Industry Information
PRW Capacity
Every two years, IARW
publishes the Global Cold Storage Capacity Report, the only resource for
worldwide public refrigerated warehouse capacity statistics. IARW has collected and analyzed
data from more than 40 countries. The publication follows the release of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service’s
biennial summary of cold storage capacity in the United States.
Please contact Tori Miller at +1 703 373 4300 or
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The following
are the USDA’s definitions for terms describing warehouse types and
data clarifications:
- Public General Storages:
Refrigerated facilities maintained for storing food for others at
specified rates per unit.
- Private and Semi-Private
General Storages: Refrigerated facilities maintained by an
operator to facilitate his principal function as a producer,
processor or manufacturer of food products. The space is used to
store the owner’s products, although some space may be used by
others at specified rates per unit stored. Working space, chill
rooms and curing rooms in meat storages are not included in the
storage statistics.
- Cooler Space: Space that
maintains temperatures between 0° and 50°F (-18° to +10°C).
- Freezer Space: Space that
maintains temperatures at 0°F (-18°C) or lower.
- Gross Space: Total area
under refrigeration, measured from wall-to-wall and from
floor-to-ceiling.
- Usable Space: Actual area
for storing commodities. Gross space less an allowance for aisles,
posts, coils, blowers, etc.
- Number of Storages:
Storages at different locations are counted separately even though
operated by the same management.
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