U.S. Planting Seed Export Highlights

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

July-January 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 396,789 679,043 545,050 -19.7% 438,283 544,500 554,216 1.8%

BY KIND

Grasses 24,854 28,343 36,342 28.2% 30,954 36,661 47,009 28.2%

Sorghum-sudan Crosses 2,579 3,720 8,858 138.1% 3,310 4,861 10,634 118.8%

Tall Fescue 3,120 5,244 5,432 3.6% 3,793 6,149 6,819 10.9%

Annual Ryegrass 7,217 6,784 8,365 23.3% 5,722 5,581 6,079 8.9%

Kentucky Bluegrass 1,182 1,456 2,196 50.8% 3,112 2,824 4,569 61.8%

Perennial Ryegrass 3,321 3,402 3,102 -8.8% 4,420 4,447 4,199 -5.6%

Bentgrass 803 987 908 -8.0% 1,962 2,711 3,534 30.4%

Sudangrass 2,298 1,211 2,570 112.2% 1,322 1,040 2,306 121.7%

Unhulled Bermudagrass 712 692 669 -3.3% 1,357 1,302 1,883 44.6%

Other Forages 15,088 19,821 19,330 -2.5% 38,039 52,397 52,095 -0.6%

Certified Alfalfa 7,028 10,014 8,353 15,091 24,021 34,135 29,894 -12.4%

Uncertified Alfalfa 1,306 2,395 3,572 2,764 3,131 5,850 9,930 69.7%

Red Clover 495 602 456 2,764 1,075 1,489 1,052 -29.3%

Pulses 26,939 34,502 27,216 -21.1% 22,015 29,178 24,155 -17.2%

Pea 13,551 11,264 10,442 -7.3% 10,050 8,373 8,319 -0.6%

Other Kidney Bean 945 4,085 2,326 -43.1% 694 3,681 2,725 -26.0%

Gram Bean 3,276 2,982 2,560 -14.2% 3,474 3,937 2,492 -36.7%

Navy Bean 1,852 4,331 1,971 -54.5% 1,301 2,961 1,281 -56.7%

Lentil 1,887 2,796 2,636 -5.7% 792 1,397 1,170 -16.2%

Small Red Bean 469 1,233 1,340 8.7% 570 1,096 1,027 -6.3%

Vegetables 24,262 28,508 30,520 7.1% 127,264 138,950 151,063 8.7%

Sweet Corn 4,063 8,536 6,856 -19.7% 9,442 23,704 17,884 -24.6%

Tomato 820 902 1,147 27.2% 15,123 14,338 17,831 24.4%

Onion 1,100 719 959 33.4% 11,116 8,620 11,245 30.5%

Pepper 1,384 1,288 1,765 37.0% 7,678 6,815 9,358 37.3%

Watermelon 931 821 1,227 49.5% 6,728 6,455 8,556 32.5%

Cucumber 772 622 788 26.7% 7,090 5,511 8,276 50.2%

Squash 907 982 1,258 28.1% 5,510 6,304 7,912 25.5%

Mushroom Spawn 3,786 3,307 2,900 -12.3% 8,881 6,891 6,068 -11.9%

Cantaloupe 889 792 799 0.9% 4,473 4,737 4,671 -1.4%

Broccoli 327 392 783 99.7% 1,562 2,501 3,946 57.8%

Carrot 1,172 854 708 -17.1% 5,059 3,351 3,632 8.4%

Beet 428 320 599 87.2% 2,106 1,610 2,879 78.8%

Lettuce 272 255 359 40.8% 1,977 1,856 2,561 38.0%

Cabbage 194 196 317 61.7% 1,231 1,104 2,308 109.1%

Spinach 445 264 512 93.9% 1,872 926 2,000 116.0%

Field Crops 302,638 564,968 429,707 -23.9% 189,833 249,122 239,009 -4.1%

Field Corn 59,184 51,720 64,724 25.1% 104,307 92,223 130,239 41.2%

Soybean 70,942 243,180 121,267 -50.1% 24,547 80,018 44,969 -43.8%

Non-durum Wheat 76,632 221,199 202,879 -8.3% 11,561 40,944 33,358 -18.5%

Cotton 12,091 8,870 7,854 -11.5% 17,218 10,664 11,017 3.3%

