U.S. Planting Seed Export Highlights

July-June Marketing Year 1997/98 Compared to 1995/96 and 1996/97

July-June 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 % Change 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 % Change

Metric Tons 97/98-96/97 $1,000 97/98-96/97

ALL SEEDS 666,981 1,185,465 903,118 -23.8% 705,054 894,801 886,321 -0.9%

BY KIND

Grasses 48,185 58,583 62,698 7.0% 59,456 74,051 85,082 14.9%

Sorghum-sudan Crosses 6,091 7,687 14,781 92.3% 7,854 9,361 18,491 97.5%

Kentucky Bluegrass 2,456 3,941 4,882 23.9% 6,438 8,087 10,198 26.1%

Tall Fescue 5,177 9,809 7,422 -24.3% 6,707 10,116 9,578 -5.3%

Annual Ryegrass 11,394 13,089 13,009 -0.6% 9,030 9,888 9,456 -4.4%

Perennial Ryegrass 6,320 7,220 6,125 -15.2% 7,942 9,301 8,339 -10.3%

Bentgrass 1,332 1,786 1,864 4.4% 4,477 5,955 6,984 17.3%

Other Fescue 2,738 3,338 3,631 8.8% 3,471 5,358 5,703 6.4%

Other Grass 489 1,172 2,396 104.4% 1,325 2,465 4,497 82.4%

Sudangrass 7,132 4,240 4,356 2.7% 3,394 3,279 3,733 13.8%

Unhulled Bermudagrass 1,231 1,276 1,271 -0.4% 2,431 2,789 3,239 16.1%

Orchardgrass 2,056 2,282 1,624 -28.8% 3,587 3,400 2,206 -35.1%

Hulled Bermudagrass 332 420 414 -1.4% 956 881 1,282 45.5%

Other Forages 24,827 30,681 32,280 5.2% 61,890 81,510 84,780 4.0%

Certified Alfalfa 9,373 13,689 12,353 -9.8% 32,161 47,042 44,254 -5.9%

Other Forages 10,346 10,134 12,582 24.2% 17,552 18,135 20,772 14.5%

Uncertified Alfalfa 2,704 3,821 4,822 26.2% 6,788 9,855 13,302 35.0%

Red Clover 952 1,158 1,179 1.8% 2,195 2,778 2,635 -5.1%

Other Clover 257 422 565 33.9% 612 1,009 1,586 57.2%

White & Ladino Clover 454 425 495 16.5% 1,346 1,302 1,576 21.0%

Pulses 50,405 55,069 58,053 5.4% 41,820 49,441 50,545 2.2%

Pea 21,836 19,417 21,766 12.1% 16,172 14,275 16,201 13.5%

Other Bean 6,232 8,722 9,950 14.1% 7,545 10,401 12,194 17.2%

Other Kidney Bean 3,623 6,448 5,498 -14.7% 3,704 7,214 6,907 -4.3%

Navy Bean 5,897 5,319 6,349 19.4% 3,888 3,775 4,135 9.5%

Gram Bean 3,954 3,877 3,933 1.4% 4,290 4,926 3,970 -19.4%

Other Pulses 2,318 2,561 3,073 20.0% 2,156 2,674 2,742 2.5%

Lentil 3,733 3,765 3,656 -2.9% 1,671 1,926 1,656 -14.0%

Small Red Bean 846 1,653 1,817 9.9% 911 1,678 1,337 -20.3%

Chickpea 1,925 3,103 1,916 -38.3% 1,432 2,224 1,331 -40.2%

Vegetables 36,766 44,704 45,598 2.0% 191,694 221,400 230,621 4.2%

Other Vegetables 5,939 6,270 6,774 8.0% 41,478 38,747 40,874 5.5%

Sweet Corn 8,220 17,932 14,995 -16.4% 22,539 61,424 40,519 -34.0%

Tomato 1,236 1,463 1,827 24.9% 21,542 23,427 29,157 24.5%

Onion 1,678 1,002 1,368 36.5% 16,509 13,079 16,160 23.6%

Pepper 1,776 2,169 2,476 14.2% 9,781 11,425 13,636 19.4%

Cucumber 1,121 1,123 1,248 11.1% 10,456 10,473 13,469 28.6%

Watermelon 1,272 1,127 1,691 50.0% 9,293 8,787 12,106 37.8%

Squash 1,241 1,483 1,760 18.7% 8,169 9,508 11,321 19.1%

Mushroom Spawn 5,889 5,274 4,957 -6.0% 13,566 11,664 10,642 -8.8%

Broccoli 619 689 1,264 83.5% 3,258 4,004 6,481 61.9%

Carrot 1,829 1,437 1,380 -4.0% 8,124 5,843 6,304 7.9%

Cantaloupe 1,135 968 972 0.4% 5,708 5,584 5,866 5.1%

Field Crops 501,823 992,348 700,994 -29.4% 303,433 411,773 376,695 -8.5%

Field Corn 89,393 80,611 98,678 22.4% 145,441 145,328 186,629 28.4%

Soybean 182,714 375,209 159,101 -57.6% 66,587 131,968 64,382 -51.2%

Other Wheat 91,308 437,041 243,545 -44.3% 14,984 79,383 39,226 -50.6%

