U.S. Planting Seed Export Highlights

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

July-May 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 472,663 448,058 595,491 32.9% 625,196 695,033 798,600 14.9%

BY KIND

Grasses 43,428 54,347 59,604 9.7% 54,146 68,770 80,171 16.6%

Sorghum-sudan Crosses 5,211 6,974 13,941 99.9% 6,785 8,479 17,422 105.5%

Kentucky Bluegrass 2,210 3,570 4,519 26.6% 5,751 7,313 9,279 26.9%

Tall Fescue 4,887 9,359 7,206 -23.0% 6,276 9,700 9,240 -4.7%

Annual Ryegrass 10,372 11,588 12,558 8.4% 8,271 8,785 9,127 3.9%

Perennial Ryegrass 5,788 6,750 5,584 -17.3% 7,312 8,684 7,588 -12.6%

Bentgrass 1,267 1,669 1,761 5.5% 4,111 5,547 6,494 17.1%

Sudangrass 6,332 4,128 4,321 4.7% 3,159 3,198 3,692 15.4%

Unhulled Bermudagrass 1,139 1,184 1,239 4.6% 2,216 2,558 3,151 23.2%

Orchardgrass 1,806 2,198 1,584 -27.9% 3,324 3,311 2,154 -34.9%

Hulled Bermudagrass 304 420 407 -3.1% 931 881 1,254 42.3%

Other Forages 22,946 29,650 30,840 4.0% 59,039 79,707 82,411 3.4%

Certified Alfalfa 9,185 13,591 12,190 -10.3% 31,350 46,663 43,650 -6.5%

Uncertified Alfalfa 2,497 3,719 4,778 28.5% 6,506 9,649 13,177 36.6%

Red Clover 939 1,116 1,173 5.1% 2,181 2,707 2,614 -3.4%

White & Ladino Clover 438 422 422 0.0% 1,293 1,291 1,406 8.9%

Pulses 47,414 53,214 52,327 -1.7% 39,892 48,074 46,901 -2.4%

Pea 21,489 18,978 20,931 10.3% 15,987 13,992 15,765 12.7%

Other Kidney Bean 3,548 6,358 4,892 -23.1% 3,595 7,156 6,552 -8.4%

Gram Bean 3,923 3,684 3,879 5.3% 4,236 4,792 3,900 -18.6%

Navy Bean 4,065 4,993 3,845 -23.0% 2,863 3,588 2,756 -23.2%

Lentil 3,627 3,744 3,391 -9.4% 1,625 1,917 1,466 -23.5%

Small Red Bean 725 1,479 1,714 15.9% 795 1,453 1,291 -11.1%

Chickpea 1,759 3,053 1,429 -53.2% 1,332 2,193 1,021 -53.4%

Vegetables 35,035 42,657 43,504 2.0% 181,991 209,428 218,304 4.2%

Sweet Corn 8,143 17,669 14,822 -16.1% 22,223 60,555 40,066 -33.8%

Tomato 1,147 1,353 1,745 29.0% 20,293 21,165 27,718 31.0%

Onion 1,637 962 1,312 36.4% 16,029 12,513 15,459 23.5%

Cucumber 1,033 997 1,180 18.4% 9,612 9,243 12,322 33.3%

Pepper 1,559 1,844 2,136 15.8% 8,757 9,853 11,767 19.4%

Watermelon 1,234 1,082 1,630 50.6% 8,995 8,447 11,626 37.6%

Squash 1,193 1,390 1,692 21.7% 7,664 8,990 10,875 21.0%

Mushroom Spawn 5,510 4,924 4,575 -7.1% 12,694 10,878 9,776 -10.1%

Carrot 1,737 1,391 1,322 -5.0% 7,776 5,610 6,079 8.4%

Broccoli 530 611 1,159 89.7% 2,829 3,625 5,953 64.2%

Cantaloupe 1,105 907 941 3.7% 5,555 5,294 5,691 7.5%

Field Crops 338,913 264,200 405,781 53.6% 250,274 235,106 314,655 33.8%

Field Corn 81,758 78,403 97,465 24.3% 139,563 141,671 185,246 30.8%

Soybean 48,134 65,401 82,803 26.6% 23,894 34,089 42,204 23.8%

Oil Sunflower 18,380 4,618 96,908 1998.5% 8,656 5,213 32,945 532.0%

Cotton 17,494 14,370 16,098 12.0% 24,450 15,356 18,489 20.4%

Other Sunflower 12,837 9,760 12,172 24.7% 14,848 12,416 13,122 5.7%

Grain Sorghum 51,561 56,818 50,102 -11.8% 14,274 17,340 12,057 -30.5%

