The Juice Products Association (JPA) is a trade association representing the fruit and juice products industry. Its members include processors, packers, extractors, brokers and marketers of fruit and vegetable juices and similar products, as well as industry suppliers and food testing laboratories.    

Since its founding in 2003, the Association and its predecessor organizations (dating back to 1957) have played a key role in the advancement of the juice industry.

At its recent Fall Business Meeting, MGEX gave a presentation to the JPA's Futures Committee on the proposed AJC contract.  Information on cash price reporting as well as a detailed outline of MGEX and our products and services were shared with the committee as well as other JPA members in attendance. 

JPA serves members and consumers by:

• Promoting high standards of product safety and quality, and good manufacturing and inspection practices in the production and distribution of juice products;
• Advocating uniformity in standards applicable to industry products;
• Providing input to technology, trade, legislative, and regulatory proposals and actions affecting the industry;
• Providing the industry with the most current information available on business practices;
• Sponsoring research;
• And providing an effective voice for JPA membership to the public, both in the United States and abroad.

The availability of accurate, reliable public pricing for Apple Juice Concentrate is a key component of a successful futures contract. MGEX worked with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to bring this kind of transparent cash price reporting to the AJC industry.  Over the past several months, the USDA's Market News Service has been conducting a pilot program whereby AJC prices were collected and reported to a select group of participants.  This groundbreaking endeavor has since been fully adopted by the USDA and made a permanent report.  The weekly publication, National Apple Processing Report, contains AJC cash price reporting along with other valuable information vital to the producers, processors, brokers and suppliers of the apple industry. 

Many companies in the AJC industry have indicated a willingness to provide confidential price information to Market News Service.  To ensure your pricing is represented in the weekly USDA report, contact Market News.