U.S. Planting Seed Export Highlights

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

July-April 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 580,728 1,023,652 780,588 -23.7% 631,997 800,986 803,333 0.3%

BY KIND

Grasses 40,005 49,239 55,762 13.2% 49,588 62,694 74,952 19.6%

Sorghum-sudan Crosses 4,535 6,433 13,112 103.8% 5,689 7,612 16,469 116.4%

Tall Fescue 4,601 8,938 6,941 -22.3% 5,811 9,311 8,830 -5.2%

Annual Ryegrass 9,872 10,337 11,668 12.9% 7,875 7,953 8,437 6.1%

Kentucky Bluegrass 1,981 3,060 3,967 29.6% 5,078 6,385 8,218 28.7%

Perennial Ryegrass 5,349 6,076 5,165 -15.0% 6,871 7,873 7,000 -11.1%

Bentgrass 1,169 1,539 1,651 7.3% 3,618 5,076 6,026 18.7%

Sudangrass 5,628 3,204 4,311 34.6% 2,972 2,689 3,683 37.0%

Unhulled Bermudagrass 1,072 1,068 1,188 11.2% 2,055 2,217 3,024 36.4%

Orchardgrass 1,583 2,018 1,413 -30.0% 3,013 3,092 1,940 -37.3%

Hulled Bermudagrass 295 411 352 -14.4% 903 851 1,086 27.6%

Other Forages 21,733 28,406 29,610 4.2% 56,602 76,791 79,555 3.6%

Certified Alfalfa 8,995 13,244 11,995 15,091 30,724 45,421 42,889 -5.6%

Uncertified Alfalfa 2,382 3,715 4,631 2,764 6,321 9,631 12,840 33.3%

Red Clover 932 1,105 1,143 2,764 2,167 2,676 2,527 -5.6%

White & Ladino Clover 434 410 422 2,764 1,284 1,256 1,406 11.9%

Pulses 42,755 49,983 47,581 -4.8% 36,116 44,882 42,626 -5.0%

Pea 20,494 18,123 19,584 8.1% 15,267 13,481 14,880 10.4%

Other Kidney Bean 2,865 6,036 4,376 -27.5% 2,833 6,680 5,852 -12.4%

Gram Bean 3,864 3,565 3,757 5.4% 4,167 4,692 3,743 -20.2%

Navy Bean 2,766 4,855 3,445 -29.0% 2,130 3,426 2,447 -28.6%

Lentil 3,430 3,581 3,223 -10.0% 1,527 1,854 1,408 -24.1%

Small Red Bean 687 1,432 1,714 19.7% 778 1,374 1,291 -6.0%

Vegetables 33,148 40,325 41,267 2.3% 172,664 195,861 207,521 6.0%

Sweet Corn 7,867 17,303 14,301 -17.3% 21,571 59,725 38,970 -34.8%

Tomato 1,060 1,212 1,643 35.6% 18,981 19,059 26,236 37.7%

Onion 1,478 917 1,273 38.8% 14,928 11,938 15,033 25.9%

Cucumber 987 865 1,110 28.3% 9,155 7,959 11,719 47.2%

Pepper 1,513 1,706 2,017 18.2% 8,518 9,101 11,104 22.0%

Watermelon 1,200 1,022 1,521 48.8% 8,704 8,025 10,680 33.1%

Squash 1,137 1,207 1,624 34.5% 7,276 8,009 10,322 28.9%

Mushroom Spawn 5,197 4,552 4,195 -7.8% 11,974 9,500 9,000 -5.3%

Carrot 1,653 1,311 1,237 -5.6% 7,451 5,242 5,786 10.4%

Broccoli 494 499 1,104 121.2% 2,656 3,077 5,673 84.4%

Cantaloupe 1,079 900 904 0.4% 5,426 5,259 5,491 4.4%

Beet 386 366 508 38.8% 2,901 2,839 3,731 31.4%

Lettuce 576 517 745 44.1% 3,093 2,591 3,686 42.3%

Field Crops 438,410 851,856 603,014 -29.2% 274,132 369,166 344,663 -6.6%

Field Corn 77,852 76,099 94,511 24.2% 136,661 137,162 181,882 32.6%

Soybean 151,119 330,715 154,162 -53.4% 53,423 115,913 61,922 -46.6%

Non-durum Wheat 89,475 367,976 225,180 -38.8% 14,606 66,818 36,719 -45.0%

Oil Sunflower 17,653 4,237 55,875 1218.7% 8,036 4,928 21,143 329.0%

Cotton 17,227 13,713 16,068 17.2% 24,330 15,219 18,469 21.4%

