Required Report - Public distribution

**Date:** 5/9/2007

**GAIN Report Number:** CI7010

CI7010

**Chile**

**Planting Seeds**

**Annual**

**2007**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Joseph Lopez, Agricultural Attaché

Office of Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Santiago

**Prepared by:**

Luis Hennicke, Agricultural Specialist

**Report Highlights:**

Another increase in planted area, production, and exports are expected
in 2006/7, as large multinational seed companies increase contracts in
response to an increased demand.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Annual Report

Santiago \[CI1\]

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Table of Contents

[**General 3**](#general)

[Policy 3](#policy)

[General Agricultural Policy 3](#general-agricultural-policy)

[Planting Seed Production Policy 3](#planting-seed-production-policy)

[Plant Health 3](#plant-health)

[Seed Certification 4](#seed-certification)

[Plant Variety Protection 4](#plant-variety-protection)

[Variety Approval 4](#variety-approval)

[Tariffs 4](#tariffs)

[Production 4](#production)

[Trade 5](#trade)

[TABLE - CHILE: Total Seed Imports and Exports
6](#table---chile-total-seed-imports-and-exports)

[Exports 6](#exports)

[Imports 6](#imports)

[Field Crops 6](#field-crops)

[Corn 6](#corn)

[Sunflower 6](#sunflower)

[Sugar beet 7](#sugar-beet)

[Beans 7](#beans)

[Alfalfa 7](#alfalfa)

[Clover 7](#clover)

[Fescue 8](#fescue)

[Ryegrass 8](#ryegrass)

[Other Forages 8](#other-forages)

[Flowers 8](#flowers)

[Vegetables 9](#vegetables)

[Tomato 9](#tomato)

[Watermelons, Melons 9](#watermelons-melons)

[Other Vegetables 10](#other-vegetables)

# General

Chile has very good conditions for commercial seed production.
Consistently good climatic conditions, farmers with a generally high
education level and the absence of diseases and insects are among the
factors that have expanded seed production over the last couple decades.
A Mediterranean-type climate with mild winters and dry summers covers a
great part of central Chile's seed growing areas. Almost all crops and
plants grown in temperate climates can be found in this growing area.
Chile's geographic isolation has prevented the development of major
plant diseases and kept most harmful insects away. Its counter seasonal
production with respect to the Northern Hemisphere has helped the
country develop a successful commercial seed industry to supply those
markets. Seed exports in Chile have grown from US\$70 million in 1995 to
over US\$180 million in 2006 and is expected to exceed US\$200 million
by 2008. The seed industry benefits from its southern hemisphere
location which permits the harvesting and conditioning of seeds and
their rapid export to the Northern Hemisphere in time for spring
planting, thereby enhancing the quality of germination. Most large
multinational seed companies are present in Chile, producing seeds for
both the domestic and export markets. They market their products through
their own channels of distribution.

# Policy

## General Agricultural Policy

The Ministry of Agriculture enforces strict phytosanitary regulations in
order to maintain an environment relatively free of plant pests and
diseases, which facilitates the multiplication of seeds. The Chilean
government does not subsidize the planting seed industry.

## 

## Planting Seed Production Policy

Under a 1991 regulation, the Government of Chile permits imports of
genetically modified (GM) seeds for multiplication by the seed industry.
When seed companies request an import permit from the Ministry of
Agriculture's Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG), they must provide
information about the type of material, the genetic modification
incorporated in the material, the quantity, the type of packaging,
country of origin, port of entry, commercial use, name of farm, address,
botanical characteristics, type of pollination, method of propagation,
natural predators, parasites, and methods for protecting bio security.
SAG evaluates the risk associated with release on a case-by-case basis
and may or may not authorize the import. When an import permit is
issued, SAG sets the conditions for handling and safeguarding the
material in order to prevent its spread outside of the zones of control.
In no case does SAG permit the introduction into Chile of a new
transgenic product directly from the laboratory to the field. Currently
all seeds propagated from imported transgenic seeds must be re-exported.
According to the Seed Producers Association an estimated 45 to 50
percent of the total seed exported is transgenic. Chile has still not a
framework legislation for commercializing genetically modified seeds
within the country.

## 

## Plant Health

Chile follows the international phytosanitary regulations dictated by
the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), the European Union
and the International Seed Trade Association. To sell seeds to Chile,
exporters must meet Chilean phytosanitary requirements. Some species are
accepted with a phytosanitary certificate, while others require a
certificate and a specific treatment with fungicides and fumigants.

