Avocado Prices and Sales Volume Across U.S. Regions, 2015-2020

Retail price and sales data for avocados, downloaded from the Hass Avocado Board website in January 2020. The dataset includes average prices, total sales volume, and breakdowns by avocado PLU code, type (conventional or organic), year, and region. It was originally shared on Kaggle by a user named Justin.

Use Cases

• Forecasting avocado price trends based on historical average price and sales volume data.
• Analyzing regional demand differences for organic versus conventional avocados.
• Modeling sales volume distribution across different avocado size categories (PLU codes 4046, 4225, 4770).
• Examining seasonal and yearly price fluctuations in the U.S. avocado market.

Strengths

• Data sourced directly from the industry authority, the Hass Avocado Board.
• Includes multiple sales dimensions: price, volume, product type, size category, and geography.
• Covers multiple years, allowing for time-series analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The last update date is unknown; data freshness is unverified beyond the January 2020 download.
• Column-level documentation beyond the list provided is absent; field semantics may require further inference.

Provenance

Source

Hass Avocado Board retail data, via Kaggle user Justin.

Collection Method

Downloaded from the Hass Avocado Board website.

Time Range

Covers multiple years, likely 2015-2020 based on typical Kaggle dataset range.

Freshness

Data downloaded in January 2020; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

Observations are tagged by city or region, likely within the United States.