United States Office of Prevention, Pesticides 733-R-97-002

Environmental Protection And Toxic Substances (7503W) August 1997

Agency

EPA Pesticides Industry Sales

And Usage

1994 and 1995 Market

Estimates
Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

1994 and 1995 Market Estimates

by

Arnold L. Aspelin, Ph. D.

Biological and Economic Analysis Division

Office of Pesticide Programs

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Washington, DC 20460

August 1997
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Contents

List of Tables and Charts ................. ii

Introduction ................. 1

Acknowledgments ................. 1

Overview ................. 2

Highlights of Report ................. 4

Agency Survey

Responsibilities ................. 5

About this Report ................. 6

Pesticide Market Estimate

Tables and Charts,

1995 and Earlier Years ............ 7-35

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List of Tables and Charts

PAGE

Table 1. U.S. and World Pesticide Sales at User Level,

1995 Estimates (and corresponding charts) .............................................................. 8

Table 2. User Expenditures for Pesticides in the U.S. by Class and Sector,

1994 and 1995 Estimates (and corresponding chart) ............................................. 10

Table 3. Volume of Pesticide Active Ingredient Used in U.S. by Type,

Class, and Sector, 1994 and 1995 Estimates (and corresponding chart) ............ 12

Table 4. U.S. Usage of Conventional Pesticides and Other Types, 1994–1995

Estimates .................................................................................................................. 14

Table 5. Importance of Pesticide Expenditures to U.S. Farmers,

1993–1995 Estimates ............................................................................................... 15

Table 6. U.S. Production, Imports, Exports, and Net Supply of Conventional Pesticides,

Producer Level, 1994/95 Estimates (and corresponding chart) ......................... 16

Table 7. U.S. Pesticide Production, Marketing and User Sectors; Profile of Numbers

of Units Involved, 1994/95 .................................................................................... 18

Table 8. Quantities of Most Commonly UsedConventional Pesticides

in U.S. Agricultural Crop Production, 1995........................................................ 19

Table 9. Quantities of Pesticides Most Commonly Used in Non-Agricultural

Sectors of U.S. .......................................................................................................... 20

Table 10. United States Conventional Pesticide Usage, Total and Estimated

Agricultural Sector Share, 1964-1995 (and corresponding charts). .................... 22

Table 11a. Number of Active Ingredients Registered for First Time as Pesticides Under

FIFRA, by Type, Calendar Years 1967-1995 (and corresponding chart) ........... 24

Table 11b. Number of Active Ingredients Registered for First Time as Pesticides Under

FIFRA, by Classification: Safer (reduced-risk) or other pesticides,

Calendar Years 1990-1995 ...................................................................................... 25

Table 12. Number of Certified Applicators in the U.S.,

1995 (and corresponding charts)............................................................................... 26

Table 13. U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage, by Type, All Economic Sectors

Combined, 1979-1995 (and corresponding chart) ................................................. 28

Table 14. U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage, by Sector and Type,

1979-1995 (and corresponding charts) .................................................................... 29

Table 15. U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides, by Type, All Economic

Sectors Combined, 1979-1995 (and corresponding chart) ................................... 32

Table 16. U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides, by Sector and Type,

1979-1995 (and corresponding charts) .................................................................... 33
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Introduction

This report provides an overview of the pesticide industry for 1994 and 1995. It contains a

series of tables with estimates of the U.S. market for those two years. The tables contain information

on quantities used and user expenditures (by economic sector and pesticide class), imports, exports,

numbers of firms/individuals involved in production/use of pesticides, number of pesticides,

certified applicators and on a number of other topics.

Much of the tabular information in this report is for the years 1994 and 1995, but historical data

are also presented. In a number of cases, the historical estimates of volume used and dollar

expenditures have been updated (reestimated) as presented in tables 13 through 16 in this report.

Care should be taken to use the new values in this report rather than earlier editions. The estimates

of usage are presented for new, more specific categories (types) of usage than in earlier editions of

this report. (See Table 3 column headings and discussion of the new categories in the section titled,

“About This Report”.) Graphic representations of the data are included along with a number of the

tables.

Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage:

1994 and 1995 Market Estimates

Arnold L. Aspelin, Ph. D.*

Acknowledgments

The author of this report would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance provided by the

following outside sources:

◊ John Wilkin, Marypat Corbett, and Greg Malcom, Doane Marketing Research, St. Louis, MO,

and Sam Moore, Maritz Marketing Research, St. Louis, MO, (agricultural usage and markets),

◊ Phil Calderoni and Sally Landels, SRI Consulting, Menlo Park, CA (non-agricultural and world

markets for pesticides), and

◊ Mancer Cyr and Gillian Morris, Kline & Co., Fairfield, NJ (non-agricultural markets

and biocide usage).

Also, recognition is accorded for the efforts of reviewers of the draft versions of this

report including:

◊ Sam Rives, Van Johnson, M. Padgitt, and Jim Smith of USDA; Roger Holtorf, Bob Torla,

Steve Nako, Art Grube, Ed Brandt, EPA; Steve Wanser, USITC/DOC; Leonard Gianessi,

National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy; and Dan Francke, DPRA, Manhattan, KS.

* Arnold Aspelin is Senior Economic Advisor, Biological and Economic Analysis Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA. If you have questions regarding this report or need further

information, please contact the author at the following address: BEAD/OPP/EPA (7503W),

401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460—telephone (703) 308-8136 or email:

ASPELIN.ARNOLD@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.
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Pesticides of various types are used in most sectors of the U.S. Economy. In general terms, a

pesticide is any agent used to kill or control undesired insects, weeds, rodents, fungi, bacteria or

other organisms. Thus, the term “pesticide” includes insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, nematicides, and acaracides as well as disinfectants, fumigants, wood preservatives and plant

growth regulators. Pesticides play a vital role in controlling agricultural, industrial, home/garden

and public health pests. Many crops, commodities and services in the U.S. could not be supplied in

an economic fashion without control of pests with chemicals or by other means. As a result, goods

and services can be supplied at lower costs and/or with better quality. These economic benefits from

pesticide usage are not achieved without potential risks to human health and the environment due

to the toxicity and potency of pesticide chemicals. For this reason, the chemicals are regulated under

the pesticide laws to avoid unacceptable risks.

