlabn/fruits/Citrus/citrus.html\nhttp://plantpathology.tamu.edu/Texlab/Fruit/citrus/citrus.asp\nhttp://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/diseases/az1154/\nhttp://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_CH081
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Check the USDA website.
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If I were you, I'd contact Gary Pavlis - your NJ small fruit specialist who works with Rutgers Cooperative Extension:\nhttp://www.aclink.org/rce-atlantic/contact.asp#ag\n\nHe can help you with tips that are specific to your location.\n\nAlso see:\nhttp://www.idahowine.org/resources.htm\nhttp://www.rcre.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=E283
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Edible bananas originated in the Indo-Malaysian region reaching to northern Australia. Bananas and plantains are today grown in every humid tropical region and constitute the 4th largest fruit crop of the world. World production is estimated to be 28 million tons—65% from Latin America, 27 % from Southeast Asia, and 7 % from Africa.India is the leading banana producer in Asia.\n\nThe orange is cultivated over thousands of years now. It is supposed to originate from South- and indo-China.Brazil produces more oranges than any other country, followed by the United States, China, Spain and Mexico.
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http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp162_e.htm\n\nhttp://www.rainforest-alliance.org/locations/costa-rica/ag.html
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No change.  Yes, it's still all good.\n\n"our fruits don't really have the values in them they should and that's of the chemicals and pesticides that are used."\nBaloney.
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Have a look at the Flavour and Extract Manufacturers Association, web page.\n\nhttp://www.femaflavor.org/index.html
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Yes, the US has import restrictions on sugar.
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I just answered a question like this :); Ecuador main Export are Bananas, Petroleum, and Shrimp. I believe Ecuador main imports are cars and fertilizers for its huge bannanas plantations\n\n\nEcuador importations:\nImports: $8.8 billion (c.i.f., 2005)\n\nImports - commodities: machinery and equipment, raw materials, fuels; consumer goods\n\nImports - partners: United States 39%, Colombia 11%, Japan 9%, Venezuela 5%, Mexico 3% (2004)
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Citrus, vegetables and horticulture products, fisheries, aquaculture, and forestry
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Try the US Department of Agriculture website or the websites for the Department of Agricultures in the respective states. You could try looking in an almanac or in an encyclopedia entry for the respective states if you are not after precise figures.
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For imports into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is responsible for monitoring conterfeits entering the country.  You'll find a great article on the topic online at the International Business Training website.\n\nHere's a summary of the article:\n\nWelcome to the brave new world where counterfeit products look as genuine as the real ones and customers everywhere are happy to pay bargain prices for branded products. In this article I will address the issues relating to counterfeit products and the driving forces that result in increased competition from knock-offs or counterfeit products. I will also offer recommendations to reduce the impact of counterfeit products on your brand image and intellectual property.
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Agricultural - In case of agricultural food products, one should see that, any toxic or hazardous chemicals are not the integral part of it. Organic farming ensures the food safety in agriculture. In organic farming naturally mined element like sulfur is allowed but the chemical fertiliser containing toxic heavy metals are not allowed. There are several organic farming codex are available world wide based on the WTO. \n\nIf the food product is from the agricultural produce, the pedigree of the product should be monitored thoroughly. For example, you are preparing mango pulp (mango concentrate) from the mango fruit, you should monitor the type fertilisers are used for producing this mango, under what climatic and soil conditions, the mango is produced, the social status of the labourers in the mango orchards from which the mango is obtained for the production of mango pulp. This is called pedigree of the product. This should be very transparent to the consumer. \nAnother example, if you are processing pork and packing it for marketing, you have to ensure 'good' pedigree to the consumer. For example, how the pig was reared. In what conditions the pigs are reared. Whether the pig experienced sufficient recreation while rearing (for proper protein, enzyme contents etc.) or not? Where it was slaughtered. These are all the pedigree of this product.\n\nFor the milk product, the method of milching is very important (hand milching and machine milching) to show the contamination level by the micro-organisms. \n\nThus for different types of foods, different types of quality control measures have to taken to ensure food safely and product qualilty? You can refer to WTO web-site.
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http://www.ers.usda.gov/db/Wto/AMS_database/Default.asp?ERSTab=3&view=DS5\n\nThis is a data base and you need to pull up each commodity you are interested in individually.  You will have to mark it product specific and the country and it will give you the figures.