Table 5.6 Total supply to the North American market of selected fruit and vegetables with
 and without methyl bromide, by crop.
 Crop With Methyl Bromide Without Methyl Bromide Percent Change
 Tomatoes' 128,663.1 119,447.1 (7.2)
 Bell Peppersb 28,869.3 26,358.0 (8.7)
 Cucumbers0 15,769.4 12,516.1 (20.6)
 Squashd 5,730.4 5,642.1 (1.5)
 Eggplant" 6,253.7 5,260.7 (15.9)
 Strawberries' 29,071.7 13,972.8 (51.9)
 Watermelonsg 4,484.1 2,689.9 (40.0)

 'Thousands of 25 pound cartons
 bThousands of 28 pound bushels
 Thousands of 55 pound bushels
 dThousands of 42 pound bushels
 'Thousands of 33 pound bushels
 'Thousands of 12 pound trays
 'Thousands of hundredweight



 vegetable and fruit industry was developed that replicates the industry as closely as possible

 using current technology and production practices and costs. These gave solutions for a base

 model. The base model was then adjusted by changing production costs and yields to represent

 production without methyl bromide to provide a quantitative assessment of a ban on methyl

 bromide on the industry. Production practices, costs and yields were changed according to

 recommendations of production scientists and economic analysts familiar with the industry. The

important points to note from the analysis are the changes that are expected from a methyl

bromide ban. The highlights of the analysis focus on the differences in the industry when using

methyl bromide and when not using methyl bromide.