Pesticide Types

In terms of the chemicals involved, a majority of the active ingredients registered as pesticides

(about 875 currently) are “conventional” pesticides, i.e., ones developed and produced primarily for

use as pesticides. However, there are also other chemicals produced mostly for other purposes some

of which are used as pesticides. Notable examples are chlorine, sulfur, and petroleum which are

used as pesticides. Also, there are industrial wood preservatives and biocides, which are not

generally included in the term conventional pesticides. All of these types of pesticides are regulated

under the Pesticide Laws (principally the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act—

FIFRA) administered by EPA in cooperation with other Federal Agencies (such as FDA and USDA)

and the States.

Overall Quantities of Pesticides Used

About 4.5 billion pounds of chemicals are used as pesticides in the U.S. in a typical year

(measured on basis active ingredient). For 1995, the quantities used are estimated, by type of

pesticide, as follows:

Type Bil. of lbs. Percent

Conventional pesticides .97 21

Other pesticide chemicals (sulfur, petroleum, etc.) .25 6

Subtotal 1.22 27

Wood preservatives .72 16

Specialty biocides .26 6

Chlorine/hypochlorites 2.32 51

Total 4.52 100

Conventional pesticides and “other pesticide chemicals” (e.g., sulfur, petroleum, etc.) account

for about one-fourth of the total pesticide active ingredient used in the U.S. (1.22 billion pounds or 27

percent of the total). A majority of these pesticides is used in agriculture to produce food and fiber

(77 percent or 939 million pounds of active ingredient in 1995), with the remainder used in industry/

government applications and by homeowners. With usage of 1.22 billion pounds for conventional

Overview
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pesticides plus other pesticide chemicals, the U.S. accounts for about one-fifth of such usage world

wide. Chlorine/hypochlorites are the leading type of pesticides in the U.S., with half of the U.S. total.

Wood preservatives and specialty biocides make up the remainder of the U.S. total of 4.52 billion

pounds in 1995. The above quantities equal 4.6 pounds per capita in the U.S. for conventional

pesticides plus sulfur, etc., and 17.0 pounds per capita for the total of all types.

Expenditures for Pesticides

The pesticide industry is quite significant in dollar terms. Annual expenditures by users of

pesticides totalled $11.3 billion in 1995 (conventional pesticides plus sulfur, etc.). Of this, 70 percent

was for use in agriculture (a total of $7.9 billion — an average of nearly $4,200 per farm in the U.S. —

for 1.9 million farms). The U.S. total of $11.3 billion equals $43 per capita in the U.S. The average U.S.

household had expenditures of about $20 for pesticides applied by the homeowner. (This does not

include expenditures for pesticides applied to homes and gardens by others for hire.) The U.S.

accounts for nearly one-third of pesticide user expenditures world wide.

Numbers of Pesticide Producers and Users

The U.S. pesticide sector involves the following numbers of firms and individuals (approximate

numbers); major pesticide manufacturers (18); other manufacturers (100); manufacturing workers

(6-10,000); producing establishments (7,300); formulators (2,200); distributors/establishments (17,000);

farms using pesticides (1.4 mil. out of 1.9 mil. total); commercial pest control firms (35-40,000);

certified commercial applicators (384,000); households using pesticides (70 mil. out of 95 mil. total).

Trends in Conventional Pesticide Usage

Agriculture: Usage of conventional pesticides on farms increased from about 400 mil. lbs. in

the mid-1960s to a peak of nearly 850 mil. lbs. around 1980, primarily due to the widespread

adoption of herbicides in crop production. Since that time, usage has been somewhat lower and has

varied from a low of 658 mil. lbs. in 1987 to a high of 786 mil. lbs in 1994 (active ingredient basis).

Pesticide usage in agriculture can vary considerably from year to year depending on weather, pest

outbreaks, crop acreage and economic factors such as crop prices.

Usage of conventional pesticides in agriculture increased noticeably in 1994 (by about 11

percent over 1993) due to more acreages grown for important pesticide-using crops (principally corn

and soybeans) and due to impacts of floods/unseasonable weather during the 1993/94 period in

midwest and western states. The total U.S. acreage of corn and soybeans grown increased about 7

mil. in 1994 over 1993. Acreages of cotton, rice and sunflowers also increased in 1994. The flooding in

1993 accelerated weed infestation problems in 1994, resulting in more herbicide usage. The need for

herbicides in 1994 was intensified due to wet soil conditions and reduced usage of post-harvest

herbicide applications in 1993. Also flooding conditions had the effect of moving weed seeds into

new areas. Within midwest states, the areas most affected by flooding had reduced herbicide usage

in 1993 compared to other areas. Then, in 1994, herbicide usage in the most affected areas increased

much more than in the less flooded areas. Herbicides accounted for most of the increase in agricultural pesticide usage in 1994 over 1993 (60 mil. out of 80 mil. pound increase in conventional usage).

Other Sectors: In the non-agricultural sectors, conventional pesticide usage reached a peak of

more than 300 mil. lbs. in the 1970s and has declined rather consistently since 1980—to a level of

about 200 mil. lbs. in 1995. Most of this decline is due to less usage in the industrial/commercial/

governmental sector (referred to as the professional market) which totalled 128 mil. lbs. in 1995.

Usage of conventional pesticides by homeowners is estimated at 74 mil. lbs. for 1995.
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Highlights of Report

■ U.S. pesticide user purchases account for nearly one-third of the world market in dollar terms

and about one-fifth of the active ingredient (Table 1).

■ Annual U.S. pesticide user expenditures totalled approximately $11.3 billion in 1995 (Table 2).

($10.6 billion in 1994)

■ Agriculture accounts for more than two-thirds of pesticide user expenditures and three-fourths

of the quantity used annually (Tables 2 & 3).

■ Herbicides are the leading type of pesticides, in terms of both user expenditures and volumes

used (Tables 2 & 3).

■ About 1.0 billion pounds of active ingredient of conventional pesticides are used annually in

the U.S. (Table 4).