Other Sunflower 12,650 9,016 8,125 -9.9% 14,586 11,593 11,484 -0.9%

Grain Sorghum 45,698 41,725 45,937 10.1% 12,891 14,469 11,155 -22.9%

Miscellaneous Kinds 4,678 3,842 3,352 -12.8% 42,895 51,591 54,017 4.7%

Flower 233 346 397 14.7% 26,069 32,651 37,432 14.6%

Tree and Shrub 165 104 157 51.0% 3,040 3,153 3,196 1.4%

BY REGION

European Union 130,502 131,077 171,546 30.9% 212,736 246,341 251,958 2.3%

North America 258,823 477,881 248,548 -48.0% 200,874 268,597 227,925 -15.1%

South America 24,805 35,006 57,561 64.4% 54,720 79,531 117,236 47.4%

BY COUNTRY

Mexico 188,863 345,776 178,073 -48.5% 118,093 175,155 132,224 -24.5%

Canada 69,960 132,105 70,474 -46.7% 82,781 93,442 95,700 2.4%

Argentina 12,467 22,278 41,782 87.5% 29,510 51,505 87,378 69.6%

Italy 39,233 46,513 55,208 18.7% 77,266 93,078 80,388 -13.6%

Japan 48,111 262,321 82,940 -68.4% 54,430 97,631 60,473 -38.1%

Netherlands 27,999 15,336 32,084 109.2% 32,588 33,965 46,486 36.9%

France 13,344 16,302 17,592 7.9% 27,024 28,831 31,659 9.8%

Spain 21,403 12,911 29,343 127.3% 20,590 19,528 26,562 36.0%

Egypt 1,138 29,309 126,693 332.3% 4,308 7,884 24,513 210.9%

Greece 12,183 11,327 9,858 -13.0% 23,224 27,099 20,447 -24.5%

United Kingdom 5,363 13,998 6,513 -53.5% 10,831 17,745 15,037 -15.3%

Saudi Arabia 2,828 5,948 6,189 4.1% 8,513 14,647 13,979 -4.6%

Turkey 1,811 3,854 18,298 374.8% 4,945 7,573 11,627 53.5%

Australia 4,873 4,510 6,231 38.2% 8,464 9,862 10,942 11.0%

Germany 5,801 6,274 3,384 -46.1% 9,345 11,270 9,338 -17.1%

China 53,818 2,116 3,391 60.3% 9,775 4,776 7,829 63.9%

Brazil 1,033 3,648 1,817 -50.2% 6,158 7,392 7,190 -2.7%

South Africa 788 2,443 2,745 12.4% 2,996 5,939 6,597 11.1%

Austria 1,078 1,363 3,614 165.2% 3,260 2,727 6,402 134.8%

Portugal 1,212 1,953 1,644 -15.8% 4,004 5,848 6,401 9.5%

Chile 1,904 2,803 2,508 -10.5% 5,180 6,972 6,128 -12.1%

South Korea 6,269 5,130 3,675 -28.4% 9,360 7,961 5,807 -27.1%

Syria 424 925 1,045 13.0% 2,837 1,669 4,498 169.5%

Morocco 505 470 21,247 4420.6% 976 1,030 4,339 321.3%

Colombia 5,870 1,615 5,854 262.5% 4,502 4,008 4,214 5.1%

Belgium 508 2,381 8,600 261.2% 583 2,353 4,143 76.1%

Hungary 817 1,353 1,094 -19.1% 1,212 1,548 4,081 163.6%

Hong Kong 875 1,160 1,176 1.4% 2,159 2,261 3,084 36.4%

Venezuela 683 485 1,016 109.5% 3,198 2,490 3,031 21.7%

Nigeria 0 0 14,645 ERR 0 0 2,897 ERR

Guatemala 435 520 700 34.6% 2,384 1,786 2,892 61.9%

United Arab Emirates 487 234 277 18.4% 5,087 2,400 2,778 15.8%

Peru 1,133 2,275 1,412 -37.9% 2,163 2,943 2,762 -6.2%

Taiwan 858 893 1,357 52.0% 1,980 2,272 2,759 21.4%

Honduras 280 331 351 6.0% 1,039 1,038 2,678 158.0%

Israel 1,553 563 707 25.6% 3,129 2,207 2,598 17.7%

Ecuador 642 611 919 50.4% 1,518 2,051 2,521 22.9%

Denmark 532 873 1,159 32.8% 1,511 1,983 2,503 26.2%

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

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD

June 1998