## Seed Certification

No changes have been made to the seed certification process since our
last report. Chile's system was accepted by the OECD certification
scheme in 1972 and became effective in 1977. In 1980, Chile's
certification scheme was accepted as equivalent to the EEC certification
regime. The seed certification process is done by SAG. SAG reports that
there are a total of 110 protected varieties registered.

## Plant Variety Protection

Chile is a member of U.P.O.V., which stands for Union for the Protection
Of new Varieties of plants. The law, which protects varieties, was
published in November 1994, allowing Chile to join the U.P.O.V.'s
convention of 1978. Variety protection operates through the Registry of
Protected Varieties. Varieties created abroad may be registered and
enjoy the same rights as Chilean varieties, provided they also have been
registered in their country of origin. Acceptance of varieties in the
Registry grants the owner the exclusive right to produce and trade the
seed.

## Variety Approval

Although there are no changes since our last report on variety approval,
ANPROS (the Seed Producers Association) and SAG (Animal and Plant Health
Authority) are working together to changes the varietals approval system
regulated by the Law \# 19.324, published in 1994. The objective is to
increase compliance with the U.P.O.V 91 norms, a compromise Chile took
when signing the Free Trade Agreement with the US back in 2002. Changes
to the varietals approval system agreed in the FTA have to take place
before January 1, 2009.

## Tariffs

The import duty for all US seeds is zero since January 2004, as a result
of the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement. A 19% value added tax applied to
all products (domestic and imported) regardless of origin.

# Production

Chile is a major producer of hybrid corn seeds, sunflower seeds, and
vegetable seeds and to a lesser extent forage seeds for export.
Production is concentrated south of Santiago in Region VI. Industry
sources estimate that large multinational companies present in Chile
produce over 80 percent of all seeds. There also are some smaller
Chilean seed companies producing under contract for other multinationals
that are not present in Chile. Most of these smaller seed companies
specialize in the production of seeds of new species and/or varieties.
Although seed production in Chile normally follows world demand and
supply, that is, when the northern hemisphere is affected by adverse
conditions and has a fall in production, companies contract more and
increase their output in Chile, a constant expansion in production and
trade can be observed during the last few years.

Although there are no official figures on Chile's total area planted for
seed production, the Seed Producers' Association reports that plantings
totaled a little over 36,000 hectares in 2005/06. Good weather
conditions during the growing season and at harvest contributed to a
larger output than last year. Official export figures also reflect this
increase. Seed production and exports for the 2006/07 season are
expected to increase further. However competition is developing from
other southern hemisphere seed producing countries such as Argentina,
Australia and New Zealand, which have been growing in seed production
and exports, particularly for a variety of horticultural products.
Normally over 60 percent of total Chilean seed production is exported.

# Trade

Chile is the fifth largest export in the world, after Netherlands,
United States, France, Germany and Canada. For the Southern Hemisphere
Chile is by far the largest seed exporter. Although seed production in
Chile, which is mainly export oriented and is of significant importance
in total Chilean agricultural production, these exports do not represent
more than 5 percent of total world seed trade. Corn is the most
important seed produced and exported by Chile, followed by flowers and
melons. Vegetable seeds as a group are also important in total exports,
accounting for 32 percent of total exports. Total seed exports rose from
US\$170 million in 2004/05 to US\$185 million in 2005/06. Seed imports
also rose last year from US\$26 million in 2004/05 to US\$29 million in
2005/06. Most seeds are imported for further multiplication and then
re‑exported.

The United States and various European countries are Chile's main export
markets. Exports to the United States, totaled US\$111.1 million in
2005/06, up from US\$91.5 in 2004/05. The US is by far the primary
market for corn seed exports. France is the second largest export market
for Chilean seeds with a total of US\$18 million in 2005/06 season.