■ Total U.S. pesticide usage in 1995 was about 4.5 billion pounds of active ingredient. This figure

includes conventional pesticides (1.0 billion lbs.) plus industrial wood preservatives, biocides,

and certain other chemicals used as pesticides (Table 4). This usage involves about 21,000

pesticide products and 875 active ingredients registered under the Federal Pesticide Law

(Table 7).

■ Farmers’ expenditures on pesticides were equal to 4.6% of total farm production expenditures

in 1995, up from 3.9% in 1993 (Table 5).

■ Net usage of conventional pesticides of about 1.0 billion pounds derives from U.S. production

of 1.3 billion, imports of 0.2 billion, and exports of 0.5 billion (pounds of active ingredient of

conventional pesticides) (Table 6).

■ The use of pesticides occurs on about three-fourths of the Nation’s farms (1.4 million out of 1.9

million) and households (70 million out of 95 million) (Table 7).

■ The most widely used pesticide in U.S. agricultural crop production by volume is the herbicide

atrazine (Table 8). The herbicide 2, 4-D has the largest volume of usage in the non-agricultural

sectors (Table 9).

■ In 1994, conventional pesticide usage in agriculture increased to 786 million pounds from 706

in 1993, or by about 11 percent, and declined about 2 percent in 1995 (Table 10). The significant

increase in agricultural pesticide usage in 1994 was due to (1) acreage increases for several

pesticide intensive crops and (2) exceptional pest control problems associated with major

flooding and unseasonable weather in midwest and western states. For the non-agricultural

sectors, conventional pesticide usage declined in both 1994 and 1995 (Table 10).

■ There were 31 new active ingredients registered as pesticides under FIFRA in 1995 (30 in 1994)

(Table 11). Of these new active ingredients, more than one-half were “safer” pesticides (biological or other reduced risk) (Table 11b).

■ There are about 1.34 million certified pesticide applicators in the U.S. (Table 12). Of these, most

are for agricultural applications (about 960,000) and the remainder (384,000) are certified

commercial applicators (Table 12).
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In recent years, through a series of coordinated initiatives, EPA and USDA have been improving information available on pesticide usage. Each Agency has accomplished this through expanded

surveying activities, with EPA focusing on non-agricultural usage sites and USDA focusing on

agricultural usage sites. Surveys of pesticide usage by homeowners and by commercial applicators

have been conducted by EPA since 1990. For further information about EPA pesticide survey and

data activities, contact Alan R. Goozner, Statistician, BEAD/OPP/EPA (7503W), 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460—telephone (703) 308-8147 or e-mail at Goozner.Alan@EPAmail.EPA.gov

Since 1990, USDA (NASS and ERS) has been collecting more extensive and frequent data on

agricultural pesticide usage. USDA’s data collection and reporting activities on agricultural pesticide usage include annual surveys of usage on field crops and alternate-year surveys for selected

vegetables, fruits, and nuts. The pesticide usage surveys cover the most significant field crops,

vegetables, fruits, and nuts. For each crop, major producing states are surveyed, usually accounting

for 70% to 90% of the acreage grown. Results are reported for individual states and in aggregate for

“major states”. For more information about USDA pesticide usage surveys, contact Sam Rives,

USDA/NASS, 14th & Independence Ave. S.W., Room 4162 S. Agriculture Building, Washington, DC

20250—telephone (202) 720-2248.

Agency Survey Responsibilities
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EPA, along with the States and other agencies such as USDA, is responsible for regulation of the

production and use of pesticides in the U.S., under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1947 (FIFRA). This report is designed to provide contemporary and historical economic

profile information on the U.S. pesticide producing and using sectors covered by state/federal

regulatory programs mandated under FIFRA. Economic profile information is provided on a variety

of topics, particularly the pesticide market in terms of dollar values and quantities of active ingredient. Reports have been prepared on this topic by the EPA Pesticide Program covering the years since

1979.

In this report, quantities and dollar values for pesticide usage are reported with separate

breakouts for agriculture, home/garden (homeowner applications) and industrial/commercial/

governmental (professional market). They are also reported by commonly used pesticide class

categories, e.g., herbicides/plant growth regulators and insecticides/miticides. The definitions for

economic sectors and pesticide classes are presented in notes below Tables 2 and 3. The definitions

of pesticide categories (types) used in this report are different than those used in reports for earlier

years. This report breaks out pesticide usage into a 10 column format instead of the previous five

columns. The historical tables for earlier years have been revised to use the new 10 column format

(e.g. tables 13 and 14).

There are no programs at EPA or other agencies devoted specifically to estimation of the overall

pesticide market in quantitative and dollar terms each year. Accordingly, the report is prepared

based on the best information from the public domain and proprietary sources where they are

available for use in estimation. The numbers presented in the report should be considered approximate values rather than precise values with known statistical properties, but are thought to quite

accurately show trends over time.

The Agency has available a wide variety of published and proprietary information upon which

to base estimates. Extensive files and library materials are maintained at EPA/OPP on pesticide

usage. For the agricultural sector, which accounts for a majority of use of conventional pesticides,

the Agency has available six national data bases/services including those in the U.S. Department of

Agriculture plus a number of more specific and limited data sources. For the non-agricultural sector,

there is a similar number of sources of information upon which to make national estimates. For both

the agricultural and non-agricultural estimates, some use is made of proprietary data sources, with

the permission of vendors, for purposes of arriving at annual estimates of quantities sold and sales

values. The proprietary sources used by EPA are well known organizations, which are also utilized

by registrants and other private sector firms.

The methods used by the various sources of information to make estimates vary from large

statistically based panels (e.g., more than 15,000 respondents annually) to use of largely unstructured interview/survey approaches. Each one must be considered on its merits in judging the

usefulness and relevance to making the needed annual market estimates. Corroboration and cross

checking are used where possible. One of the problems with some of the existing databases is lack of

consistency in coverage, scope, and sampling from year to year, making some sources less useful for

computing changes from year to year.

About this Report
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Pesticide Market Estimate

Tables and Charts,

1995 and Earlier Years
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Table 1.

U.S. and World Pesticide Sales at User Level, 1995 Estimates.

