U.S. Imports of Planting Seed 

for JULY-SEPTEMBER (July is the first month of the July-June marketing year)

MARKETING YEARS 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 '98/99 vs '97/98 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 '98/99 vs '97/98

metric tons % change $U.S. in thousands % change

ALL SEEDS 33,706 30,332 28,227 -6.9% $61,997 $65,509 $65,993 0.7%

BY KIND

Grasses 8,852 9,331 7,023 -24.7% $9,547 $11,369 $8,093 -28.8%

Wheatgrass 530 674 585 -13.2% $867 $2,128 $1,748 -17.9%

Perennial Ryegrass 1,085 465 1,888 306.0% $1,329 $589 $1,737 194.9%

Red Fescue 4,951 5,716 1,118 -80.4% $5,380 $5,787 $1,209 -79.1%

Unhulled Bermudagrass 294 384 1,155 200.8% $98 $669 $670 0.1%

Timothy 1,087 1,309 902 -31.1% $469 $618 $497 -19.6%

Other Forages 1,564 2,983 3,188 6.9% $2,756 $5,056 $5,124 1.3%

Uncertified Alfalfa 464 622 640 2.9% $1,103 $1,609 $1,900 18.1%

White & Ladino Clover 259 323 371 14.9% $570 $844 $595 -29.5%

Pulses 14,501 12,067 11,501 -4.7% $7,354 $5,619 $5,063 -9.9%

Other Bean 3,131 2,923 3,553 21.6% $1,653 $1,180 $1,465 24.2%

Pea 5,726 4,747 3,285 -30.8% $1,861 $1,577 $1,122 -28.9%

Gram Bean 2,886 1,991 1,167 -41.4% $2,106 $1,625 $862 -47.0%

Small Red Bean 385 203 456 124.6% $217 $154 $336 118.2%

Lentil 601 1,263 913 -27.7% $272 $444 $301 -32.2%

Navy Bean 785 244 800 227.9% $382 $105 $278 164.8%

Vegetables 1,798 2,462 2,483 0.9% $19,477 $26,211 $28,478 8.6%

Tomato 41 64 105 64.1% $3,718 $4,732 $6,767 43.0%

Pepper 26 139 47 -66.2% $2,472 $3,653 $5,152 41.0%

Watermelon 57 29 25 -13.8% $1,976 $2,134 $2,124 -0.5%

Cucumber 14 24 57 137.5% $1,286 $1,980 $1,984 0.2%

Pumpkin 505 881 651 -26.1% $1,192 $2,236 $1,755 -21.5%

Squash 13 102 71 -30.4% $450 $1,079 $1,492 38.3%

Cantaloupe 21 53 49 -7.5% $1,698 $2,054 $1,476 -28.1%

Other Melons 34 61 25 -59.0% $371 $1,258 $1,334 6.0%

Carrot 22 53 82 54.7% $194 $711 $1,135 59.6%

Onion 27 50 54 8.0% $1,038 $866 $971 12.1%

Cauliflower 9 26 10 -61.5% $623 $1,558 $800 -48.7%

Broccoli 8 8 9 12.5% $289 $891 $678 -23.9%

Field Crops 6,761 2,794 3,823 36.8% $4,985 $1,224 $2,868 134.3%

Field Corn 2,896 714 1,113 55.9% $3,905 $703 $2,074 195.0%

Non-durum Wheat 2,944 1,066 1,571 47.4% $689 $210 $300 42.9%

Cotton 0 0 41 NA $0 $0 $242 NA

Oat 221 520 709 36.3% $54 $107 $115 7.5%

Soybean 80 144 348 141.7% $85 $63 $94 49.2%

Miscellaneous Kinds 230 695 210 -69.8% $17,878 $16,030 $16,368 2.1%

Flower 95 94 99 5.3% $15,806 $13,784 $14,496 5.2%

Tree and Shrub 45 34 48 41.2% $946 $891 $129 -85.5%

Sugar Beet 5 505 30 -94.1% $142 $347 $45 -87.0%

BY REGION

North America 24,615 22,530 18,775 -16.67% $19,598 $24,416 $17,747 -27.3%

European Union 496 1,011 873 -13.65% $13,176 $11,952 $12,653 5.9%

South America 3,658 939 1,647 75.4% $9,331 $5,478 $10,540 92.4%

Other Asia\1 1,340 1,496 1,290 -13.8% $7,767 $9,030 $8,591 -4.9%

Oceania 2,016 2,185 3,387 55.0% $3,876 $4,734 $5,771 21.9%

Middle East 76 84 57 -32.1% $1,341 $2,207 $3,412 54.6%

BY COUNTRY

Canada 24,016 21,654 17,309 -20.1% $14,898 $15,343 $11,634 -24.2%

Chile 3,061 464 292 -37.1% $8,435 $4,374 $8,067 84.4%

Netherlands 175 244 246 0.8% $6,286 $6,102 $6,262 2.6%

Mexico 599 876 1,467 67.5% $4,701 $9,073 $6,113 -32.6%

China 1,250 1,296 1,177 -9.2% $2,880 $4,531 $4,252 -6.2%

Israel 44 24 29 20.8% $1,286 $1,863 $3,369 80.8%

Australia 918 1,227 1,482 20.8% $2,071 $2,588 $3,358 29.8%

Japan 30 166 16 -90.4% $4,387 $3,731 $3,327 -10.8%

India 715 976 1,776 82.0% $1,725 $2,005 $2,709 35.1%

New Zealand 1,098 958 1,905 98.9% $1,800 $2,146 $2,413 12.4%

Argentina 50 408 1,185 190.4% $70 $808 $2,270 180.9%

Denmark 114 5 212 4140.0% $1,326 $996 $2,025 103.3%

Guatemala 12 8 1 -87.5% $1,449 $1,436 $1,829 27.4%

Germany 53 74 48 -35.1% $1,495 $1,398 $1,377 -1.5%

Thailand 247 102 154 -37.0% $1,320 $1,127 $1,147 1.8%

France 10 137 64 -53.3% $1,007 $1,425 $1,060 -25.6%

United Kingdom 31 52 12 -76.9% $2,049 $1,017 $835 -17.9%

Italy 108 121 189 56.2% $826 $712 $705 -1.0%

Taiwan 22 11 24 118.2% $281 $456 $662 45.2%

Vietnam 4 19 3 -84.2% $336 $488 $477 -2.3%

\1 Other Asia region includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, and Taiwan.

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

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTS

November 1998