+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| # TABLE - CHILE  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| : Total Seed Imp |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| orts and Exports |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| (July 2005       |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| through June     |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| 2006)            |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Volume in Kgrs.  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| and Value in     |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| Thous. US        |           |      |   |            |         |      |
| Dollars          |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  | #         |      |   | ** **      | ##      |      |
|                  | # Exports |      |   |            | Imports |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  | 2005/06   |      |   |            | 2005/06 |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Field Crops  |           |      |   | Field      |         |      |
|                  |           |      |   | Crops      |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Corn         | Vol.      | Val. |   | Corn       | Vol.    | Val. |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 5         | 74   |   | Argentina  | 6,      | 948  |
|                  | 4,479,507 | ,393 |   |            | 178,866 |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 1         | 13   |   | U.S.       | 936,704 | 5    |
|                  | 0,015,617 | ,097 |   |            |         | ,624 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Germany          | 2,330,439 | 3    |   | France     | 77,559  | 638  |
|                  |           | ,752 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 1,779,924 | 1    |   | Austria    | 24,170  | 98   |
|                  |           | ,963 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 506,467   | 693  |   | Germany    | 17,130  | 84   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Japan            | 266,756   | 501  |   | Peru       | 15,505  | 17   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Spain            | 180,683   | 369  |   | Italy      | 6,712   | 55   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 53,041    | 198  |   | N          | 5,742   | 105  |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Austria          | 31,163    | 107  |   | Canada     | 979     | 14   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Hungary          | 22,954    | 119  |   | Turkey     | 413     | 5    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Switzerland      | 20,274    | 54   |   | S          | 267     | 1    |
|                  |           |      |   | witzerland |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Malaysia         | 14,073    | 59   |   | China      | 158     | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Canada           | 5,822     | 57   |   | Japan      | 74      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Falkland         | 4,300     | 2    |   | Spain      | 40      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| So. Africa       | 2,347     | 9    |   | South      | 10      | 0    |
|                  |           |      |   | Africa     |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| N.Zealand        | 1,226     | 2    |   | Australia  | 3       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| China            | 946       | 2    |   | Other      | 307,928 | 3    |
|                  |           |      |   |            |         | ,437 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Turkey           | 775       | 1    |   | TOTAL      | 7,      | 11   |
|                  |           |      |   |            | 572,261 | ,027 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Yugoslavia       | 460       | 14   |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Uruguay          | 150       | 2    |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 6         | 95   |   |            |         |      |
|                  | 9,848,836 | ,609 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Sunflower    |           |      |   | Sunflower  |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 1,320,114 | 3    |   | Argentina  | 297,858 | 169  |
|                  |           | ,107 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 1,002,417 | 2    |   | U.S.       | 12,762  | 45   |
|                  |           | ,664 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 724,458   | 1    |   | France     | 7,685   | 87   |
|                  |           | ,064 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Pakistan         | 90,480    | 199  |   | Spain      | 606     | 13   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Spain            | 76,928    | 100  |   | Australia  | 435     | 6    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Turkey           | 55,296    | 117  |   | Japan      | 78      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Japan            | 16,842    | 343  |   | Israel     | 22      | 3    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 2,395     | 90   |   | Rumania    | 1       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 3,347,043 | 7    |   | TOTAL      | 344,573 | 356  |
|                  |           | ,701 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Sugar beet   |           |      |   | Sugar beet |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Germany          | 67,911    | 307  |   | France     | 18,501  | 649  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Belgium          | 61,204    | 200  |   | Italy      | 6,573   | 177  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 25,822    | 83   |   | N          | 1,189   | 14   |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 154,937   | 590  |   | Germany    | 1,047   | 25   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Belgium    | 33      | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | U.S.       | 30      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Denmark    | 12      | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Spain      | 7       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | TOTAL      | 27,392  | 867  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Beans        |           |      |   | Beans      |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 808,635   | 1    |   | U.S.       | 167,364 | 352  |
|                  |           | ,279 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 558,540   | 730  |   | France     | 18,713  | 56   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 532,050   | 942  |   | N          | 8,619   | 35   |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 527,826   | 919  |   | China      | 8,000   | 11   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Hungary          | 154,628   | 342  |   | Italy      | 475     | 3    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Spain            | 60,770    | 123  |   | Germany    | 250     | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Kenya            | 38,928    | 73   |   | Other      | 4,315   | 7    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Belgium          | 34,145    | 63   |   | TOTAL      | 207,736 | 464  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Germany          | 26,567    | 36   |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 16,350    | 17   |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 922       | 2    |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 2,760,006 | 4    |   |            |         |      |