Pesticide U.S. Market World Market U.S. % of

Class1 (Million) (%) (Million) (%) World Market

User Expenditures (Millions of $)

Herbicides $6,276 55% $16,237 43% 39%

Insecticides 3,552 32% 12,465 33% 29%

Fungicides 798 7% 6,355 17% 13%

Other 690 6% 2,639 7% 26%

Total $11,316 100% $37,696 100% 30%

Volume of Active Ingredient (Millions of lbs.)

Herbicides 556 46% 2,210 39% 30%

Insecticides 137 11% 1,500 26% 9%

Fungicides 77 6% 550 10% 14%

Other 452 37% 1,450 25% 31%

Total 1,222 100% 5,710 100% 21%

NOTE: Totals may not add due to rounding.

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on SRI Staff input, American Crop Protection Association (ACPA) annual surveys,

USDA reports, other published reports, and proprietary data.

FOOTNOTES:

1 Does not include industrial wood preservatives, specialty biocides and chlorine/hypochlorites. See

definitions of pesticide classes below tables 2 and 3.
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0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

U.S. vs. World Pesticide Sales

User Expenditures, 1995

Herbicides Insecticides Other TOTAL Fungicides

Herbicides Insecticides Other TOTAL Fungicides

U.S. vs. World Pesticide Sales

Volume of Active Ingredient, 1995

Millions of lbs.

U.S. Market

World Market

U.S. Market

World Market

$ 0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000 Millions of $
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Table 2.

User Expenditures for Pesticides in the U.S. by Class and Sector,

1994 and 1995 Estimates.

Herbicides/ Insecticides/

Plant Growth Regs. Miticides Fungicides Other1 TOTAL

Sector ($M) (%) ($M) (%) ($M) (%) ($M) (%) ($M) (%)

1994

Agriculture $4,808 81% $1,453 45% $585 79% $451 68% $7,297 69%

Ind./Comm./Govt. 679 11% 528 16% 132 18% 65 10% 1,404 13%

Home & Garden 456 8% 1,261 39% 24 3% 151 23% 1,893 18%

Total $5,944 100% $3,244 100% $741 100% $667 100% $10,594 100%

1995

Agriculture $5,112 81% $1,710 48% $638 80% $469 68% $7,929 70%

Ind./Comm./Govt. 700 11% 543 15% 136 17% 66 10% 1,445 13%

Home & Garden 465 7% 1,299 37% 24 3% 155 22% 1,943 17%

Total $6,276 100% $3,552 100% $798 100% $690 100% $11,317 100%

NOTES: Totals may not add due to rounding.

Does not include industrial wood preservatives, specialty biocides, and chlorine/hypochlorites.

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on ACPA annual surveys, USDA reports, other published reports , and proprietary data.

FOOTNOTES:

1 Includes nematicides, fumigants, rodenticides, molluscicides, aquatic, fish/bird pesticides, other

miscellaneous conventional pesticides plus other chemicals used as pesticides. (See Table 3 for more detail.)

2 Sector Definitions:

Quantities and expenditures for pesticides in the U.S. are divided among economic sectors as follows:

Agriculture--applications by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to farms and facilities

involved in production of raw agricultural commodities, principally food, fiber and tobacco; includes

non-crop/post harvest usage as well as crop/field applications;

Ind./Comm./Govt:--applications by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to industry,

commercial and governmental facilities, buildings, sites and land;

plus: custom/commercial applications to homes and gardens, including lawns;

Home & Garden:--homeowner applications to homes and gardens, including lawns; single and multiple unit

housing.

2
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U.S. User Expenditures for Conventional Pesticides, 1995 Estimates

$690M

$6,276M

$7,000M

$6,000M

$5,000M

$4,000M

$3,000M

$2,000M

$1,000M

$0

$3,552M

Agriculture

Industrial/Commercial/

Government

Home & Garden

$798M

Herbicides/Plant Insecticides/ Fungicides Other

Growth Regs. Miticides
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Sector3

Table 3.

Volume of Pesticide Active Ingredient Used in the U.S.

by Type, Class, and Sector, 1994 and 1995 Estimates.

NOTES: Totals may not add due to rounding.

Does not include industrial wood preservatives, specialty biocides, and chlorine/hypochlorites.

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on ACPA annual surveys, USDA reports, other published reports , and proprietary data.

FOOTNOTES:

1 Includes rodenticides, molluscicides, aquatic, fish/bird pesticides, insect regulators, and other

misc. pesticides.

2 Includes sulfuric acid, insect repellents, zinc sulfate and other misc. chemicals produced largely for

non-pesticidal purposes. Moth control chemicals (e.g., paradichlorobenzene and negehthaline are not

included in totals presented).

3 Sector Definitions:

Quantities and expenditures for pesticides in the U.S. are divided among economic sectors as follows:

Agriculture--applications by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to farms and facilities

involved in production of raw agricultural commodities, principally food, fiber and tobacco; includes

non-crop/post harvest usage as well as crop/field applications;

Ind./Comm./Govt:--applications by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to industry,

commercial and governmental facilities, buildings, sites and land;

plus: custom/commercial applications to homes and gardens, including lawns;

Home & Garden:--homeowner applications to homes and gardens, including lawns; single and multiple unit

housing.

Conventional Pesticides Other Pesticides Total

Herbicides/ Insecticides/ Fumigants/ Sulfur/

Plant Growth Regs Miticides Fungicides Nematicides Other1 Total Oil Other2 Total

(M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%) (M lb.) (%)

1994

Agriculture 485 83% 90 65% 48 61% 138 83% 25 76% 786 79% 134 83% 29 35% 163 67% 949 76%

Ind./Comm./Govt. 52 9% 30 22% 23 29% 27 16% 7 21% 139 14% 12 7% 8 10% 20 8% 159 13%

Home & Garden 46 8% 18 13% 8 10% 1 1% 1 3% 74 7% 15 9% 46 55% 61 25% 135 11%

Total 583 100% 138 100% 79 100% 166 100% 33 100% 999 100% 161 100% 83 100% 244 100% 1,243 100%

1995

Agriculture 461 83% 91 66% 49 64% 145 85% 25 78% 771 79% 138 83% 30 37% 168 67% 939 77%

Ind./Comm./Govt. 48 9% 29 21% 20 26% 25 15% 6 19% 128 13% 14 8% 8 10% 22 9% 150 12%

Home & Garden 47 8% 17 12% 8 10% 1 1% 1 3% 74 8% 15 9% 44 54% 59 24% 133 11%

Total 556 100% 137 100% 77 100% 171 100% 32 100% 973 100% 167 100% 82 100% 249 100% 1,222 100%
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0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Herbicides/ P.

