U.S. Planting Seed Export Highlights

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

July-February 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 465,278 802,031 618,456 -22.9% 516,859 655,334 659,685 0.7%

BY KIND

Grasses 30,581 36,140 44,126 22.1% 37,861 46,046 56,366 22.4%

Sorghum-sudan Crosses 3,371 4,508 10,376 130.2% 4,238 5,709 12,366 116.6%

Tall Fescue 3,687 7,415 5,950 -19.8% 4,461 7,914 7,530 -4.9%

Annual Ryegrass 8,299 7,953 10,111 27.1% 6,571 6,476 7,092 9.5%

Kentucky Bluegrass 1,509 1,874 2,704 44.3% 3,916 3,797 5,648 48.7%

Perennial Ryegrass 4,008 4,362 3,726 -14.6% 5,231 5,576 5,058 -9.3%

Bentgrass 879 1,131 1,098 -2.9% 2,401 3,387 4,055 19.7%

Sudangrass 3,723 1,572 3,938 150.5% 2,362 1,389 3,253 134.2%

Unhulled Bermudagrass 825 856 851 -0.6% 1,586 1,666 2,425 45.6%

Orchardgrass 1,111 1,472 927 -37.0% 2,092 2,159 1,264 -41.5%

Other Forages 18,766 25,093 24,804 -1.2% 48,585 68,333 68,075 -0.4%

Certified Alfalfa 8,230 12,416 10,903 15,091 28,249 42,691 38,872 -8.9%

Uncertified Alfalfa 2,063 3,598 4,160 2,764 5,724 9,345 11,717 25.4%

Red Clover 775 941 890 2,764 1,744 2,322 1,952 -15.9%

White & Ladino Clover 225 349 351 2,764 727 1,112 1,223 10.0%

Pulses 31,138 40,784 35,048 -14.1% 25,298 35,641 31,774 -10.8%

Pea 15,175 13,924 14,612 4.9% 11,249 10,336 11,392 10.2%

Other Kidney Bean 1,033 4,970 3,046 -38.7% 752 4,924 3,771 -23.4%

Gram Bean 3,550 3,197 3,098 -3.1% 3,782 4,159 3,031 -27.1%

Navy Bean 2,117 4,489 2,371 -47.2% 1,622 3,055 1,551 -49.2%

Lentil 2,433 3,090 2,841 -8.1% 1,043 1,547 1,241 -19.8%

Small Red Bean 595 1,305 1,508 15.6% 647 1,181 1,151 -2.5%

Vegetables 27,094 34,408 34,971 1.6% 142,827 166,949 172,289 3.2%

Sweet Corn 6,028 15,437 12,745 -17.4% 16,031 54,538 34,286 -37.1%

Tomato 911 1,001 1,340 33.9% 16,665 15,936 20,757 30.3%

Onion 1,209 768 1,048 36.5% 12,493 9,567 12,451 30.1%

Pepper 1,417 1,407 1,858 32.1% 7,916 7,503 9,909 32.1%

Watermelon 1,003 884 1,353 53.1% 7,419 6,983 9,384 34.4%

Cucumber 837 663 869 31.1% 7,686 6,023 9,316 54.7%

Squash 994 1,087 1,402 29.0% 6,279 7,021 8,948 27.4%

Mushroom Spawn 4,352 3,823 3,320 -13.2% 9,993 7,881 7,031 -10.8%

Cantaloupe 961 833 826 -0.8% 4,833 4,943 4,932 -0.2%

Broccoli 391 426 910 113.6% 2,050 2,676 4,590 71.5%

Carrot 1,315 1,009 873 -13.5% 5,862 3,947 4,244 7.5%

Beet 489 390 663 70.0% 2,494 2,052 3,242 58.0%

Field Crops 353,844 662,371 476,804 -28.0% 226,678 294,890 285,634 -3.1%

Field Corn 66,968 61,106 78,254 28.1% 118,467 109,984 158,516 44.1%

Soybean 91,941 265,864 138,385 -47.9% 33,418 90,698 54,533 -39.9%

Non-durum Wheat 86,340 278,544 205,186 -26.3% 13,711 51,215 33,771 -34.1%

Cotton 15,098 11,563 13,000 12.4% 21,980 14,185 15,732 10.9%

Other Sunflower 11,495 7,753 5,546 -28.5% 12,840 10,414 9,083 -12.8%

Grain Sorghum 42,657 29,095 32,786 12.7% 11,495 12,329 8,613 -30.1%

Oil Sunflower 16,685 3,580 2,325 -35.1% 7,156 4,203 4,679 11.3%

Miscellaneous Kinds 3,856 3,235 2,703 -16.4% 35,610 43,474 45,547 4.8%

Flower 196 306 386 26.1% 23,746 28,796 33,056 14.8%

Tree and Shrub 138 70 143 104.3% 2,434 2,469 2,886 16.9%

BY REGION

European Union 117,444 114,576 113,625 -0.8% 192,113 218,255 209,357 -4.1%

North America 180,479 375,180 196,956 -47.5% 144,043 202,708 172,778 -14.8%

South America 20,180 31,427 52,644 67.5% 46,201 71,306 107,135 50.2%

BY COUNTRY

Mexico 128,508 277,492 150,474 -45.8% 90,850 142,964 111,722 -21.9%

Argentina 9,749 21,187 38,691 82.6% 26,179 48,737 82,819 69.9%

Canada 51,971 97,687 46,482 -52.4% 53,194 59,744 61,056 2.2%

Italy 35,268 39,482 44,745 13.3% 71,024 82,917 71,691 -13.5%

Japan 38,200 190,890 75,198 -60.6% 44,098 76,988 51,349 -33.3%

Netherlands 27,225 13,385 15,647 16.9% 30,494 29,776 36,885 23.9%

Egypt 1,085 19,069 109,166 472.5% 3,906 5,319 20,717 289.5%

France 10,336 13,764 14,918 8.4% 22,539 24,744 26,390 6.7%

Spain 19,616 11,360 12,563 10.6% 17,648 17,243 19,116 10.9%

Greece 11,718 10,997 9,317 -15.3% 22,605 25,692 19,016 -26.0%

Saudi Arabia 2,540 4,273 5,941 39.0% 6,935 12,125 12,639 4.2%

United Kingdom 4,237 12,948 5,219 -59.7% 8,955 15,556 11,721 -24.7%

Australia 4,154 3,566 5,177 45.2% 6,917 8,185 9,361 14.4%

Germany 4,569 5,617 3,056 -45.6% 7,920 10,038 7,710 -23.2%

Turkey 1,444 2,379 2,478 4.2% 4,424 4,657 6,195 33.0%

Portugal 1,145 1,527 1,509 -1.2% 3,861 4,328 6,106 41.1%

South Africa 677 2,222 2,502 12.6% 2,698 4,937 5,876 19.0%

Brazil 709 3,431 1,676 -51.2% 4,812 5,156 5,672 10.0%

Chile 1,565 2,338 2,120 -9.3% 4,331 5,997 5,227 -12.8%

China 53,748 1,479 2,274 53.8% 9,220 2,954 5,142 74.1%

South Korea 4,655 3,744 3,310 -11.6% 7,335 6,355 5,115 -19.5%

Austria 939 1,005 2,985 197.0% 3,121 2,520 5,018 99.1%

Morocco 357 334 21,115 6221.9% 823 765 4,011 424.3%

Colombia 5,311 1,333 5,474 310.7% 3,680 3,413 3,397 -0.5%

Syria 327 812 714 -12.1% 2,421 1,562 3,288 110.5%

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

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD

April 1998