Other Sunflower 10,005 6,062 4,789 -21.0% 9,587 8,501 8,389 -1.3%

Grain Sorghum 35,196 26,165 25,386 -3.0% 8,422 11,260 7,116 -36.8%

Oil Sunflower 16,543 3,384 1,722 -49.1% 6,841 3,861 3,364 -12.9%

Miscellaneous Kinds 3,008 2,902 1,935 -33.3% 30,176 38,192 40,885 7.1%

Flower 176 268 259 -3.4% 20,573 25,102 30,946 23.3%

Tree and Shrub 110 62 135 117.7% 1,871 2,269 2,665 17.5%

BY REGION

European Union 99,681 88,529 79,346 -10.4% 162,095 171,344 158,709 -7.4%

North America 156,232 351,567 174,338 -50.4% 122,333 183,301 150,907 -17.7%

South America 13,348 25,277 48,172 90.6% 36,679 56,483 95,225 68.6%

BY COUNTRY

Mexico 109,710 261,878 134,121 -48.8% 79,724 134,200 102,258 -23.8%

Argentina 7,942 16,177 35,156 117.3% 20,445 37,545 73,888 96.8%

Canada 46,522 89,689 40,218 -55.2% 42,608 49,100 48,649 -0.9%

Italy 28,071 26,696 26,911 0.8% 60,918 61,557 47,792 -22.4%

Japan 32,710 146,928 68,808 -53.2% 37,629 59,878 43,412 -27.5%

Netherlands 26,500 12,465 14,708 18.0% 28,367 27,522 34,334 24.8%

Egypt 1,064 19,069 109,159 472.4% 3,440 5,319 20,618 287.6%

France 7,258 10,822 8,971 -17.1% 17,285 20,394 17,940 -12.0%

Greece 9,739 8,107 7,465 -7.9% 18,128 17,238 14,586 -15.4%

Spain 17,468 8,660 9,515 9.9% 14,878 12,786 13,782 7.8%

Saudi Arabia 2,468 3,566 4,792 34.4% 6,666 9,647 10,675 10.7%

United Kingdom 3,464 11,177 3,410 -69.5% 7,563 12,612 9,702 -23.1%

Australia 3,267 3,032 4,551 50.1% 5,757 7,392 8,170 10.5%

Germany 3,715 4,938 2,673 -45.9% 6,531 8,998 7,051 -21.6%

South Africa 618 2,189 2,399 9.6% 2,436 4,799 5,483 14.3%

Portugal 802 1,235 1,122 -9.1% 2,649 3,622 5,078 40.2%

South Korea 3,166 3,517 3,086 -12.3% 6,075 6,029 4,693 -22.2%

Chile 1,220 1,980 1,844 -6.9% 3,747 5,342 4,649 -13.0%

Brazil 610 3,132 1,465 -53.2% 3,906 4,200 4,397 4.7%

Austria 636 856 2,599 203.6% 2,185 2,089 4,379 109.6%

China 53,508 1,252 1,730 38.2% 8,967 2,515 4,161 65.4%

Turkey 1,329 1,600 1,534 -4.1% 3,860 3,198 3,951 23.5%

Morocco 355 326 21,017 6346.9% 807 705 3,807 440.0%

Colombia 1,271 1,179 5,432 360.7% 2,685 2,232 3,257 45.9%

Syria 326 812 694 -14.5% 2,390 1,562 3,184 103.8%

Nigeria 0 0 14,645 NA 0 0 2,897 NA 

Honduras 220 276 281 1.8% 875 935 2,448 161.8%

Venezuela 481 207 710 243.0% 1,982 1,761 2,405 36.6%

Pakistan 1,250 1,021 1,496 46.5% 2,501 1,832 2,332 27.3%

Hong Kong 680 914 853 -6.7% 1,717 1,802 2,234 24.0%

Paraguay 74 119 1,465 1131.1% 171 199 2,227 1019.1%

United Arab Emirates 338 145 178 22.8% 4,246 2,248 2,223 -1.1%

Taiwan 639 768 993 29.3% 1,500 1,709 2,099 22.8%

Guatemala 355 373 478 28.2% 1,708 1,369 2,087 52.4%

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

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD

March 1998