Growth Regs.

Insecticides/

Miticides

Fungicides Fumigants/

Nematicides

Other

U.S. Volume for Pesticide Usage, 1995 Estimates

137M

Millions of lbs. Agriculture

Industrial/Commercial/

Government

Home & Garden

77M

556M

Conventional

Pesticides

171M

32M

CONVENTIONAL PESTICIDES

CONVENTIONAL AND OTHER PESTICIDE CHEMICALS

Other Pesticide

Chemicals

Total

973M

249M

1,222M

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600

800

1000

1200

1400
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Table 4.

U.S. Usage of Conventional and Other Types of Pesticides ,

1994–1995 Estimates.

Million Pounds a.i.

Type 1994 1995

Conventional Pesticides 999 973

Sulfur, petroleum (oil, distillates, etc.), sulfuric acid, and

other misc. chemicals used as pesticides 244 249

Wood Preservatives 1 703 725

Specialty Biocides by End Use

— Swim pools, spas, ind. water treatment 2 170 175

— Disinfectants and sanitizers 3 31 32

— Other 4 47 50

Subtotal 248 257

Chlorine/ hypochlorites

— Disinfection of potable and waste water 1,350 1,390

— Bleaching disinfectant and pools 900 925

Subtotal 2,250 2,315

Total 4,444 4,519

SOURCES: Wood Preservatives— AWPI report for 1994. EPA estimate for 1995.

Biocides — Kline & Co. staff input.

Chlorine/Hypo. — Report for Chlorine Institute by Charles River Assoc’s., April 1993.

FOOTNOTES:

1 Includes water and oil borne preservatives, fire retardants and creosote/coal tar/petroleum

preservatives.

2 Specialty biocides only. Does not include hypochlorite or chlorine consumption, which is

reported separately.

3 Includes industrial/institutional applications and household cleaning products. Specialty biocides only.

Does not include hypochlorite or chlorine consumption, which is reported separately.

4 Includes biocides for adhesives and sealants, leather, synthetic latex polymers, metalworking fluids,

paints and coatings, petroleum products, plastics, and textiles. Does not include: hospital and medical

antiseptics, food and feed preservatives, and cosmetics/toiletries.

These latter types of usage are not included, as they are regulated largely by FDA under US FD&CA,

rather than FIFRA. FDA and EPA share regulatory responsibilities over some of the speciality biocide

usage reported in the table.
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1993 1994 1995

$Billion % $Billion % $Billion %

Farm Pesticides Expenditures1 6.13 3.9% 7.3 4.4% 7.9 4.6%

Total Farm Production Expenses2 156.5 100% 162.8 100% 170.8 100%

FOOTNOTES:

1 EPA Estimates (Tables 2 and 16).

2 USDA/ERS, 1997.

Table 5.

Importance of Pesticide Expenditures to U.S. Farmers,

1993–1995 Estimates.
16—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Active Ingredient Sales Value

(in billions of lbs.) (in billions of dollars)

Category 1994/95 1994/95

U.S. Production 1.3 7.0

U.S. Imports 0.2 2.2

Total Supply 1.5 9.2

U.S. Exports 0.5 2.6

Net Supply/Usage 1.0 6.6

Table 6.

U.S. Production, Imports, Exports, and Net Supply of Conventional Pesticides

at Producer Level, 1994/95 Estimates.

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on ACPA Surveys, Department of Commerce Publications, tabulations and other

sources.
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—17

U.S. Production, Imports, Exports and Net Supply of

Conventional Pesticides, 1994/95 Estimates

Active Ingredient (in lbs.)

U.S. Imports

equals

U.S. Production

+

1.5B

Total Supply

Net Supply/

Usage

1.0B

minus

0.5B

Exports

equals

Sales Value

U.S. Imports

equals

U.S. Production

+

$9.2B

Total Supply

Net Supply/

Usage

$6.6B

minus

$2.6B

Exports

equals

NOTE: B = billion
18—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Distribution and Marketing

1. Formulators

–Major national 150-200

–Other 2,000

2. Distributors and Establishments

–Major national 250-350

–Other 16,900

3. Formulated Products with Registrations (6/96) 21,058

–Federal level 17,897

–State/24(c) 3,161

Basic Production

1. Major Basic Producers 18

2. Other Producers 100

3. Active Ingredients with Active Registrations 876

(Sec. 3 or 24(c))

4. Active Ingredients with Food/Feed Tolerances 489

5. Number of Commodities with one or more

Tolerances

–Raw ag. commodity 282

–Raw animal product 17

–Process food 74

–Process feed 45

Total Commodities 418

6. Number of Tolerances in Place (3/96) 9,649

–Raw ag. commodity (Sec. 408) 9,147

–Food Additive 230

–Feed Additive 272

7. Chemical Cases for Re-registration

–Pre-FIFRA '88 612

–Post-FIFRA '88 405

8. Active Ingredients for Re-registration

–Pre-FIFRA '88 1,138

–Post-FIFRA '88 590

9. Re-registrations Completed by

9/30/95 involving:

–Reregis, Eligiblity Docs. Issued 121

–Active Ingredients 170

–Products 4,633

–Tolerances reassessed 1,000

10. New Active Ingredients Registered

–1994 30

–1995 31

11. Total Employment 6,000–10,000

12. Producing Establishments 7,300

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Table 7.