|                  |           | ,527 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Alfalfa      |           |      |   | Alfalfa    |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 286,500   | 1    |   | U.S.       | 206,697 | 762  |
|                  |           | ,209 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Brazil           | 27,595    | 121  |   | Australia  | 20,646  | 79   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Falkland         | 4,680     | 2    |   | TOTAL      | 232,343 | 856  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 318,775   | 1    |   |            |         |      |
|                  |           | ,332 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Clover       |           |      |   | Clover     |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Uruguay          | 539,000   | 1    |   | N.Zealand  | 88,287  | 437  |
|                  |           | ,192 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 536,450   | 1    |   | Australia  | 45,350  | 165  |
|                  |           | ,186 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Canada           | 152,000   | 324  |   | Egypt      | 25,000  | 33   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 108,600   | 118  |   | U.S.       | 5,040   | 27   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Colombia         | 34,500    | 87   |   | Uruguay    | 690     | 4    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 22,750    | 51   |   | Canada     | 373     | 4    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| So. Africa       | 21,000    | 51   |   | Argentina  | 100     | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 18,275    | 18   |   | TOTAL      | 164,840 | 669  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Falkland         | 250       | 1    |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 1,475,630 | 3    |   |            |         |      |
|                  |           | ,094 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Fescue       |           |      |   | Fescue     |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Falkland         | 1,794     | 5    |   | U.S.       | 101,189 | 191  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 1,794     | 5    |   | N          | 22,129  | 53   |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Denmark    | 20,996  | 32   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Canada     | 7,506   | 12   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | N.Zealand  | 4,000   | 15   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | France     | 0       | \    |
|                  |           |      |   |            |         | (0\) |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | TOTAL      | 175,820 | 358  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Bluegrass, |         |      |
|                  |           |      |   | Kentucky   |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | U.S.       | 17,253  | 39   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | TOTAL      | 19,278  | 43   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Ryegrass     |           |      |   | Ryegrass   |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 28,770    | 36   |   | N.Zealand  | 790,207 | 1    |
|                  |           |      |   |            |         | ,960 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Uruguay          | 25,000    | 24   |   | N          | 134,292 | 244  |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 6,975     | 9    |   | Denmark    | 104,400 | 179  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Falkland         | 975       | 2    |   | U.S.       | 49,473  | 88   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 84,610    | 97   |   | Argentina  | 28,000  | 33   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | France     | 11,600  | 27   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | TOTAL      | 1,      | 2    |
|                  |           |      |   |            | 127,992 | ,536 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| #                |           |      |   | Other      |         |      |
| ## Other Forages |           |      |   | Forages    |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Colombia         | 32,000    | 28   |   | U.S.       | 100,137 | 274  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Falkland         | 30,285    | 18   |   | N.Zealand  | 51,057  | 155  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 24,550    | 35   |   | Denmark    | 19,535  | 38   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Ecuador          | 12,500    | 11   |   | Australia  | 8,555   | 31   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.K.             | 2         | 0    |   | Canada     | 5,823   | 11   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 99,337    | 91   |   | N          | 5,460   | 9    |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Uruguay    | 10      | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | TOTAL      | 190,577 | 519  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Flowers      |           |      |   | Flowers    |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 158,772   | 4    |   | France     | 4,295   | 90   |
|                  |           | ,348 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Japan            | 3,790     | 2    |   | U.S.       | 3,978   | 167  |
|                  |           | ,871 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 3,304     | 2    |   | Japan      | 1,207   | 18   |
|                  |           | ,254 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Germany          | 2,253     | 931  |   | Brazil     | 665     | 17   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.K.             | 766       | 601  |   | Italy      | 592     | 14   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 602       | 13   |   | Guatemala  | 500     | 2    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Denmark          | 161       | 743  |   | Spain      | 349     | 18   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 24        | 35   |   | N          | 240     | 112  |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 169,767   | 11   |   | Denmark    | 46      | 36   |
|                  |           | ,799 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Germany    | 8       | 10   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Costa Rica | 2       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | U.K.       | 0       | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | Other      | 1       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   | TOTAL      | 11,892  | 485  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Vegetables   |           |      |   | Vegetables |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Tomato       |           |      |   | Tomato     |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Germany          | 7,913     | 42   |   | N          | 2,183   | 889  |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 2,800     | 2    |   | China      | 628     | 461  |
|                  |           | ,126 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 2,213     | 542  |   | Peru       | 406     | 151  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 1,847     | 33   |   | U.S.       | 404     | 517  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 1,167     | 1    |   | France     | 287     | 673  |