Oil Sunflower 18,705 4,817 111,360 2211.8% 9,026 5,333 37,074 595.2%

Cotton 18,109 14,539 17,078 17.5% 24,602 15,783 18,811 19.2%

Other Sunflower 13,139 10,257 12,943 26.2% 15,060 12,731 13,673 7.4%

Grain Sorghum 57,917 61,028 52,360 -14.2% 16,047 17,937 12,523 -30.2%

Rape and Colza 251 187 2,151 1050.3% 318 180 2,508 1293.3%

Miscellaneous Kinds 4,976 4,079 3,494 -14.3% 46,761 56,626 58,599 3.5%

Flower 248 371 417 12.4% 28,505 36,386 40,333 10.8%

Other Seed 3,976 3,144 2,480 -21.1% 11,790 13,357 11,318 -15.3%

Tree and Shrub 172 113 158 39.8% 3,144 3,390 3,273 -3.5%

Sugar Beet 580 450 435 -3.3% 2,690 2,373 2,052 -13.5%

Tobacco 1 2 3 50.0% 630 1,121 1,622 44.7%

BY REGION

European Union 139,424 135,622 233,790 72.4% 222,287 255,950 277,031 8.2%

North America 317,165 566,283 279,232 -50.7% 236,287 310,091 256,923 -17.1%

South America 30,481 58,810 60,775 3.3% 63,861 92,426 125,189 35.4%

BY COUNTRY

Mexico 238,193 403,527 192,723 -52.2% 143,422 201,313 146,592 -27.2%

Canada 78,972 162,756 86,510 -46.8% 92,865 108,777 110,331 1.4%

Argentina 16,330 24,524 42,479 73.2% 34,417 55,214 89,055 61.3%

Italy 40,990 48,832 56,005 14.7% 79,891 95,602 81,756 -14.5%

Japan 56,412 290,163 88,057 -69.7% 62,229 107,949 65,635 -39.2%

Netherlands 28,699 16,137 55,254 242.4% 34,133 35,974 55,427 54.1%

France 13,546 16,618 32,646 96.4% 27,733 31,088 37,224 19.7%

Spain 21,890 13,419 29,951 123.2% 21,198 20,602 27,603 34.0%

Egypt 1,245 29,480 138,892 371.1% 5,087 9,743 26,591 172.9%

Greece 12,191 11,377 9,951 -12.5% 23,268 27,164 20,590 -24.2%

United Kingdom 8,510 14,206 6,900 -51.4% 12,399 18,503 16,168 -12.6%

Saudi Arabia 2,994 6,621 6,298 -4.9% 9,042 16,121 14,562 -9.7%

Australia 5,415 4,928 6,613 34.2% 9,789 11,069 12,778 15.4%

Turkey 1,889 4,474 18,379 310.8% 5,170 8,129 11,874 46.1%

Portugal 1,228 1,971 16,097 716.7% 4,035 5,878 10,542 79.3%

Germany 8,178 6,540 3,668 -43.9% 11,421 11,812 9,913 -16.1%

China 53,968 2,824 4,208 49.0% 10,564 5,930 9,433 59.1%

Brazil 1,147 3,754 1,925 -48.7% 6,520 8,262 8,121 -1.7%

Chile 2,379 3,463 3,079 -11.1% 6,512 9,155 8,052 -12.0%

South Africa 973 4,340 2,816 -35.1% 3,700 9,598 7,263 -24.3%

South Korea 7,047 6,001 4,775 -20.4% 10,595 9,046 6,880 -23.9%

Austria 1,098 1,369 3,616 164.1% 3,317 2,814 6,415 128.0%

Belgium 634 2,407 15,888 560.1% 697 2,473 6,172 149.6%

Colombia 6,407 1,900 6,256 229.3% 5,314 4,577 5,066 10.7%

Syria 454 1,013 1,070 5.6% 2,995 2,331 4,923 111.2%

Morocco 541 528 21,277 3929.7% 1,109 1,079 4,477 314.9%

Hungary 828 1,353 1,094 -19.1% 1,217 1,553 4,081 162.8%

Venezuela 833 566 1,289 127.7% 3,868 3,006 4,061 35.1%

Hong Kong 1,184 1,537 1,479 -3.8% 2,557 3,103 3,823 23.2%

Peru 1,509 2,558 2,411 -5.7% 2,861 3,356 3,733 11.2%

Guatemala 501 607 989 62.9% 2,695 2,896 3,434 18.6%

United Arab Emirates 542 261 413 58.2% 5,558 2,518 3,331 32.3%

Ecuador 703 20,611 1,031 -95.0% 1,670 6,430 2,983 -53.6%

Honduras 424 349 446 27.8% 1,285 1,097 2,960 169.8%

Israel 1,726 650 779 19.8% 3,483 2,576 2,905 12.8%

Nigeria 0 4,500 14,645 225.4% 0 713 2,901 306.9%

Taiwan 1,114 949 1,418 49.4% 2,531 2,475 2,871 16.0%

Pakistan 1,595 1,148 1,609 40.2% 3,196 2,312 2,662 15.1%

Jordan 469 544 383 -29.6% 1,695 1,623 2,652 63.4%

Source: Compiled from U.S. Bureau of Census records.

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD

August 1998