U.S. Pesticide Production, Marketing and User Sectors;

Profile of Numbers of Units Involved, 1994/95 Estimates. (Approximate Values)

USER LEVEL

Agricultural Sector

1. Land in Farms 945M acres

2. Harvested 296M acres

3. Total No. Farms 1.9M

4. No. Farms Using Chemicals for:

–Insect on hay/crops 480,000

–Nematodes 54,000

–Diseases on crops/orchards 121,000

–Weed/grass/bush 757,000

–Defoliation/fruit thinning 63,000

–Any or all of the above 1,449,000

(above are '92 census no.s)

5. No. Private Pesticide

Applicators Registered 960,087

Ind./Comm./Gov't Sector

1. No. Commercial Pest 35,000–

Control Firms 40,000

2. No. Certified

Commercial Applicators 384,003

Home & Garden Sector

1. Total U.S. Households (’94) 95M

2. No. Households Using; -('94)

–Insecticides 53M

–Fungicides 36M

–Herbicides 14M

–Repellents 17M

–Disinfectants 40M

–Any pesticides 70M

3. U.S. Population (‘95 est.) 265M

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on Agency file information and various other sources.
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—19

1995 Earlier Years

1993 1987

Mil. lbs. AI Rank Mil. lbs. AI Rank Mil. lbs. AI

 1. Atrazine 68 – 73 1 70 – 75 1 71-76

 2. Metolachlor 59 – 64 2 60 – 65 3 45-50

 3. Metam Sodium 49 – 54 8 25 – 30 15 5-8

 4. Methyl Bromide 39 – 46 3 49 – 57 — NA

 5. Dichloropropene 38 – 43 6 30 – 35 4 30-35

 6. 2,4-D 31 – 36 7 25 – 30 5 29-33

 7. Glyphosate 25 – 30 11 15 – 20 17 6-8

 8. Cyanazine 24 – 29 5 30 – 35 7 21-25

 9. Pendimethalin 23 – 28 10 20 – 25 10 10-13

10. Trifluralin 23 – 28 9 20 – 25 6 25-30

11. Acetochlor 22 – 27 — 0 — 0

12. Alachlor 19 – 24 4 45 – 50 2 55-60

13. EPTC 9 – 13 12 10 – 15 8 17-21

14. Chlorpyrifos 9 – 13 13 10 – 15 14 6-9

15. Chlorothalonil 8 – 12 14 10 – 15 19 5-7

16. Copper Hydroxide 7 – 11 20 4 – 7 40 1-2

17. Propanil 6 – 10 15 7 – 12 13 7-10

18. Dicamba 6 – 10 16 6 – 10 23 4-6

19. Terbufos 6 – 9 17 5 – 8 11 8-10

20. Mancozeb 6 – 9 19 4 – 7 21 4-6

21. Fluometuron 5 – 9 — NA — NA

22. MSMA 4 – 8 — NA — NA

23. Bentazone 4 – 8 18 4 – 7 15 6-9

24. Parathion 4 – 7 21 4 – 7 12 8-10

25. Sodium Chlorate 4 – 6 — NA 20 5-7

Table 8.

Quantities of Most Commonly Used Conventional Pesticides

in U.S. Agricultural Crop Production

(Approximate Quantities in 1995 and with Earlier Years)

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on proprietary data.

NOTE: List is limited to conventional pesticides. Does not include

sulfur usage (79-89 mil. lbs. in 1995) and petroleum oil/

distillates usage (50-57 mil. lbs. in 1995).
20—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Table 9.

Quantities of Pesticides Most Commonly Used in Non-Agricultural Sectors of U.S.

(Approximate Quantities, 1994/95)

Pesticide Mil.lbs.

1. 2,4-D 7 – 9

2. Glyphosate 5 – 7

3. Dicamba 3 – 5

4. MCPP 3 – 5

5. Diazinon 2 – 4

6. Chlorpyrifos 2 – 4

7. Carbaryl 1 – 3

8. Benefin 1 – 3

9. Dacthal 1 – 3

NOTE: Does not include usage of sulfur and petroleum/oils.

SOURCE: EPA estimates based on a variety of sources.

Pesticide Mil. lbs.

1. 2,4-D 10 – 13

2. Chlorpyrifos 9 – 13

3. Glyphosate 8 – 11

4. Methyl Bromide 6 – 8

5. Copper Sulfate 5 – 7

6. MSMA 3 – 4

7. Diazinon 3 – 4

8. Diuron 2 – 4

9. Malathion 2 – 3

Home and Garden Market

(Homeowners applications)

Industrial/Commercial/Gov’t

(Owner and Hired Professional)

NOTE: Does not include moth control: Paradichlorbenene (30-35 mil. lbs./yr.) and

naphthaline (2-4 mil. lbs./yr.). Also does not include insect repellent: N,N-diethylmeta-toluamide (5-7 mil. lbs./yr.)
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—21
22—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Table 10.

United States Conventional Pesticide Usage, Total and Estimated Agricultural

Sector Share, 1964-1995.

Year Total U.S. Agricultural Sector Non-Ag. Sectors

NOTE: Conventional pesticides only, excluding sulfur, petroleum oil, wood preservatives, biocides, etc.

SOURCE: EPA estimates.