Non-durum Wheat 59,531 26,010 45,108 73.4% 8,195 5,736 6,714 17.1%

Rape and Colza 251 187 2,139 1043.9% 318 180 2,494 1285.6%

Miscellaneous Kinds 4,851 3,990 3,434 -13.9% 44,771 53,947 56,158 4.1%

Flower 240 353 407 15.3% 27,409 34,045 38,825 14.0%

Tree and Shrub 169 112 158 41.1% 3,081 3,368 3,264 -3.1%

Sugar Beet 572 443 424 -4.3% 2,652 2,277 2,005 -11.9%

Tobacco 1 2 3 50.0% 617 1,107 1,519 37.2%

BY REGION

European Union 133,903 133,313 217,729 63.3% 216,976 252,139 269,029 6.7%

North America 150,244 134,663 168,987 25.5% 165,643 180,734 219,377 21.4%

South America 26,031 57,802 59,504 2.9% 57,550 88,617 121,496 37.1%

BY COUNTRY

Mexico 94,053 89,644 110,391 23.1% 80,156 98,681 117,403 19.0%

Canada 56,190 45,019 58,595 30.2% 85,487 82,053 101,974 24.3%

Argentina 12,805 24,199 42,346 75.0% 30,136 54,039 88,430 63.6%

Italy 39,662 47,446 55,664 17.3% 78,169 94,203 81,228 -13.8%

Japan 51,581 34,693 46,946 35.3% 57,645 64,824 55,853 -13.8%

Netherlands 28,494 15,759 54,936 248.6% 33,468 35,161 54,246 54.3%

France 13,504 16,545 32,535 96.6% 27,370 30,861 36,512 18.3%

Spain 21,599 13,212 29,651 124.4% 20,878 19,934 27,084 35.9%

Greece 12,191 11,351 9,898 -12.8% 23,268 27,128 20,509 -24.4%

United Kingdom 6,294 14,118 6,626 -53.1% 11,358 18,179 15,662 -13.8%

Saudi Arabia 2,875 6,547 6,264 -4.3% 8,696 15,773 14,290 -9.4%

Australia 5,161 4,714 6,446 36.7% 9,201 10,518 11,990 14.0%

Turkey 1,856 4,266 18,361 330.4% 5,029 7,946 11,785 48.3%

Germany 6,838 6,418 3,560 -44.5% 10,385 11,559 9,647 -16.5%

Egypt 435 7,038 30,037 326.8% 4,472 5,393 9,209 70.8%

China 53,913 2,463 3,887 57.8% 10,415 5,511 8,775 59.2%

Brazil 1,043 3,688 1,905 -48.3% 6,249 7,785 7,983 2.5%

Chile 2,204 3,302 2,834 -14.2% 5,849 8,047 6,981 -13.2%

South Africa 869 2,490 2,793 12.2% 3,219 6,191 6,958 12.4%

Portugal 1,228 1,970 1,645 -16.5% 4,035 5,872 6,414 9.2%

Austria 1,078 1,369 3,616 164.1% 3,267 2,814 6,412 127.9%

South Korea 6,422 5,680 4,091 -28.0% 9,684 8,517 6,380 -25.1%

Belgium 591 2,400 15,887 562.0% 644 2,459 6,165 150.7%

Syria 454 975 1,068 9.5% 2,995 2,209 4,633 109.7%

Colombia 6,041 1,803 6,042 235.1% 4,876 4,323 4,492 3.9%

Hungary 828 1,353 1,094 -19.1% 1,217 1,548 4,081 163.6%

Hong Kong 995 1,320 1,350 2.3% 2,383 2,749 3,425 24.6%

Venezuela 806 519 1,175 126.4% 3,675 2,736 3,393 24.0%

Peru 1,334 2,381 1,952 -18.0% 2,529 3,153 3,373 7.0%

Guatemala 476 565 854 51.2% 2,467 2,015 3,106 54.1%

United Arab Emirates 538 244 362 48.4% 5,216 2,458 3,076 25.1%

Taiwan 1,033 928 1,371 47.7% 2,326 2,372 2,838 19.6%

Ecuador 675 20,528 991 -95.2% 1,595 6,261 2,783 -55.6%

Honduras 338 346 388 12.1% 1,179 1,059 2,753 160.0%

Israel 1,682 612 723 18.1% 3,290 2,436 2,701 10.9%

Pakistan 1,541 1,148 1,593 38.8% 3,029 2,312 2,622 13.4%

Jordan 465 515 381 -26.0% 1,658 1,479 2,611 76.5%

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

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD

July 1998