|                  |           | ,098 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Brazil           | 253       | 99   |   | Thailand   | 100     | 277  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Venezuela        | 165       | 425  |   | Mexico     | 74      | 210  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Bolivia          | 107       | 19   |   | Israel     | 57      | 430  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Spain            | 98        | 72   |   | Brazil     | 50      | 69   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Japan            | 86        | 44   |   | Bolivia    | 50      | 41   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Colombia         | 76        | 79   |   | Spain      | 28      | 56   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 27        | 63   |   | P          | 7       | 5    |
|                  |           |      |   | hilippines |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Israel           | 20        | 18   |   | Italy      | 2       | 2    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 14        | 29   |   | Other      | 16      | 50   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Cuba             | 8         | 11   |   | TOTAL      | 4,292   | 3    |
|                  |           |      |   |            |         | ,829 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Ecuador          | 3         | 28   |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Uruguay          | 2         | 13   |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 16,810    | 4    |   |            |         |      |
|                  |           | ,757 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ### Wat          |           |      |   | Wa         |         |      |
| ermelons, Melons |           |      |   | termelons, |         |      |
|                  |           |      |   | Melons     |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 30,722    | 5    |   | Peru       | 3,410   | 340  |
|                  |           | ,450 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 6,627     | 1    |   | U.S.       | 1,296   | 105  |
|                  |           | ,354 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Spain            | 2,498     | 390  |   | Mexico     | 302     | 105  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 2,238     | 656  |   | France     | 203     | 27   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Bolivia          | 1,302     | 42   |   | Taiwan     | 172     | 120  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Brazil           | 1,285     | 173  |   | N          | 169     | 79   |
|                  |           |      |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 714       | 266  |   | Thailand   | 96      | 53   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Japan            | 474       | 98   |   | Israel     | 42      | 18   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Colombia         | 359       | 95   |   | Brazil     | 31      | 14   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 153       | 50   |   | China      | 26      | 13   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Israel           | 139       | 28   |   | Spain      | 16      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Venezuela        | 126       | 39   |   | Japan      | 10      | 3    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 66        | 1    |   | Italy      | 1       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Ecuador          | 23        | 7    |   | Other      | 84      | 23   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 46,732    | 8    |   | TOTAL      | 5,858   | 899  |
|                  |           | ,651 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
|                  |           |      |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| ###              |           |      |   | Other      |         |      |
| Other Vegetables |           |      |   | Vegetable  |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.S.             | 541,703   | 20   |   | U.S.       | 126,408 | 1    |
|                  |           | ,748 |   |            |         | ,587 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Netherlands      | 194,305   | 10   |   | Argentina  | 83,012  | 1    |
|                  |           | ,065 |   |            |         | ,214 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| France           | 164,453   | 3    |   | N          | 39,504  | 483  |
|                  |           | ,295 |   | etherlands |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Japan            | 150,263   | 4    |   | China      | 26,215  | 70   |
|                  |           | ,228 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Italy            | 148,244   | 820  |   | N.Zealand  | 20,770  | 59   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Brazil           | 99,030    | 843  |   | U.K.       | 20,016  | 30   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Guatemala        | 69,000    | 37   |   | Italy      | 18,794  | 39   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Peru             | 31,360    | 868  |   | Denmark    | 16,993  | 184  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Argentina        | 18,978    | 331  |   | France     | 5,147   | 484  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Germany          | 16,804    | 161  |   | So. Africa | 5,001   | 59   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| So. Korea        | 16,324    | 219  |   | Japan      | 3,729   | 413  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Venezuela        | 15,709    | 1    |   | Israel     | 2,177   | 159  |
|                  |           | ,940 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Colombia         | 10,844    | 704  |   | Belgium    | 1,770   | 296  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| India            | 8,573     | 148  |   | Mexico     | 1,567   | 253  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Spain            | 6,034     | 1    |   | Spain      | 874     | 29   |
|                  |           | ,052 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Denmark          | 4,837     | 56   |   | Brazil     | 648     | 130  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Bolivia          | 2,911     | 119  |   | Slovenia   | 569     | 11   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Ecuador          | 1,947     | 341  |   | Peru       | 375     | 2    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| U.K.             | 876       | 30   |   | Australia  | 227     | 11   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Australia        | 544       | 46   |   | Thailand   | 100     | 12   |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Czech Rep.       | 359       | 12   |   | Germany    | 88      | 2    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| New Zealand      | 322       | 8    |   | Taiwan     | 44      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Turkey           | 208       | 8    |   | So. Korea  | 15      | 1    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Uruguay          | 132       | 181  |   | India      | 1       | 0    |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Paraguay         | 57        | 6    |   | Other      | 2,089   | 165  |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| Hungary          | 43        | 27   |   | TOTAL      | 377,154 | 5    |
|                  |           |      |   |            |         | ,695 |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| So. Africa       | 1         | 0    |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+
| TOTAL            | 1,519,394 | 46   |   |            |         |      |
|                  |           | ,435 |   |            |         |      |
+------------------+-----------+------+---+------------+---------+------+