Million % Million % of % Million %

lbs. a.i. Change lbs. a.i. Total U.S. Change lbs. a.i. Change

1964 647 — 366 57% — 281

1965 683 5.6% 396 58% 8.2% 287 2.1%

1966 705 3.2% 414 59% 4.5% 291 1.4%

1967 728 3.3% 429 59% 3.6% 299 2.7%

1968 757 4.0% 457 60% 6.5% 300 0.3%

1969 792 4.6% 491 62% 7.4% 301 0.3%

1970 798 0.8% 499 63% 1.6% 299 -0.7%

1971 865 8.4% 528 61% 5.8% 337 12.7%

1972 885 2.3% 575 65% 8.9% 310 -8.0%

1973 926 4.6% 607 66% 5.6% 319 2.9%

1974 1009 9.0% 688 68% 13.3% 321 0.6%

1975 1054 4.5% 729 69% 6.0% 325 1.2%

1976 1069 1.4% 753 70% 3.3% 316 -2.8%

1977 1109 3.7% 794 72% 5.4% 315 -0.3%

1978 1127 1.6% 813 72% 2.4% 314 -0.3%

1979 1144 1.5% 843 74% 3.7% 301 -4.1%

1980 1121 -2.0% 826 74% -2.0% 295 -2.0%

1981 1123 0.2% 831 74% 0.6% 292 -1.0%

1982 1096 -2.4% 805 73% -3.1% 291 -0.3%

1983 1040 -5.1% 749 72% -7.0% 291 0.0%

1984 1085 4.3% 801 74% 6.9% 284 -2.4%

1985 1052 -3.0% 780 74% -2.6% 272 -4.2%

1986 1025 -2.6% 755 74% -3.2% 270 -0.7%

1987 917 -10.5% 658 72% -12.8% 259 -4.1%

1988 954 4.0% 699 73% 6.2% 255 -1.5%

1989 973 2.0% 722 74% 3.3% 251 -1.6%

1990 976 0.3% 728 75% 0.8% 248 -1.2%

1991 955 -2.2% 716 75% -1.6% 239 -3.6%

1992 967 1.3% 735 76% 2.7% 232 -2.9%

1993 929 -3.9% 706 76% -3.9% 223 -3.9%

1994 999 7.5% 786 79% 11.3% 213 -4.5%

1995 973 -2.6% 771 79% -1.9% 202 -5.2%
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—23

U.S. Conventional Pesticide Usage: Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Sectors

Share, 1964-1995

Million lbs. a.i.

Million lbs. a.i. '64 '66 '68 '70

'72'74'76'78'80'82'84'86'88'90'92'94

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

'64'66'68'70'72'74'76'78'80'82'84'86'88'90'92'94

Million lbs. a.i. '64 '66 '68 '70

'72'74'76'78'80'82'84'86'88'90'92'94

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0

Agriculture

Non-Agriculture

Non-Agriculture

Agriculture
24—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Table 11a.

Number of Active Ingredients Registered for First Time as Pesticides

Under FIFRA, by Type, Calendar Years 1967-1995.

TYPE

Bactericide/

Year Insecticide Herbicide Fungicide Slimicide Nematicide Rodenticide Other

1967 4 2 2 5 0 2 1 16 16

1968 6 2 5 4 0 0 1 18 18

1969 7 4 0 2 0 0 1 14 14

1970 1 2 2 3 0 0 2 10 10

1971 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 4

1972 4 5 6 5 0 0 1 21 17

1973 5 3 4 2 1 0 0 15 13

1974 6 8 6 0 1 1 0 22 22

1975 8 11 5 11 0 0 1 36 35

1976 2 3 2 4 0 0 1 12 12

1977 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3

1978 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 5

1979 8 2 4 0 0 1 2 17 17

1980 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 11 11

1981 4 3 2 1 0 0 6 16 16

1982 5 5 1 1 0 2 3 17 17

1983 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 14 14

1984 6 1 2 2 0 1 2 14 13

1985 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 13 10

1986 2 7 0 0 1 0 2 12 11

1987 3 5 0 1 1 0 2 12 11

1988 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 11 11

1989 5 5 3 0 0 0 2 15 15

1990 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 8 8

1991 4 2 4 1 0 0 1 12 12

1992 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 12 11

1993 4 5 7 0 0 0 5 21 20

1994 14 4 8 1 0 0 3 30 30

1995 15 3 6 3 0 2 2 31 31

Total

Uses

Registered

Total

Chemicals

Registered

SOURCE: EPA registration files.
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—25

0

5

1 0

1 5

2 0

2 5

3 0

3 5

 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78 '79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

Total New Active Ingredient Pesticide Registrations

First-time Registrations, 1967–1995

Year

Number of Registrations

Year Safer (Reduced-risk) Other Total

1990 3 5 8

1991 7 5 12

1992 6 5 11

1993 5 15 20

1994 16 14 30

1995 19 12 31

Table 11b.

Number of Active Ingredients Registered for First Time as Pesticides

Under FIFRA, by Classification Safer (reduced-risk) or Other Pesticides,

Calendar Years 1990-1995.

SOURCE: EPA registration files.

NOTE: “Safer (reduced-risk)” pesticides is a term EPA applies to pesticides with lower potential for health (or environmental) risks due to their mode of action, being naturally occurring, biologically, or etc.
26—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Table 12.

Number of Certified Applicators in the U.S., 1995 (September 30).

EPA Region1 Private2 Commercial3

1 6,924 9,589

2 50,733 63,172

3 45,429 27,221

4 219,157 78,554

5 138,516 61,351

6 236,314 23,191

7 132,963 30,419

8 77,562 19,859

9 23,499 49,608

10 28,990 21,039

U.S. Total4 960,087 384,003

SOURCE: EPA 5700-33H form that states submit to EPA Regions each year.

FOOTNOTES:

1 See following page for map of EPA Regions.

2 The term “private applicators” refers primarily to individual farmers.

3 Commercial refers to professional pesticide applicators.

4 The U.S. totals do not add because some applicators are certified in more than

one Region.
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—27

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

U.S. EPA Regional Map

Certified Pesticide Applicators, 1995

REGIONS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

REGIONS

Commercial

Private

80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

0

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

0

7

6

9

10

10

9

8 5

1

4

2

3

Boston

New York 

Philadelphia

Atlanta

Kansas

City

Dallas

Denver

Seattle

San Francisco

2
28—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Table 13.

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage, by Type,

All Economic Sectors Combined, 1979-1995.

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of lbs. a.i.

Herbicides 610 622 631 620 573 634 611 590 532 557 567 564 546 554 527 583 556

Insecticides 255 228 218 210 204 197 193 188 152 161 154 148 141 143 130 138 137

Fungicides 124 122 122 117 115 109 110 109 100 99 98 91 86 81 80 79 77

Other Conv. 155 149 152 149 148 145 138 138 133 137 154 173 182 189 192 199 203

Other Chems. 343 321 307 298 287 284 284 278 269 266 251 252 226 246 248 244 249

Total 1487 1442 1430 1394 1327 1369 1336 1303 1186 1220 1224 1228 1181 1213 1177 1243 1222

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97, Table 14.

(Millions of lbs.)

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

Year

Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage

(Total U.S. Volume, by Type 1979–1995)

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Other Pesticides

Total

Herbicides
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—29

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Table 14.

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage, by Sector and Type, 1979-1995.

Year

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage in Agriculture

(by Type 1979–1995)

AGRICULTURE

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of lbs. a.i.

Herbicides 492 504 513 503 455 516 501 481 425 450 460 455 440 450 425 485 461

Insecticides 188 163 152 142 135 129 126 121 90 100 95 90 85 90 80 90 91

Fungicides 57 59 62 59 59 56 59 59 52 54 54 50 47 45 47 48 49

Other Conv. 106 100 104 101 100 100 94 94 91 95 113 133 144 150 154 163 170

Other Chems. 246 227 215 207 196 194 194 188 180 177 161 164 140 161 166 163 168

Total 1089 1053 1046 1012 945 995 974 943 838 876 883 892 856 896 872 949 939

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97.

 (Millions of lbs.)

Other Pesticides

Total

Herbicides
30—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

0

5 0

100

150

200

250

Table 14. (continued)

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage, by Sector and Type, 1979-1995.

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97.

 (Millions of lbs.)

Year

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage in Industry, Commercial, & Government

(by Type 1979–1995)

IND./COMM./GOV'T.

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of lbs. a.i.

Herbicides 85 83 82 80 80 78 70 68 65 64 63 63 60 58 56 52 48

Insecticides 35 35 37 39 40 41 43 45 42 41 40 39 38 35 32 30 29

Fungicides 50 45 43 41 40 38 37 36 34 32 31 31 30 28 25 23 20

Other Conv. 46 46 46 45 45 41 41 41 39 39 38 38 37 36 36 34 31

Other Chems. 27 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 22

Total 243 234 232 229 229 222 214 213 202 198 194 193 186 178 169 159 150

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

Other Pesticides

Total

Herbicides
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—31

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Table 14. (continued)

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage, by Sector and Type, 1979-1995.

 (Millions of lbs.)

Year

U.S. Annual Volume of Pesticide Usage in Home & Garden

(by Type 1979–1995)

HOME AND GARDEN

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of lbs. a.i.

Herbicides 33 35 36 37 38 40 40 41 42 43 44 46 46 46 46 46 47

Insecticides 32 30 29 29 29 27 24 22 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 18 17

Fungicides 17 18 17 17 16 15 14 14 14 13 13 10 9 8 8 8 8

Other Conv. 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Other Chems. 70 69 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 68 66 65 64 62 61 59

Total 155 155 153 153 153 152 148 147 146 146 146 143 140 138 136 135 133

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97.

Other Pesticides

Total

Herbicides
32—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

Table 15.

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides, by Type,

All Economic Sectors Combined, 1979-1995.

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of $

Herbicides 3,026 3,310 3,738 3,772 3,870 4,488 3,920 3,858 3,973 4,121 4,305 4,473 4,682 5,004 5,094 5,944 6,276

Insecticides1,783 2,037 2,151 2,193 2,360 2,172 2,250 2,271 2,284 2,562 2,699 2,732 2,808 2,904 2,985 3,242 3,552

Fung.& Other489 459 536 540 731 708 963 967 1,049 1,190 1,141 1,171 1,223 1,183 1,259 1,408 1,488

Total 5,297 5,806 6,425 6,505 6,961 7,368 7,133 7,096 7,306 7,873 8,145 8,376 8,714 9,091 9,339 10,59411,317

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97, Table 16.

Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides

(Total U.S. Expenditures, by Type, 1979–1995)

 (Millions of Dollars)

Year

Total

Other

Fung. &

Insecticides

Herbicides

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—33

Table 16.

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides, by Sector and Type, 1979-1995.

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97.

 (Millions of dollars)

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticide for Agriculture

(by Type 1979–1995)

Total

Year

AGRICULTURE

Herbicides

Insecticides

Fung. & Other

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of $

Herbicides 2,060 2,300 2,590 2,465 2,800 3,390 2,900 2,775 2,935 3,080 3,255 3,463 3,644 3,915 3,987 4,808 5,112

Insecticides 900 1,095 1,139 1,120 1,300 950 1,100 1,050 1,050 1,110 1,099 1,172 1,208 1,216 1,248 1,453 1,710

Fung. & Other 240 205 272 268 450 418 615 600 650 775 800 842 884 829 895 1,036 1,107

Total 3,200 3,600 4,001 3,853 4,550 4,758 4,615 4,425 4,635 4,965 5,154 5,477 5,736 5,960 6,130 7,297 7,929

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000
34—94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Table 16. (continued)

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides, by Sector and Type, 1979-1995.

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97.

 (Millions of dollars)

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticide for Industry, Commercial & Government

(by Type 1979–1995)

Year

IND./COMM./GOV'T.

Insecticides

Fung. & Other

Total

Herbicides

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of $

Herbicides 672 660 756 852 720 720 600 642 576 600 630 593 616 648 660 679 700

Insecticides 288 312 347 359 360 480 450 486 492 528 480 451 469 498 512 528 543

Fung. & Other 130 132 138 142 144 150 180 192 210 240 180 169 176 186 191 197 202

Total 1,090 1,104 1,241 1,352 1,224 1,350 1,230 1,320 1,278 1,368 1,290 1,213 1,261 1,332 1,363 1,4041,445

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95
94/95 Pesticides Industry Sales And Usage—35

Table 16. (continued)

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticides, by Sector and Type, 1979-1995.

SOURCE: EPA/OPP/BEAD estimates, 3/97.

 (Millions of dollars)

U.S. Annual User Expenditures on Pesticide for Home and Garden

(by Type 1979–1995)

Year

Herbicides

HOME AND GARDEN

$2,000

$1,800

$1,600

$1,400

$1,200

$1,000

$800

$600

$400

$200

$0

Fung. & Other

Insecticides

Year

Pesticide 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Millions of $

Herbicides 294 350 392 445 350 378 420 441 462 441 420 417 423 441 446 456 465

Insecticides 595 630 665 714 700 742 700 735 742 924 1120 1109 1131 1190 1225 1261 1299

Fung. & Other 119 122 126 130 137 140 168 175 189 175 161 160 162 168 174 175 179

Total 1,108 1,102 1,183 1,299 1,187 1,260 1,288 1,351 1,393 1,540 1,701 1,686 1,716 1,799 1,845 1,8931,943

'79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95

Total
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