U.S. Exports of Planting Seed 

for JULY (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 26,173 15,181 59,556 292.3% $34,795 $34,819 $37,145 6.7%

BY KIND

Grasses 4,215 3,550 3,559 0.3% $5,499 $4,905 $4,651 -5.2%

Perennial Ryegrass 6,320 7,220 6,125 -15.2% $7,942 $9,301 $8,339 -10.3%

Sorghum-sudan Crosses 6,091 7,687 14,781 92.3% $7,854 $9,361 $18,491 97.5%

Kentucky Bluegrass 2,456 3,941 4,882 23.9% $6,438 $8,087 $10,198 26.1%

Tall Fescue 5,177 9,809 7,422 -24.3% $6,707 $10,116 $9,578 -5.3%

Other Forages 2,223 2,018 3,053 51.3% $3,242 $2,522 $2,833 12.3%

Certified Alfalfa 138 130 50 -61.5% $488 $362 $177 -51.1%

Uncertified Alfalfa 92 50 61 22.0% $272 $144 $148 2.8%

Pulses 3,260 2,084 2,332 11.9% $2,509 $1,449 $1,612 11.2%

Pea 21,836 19,417 21,766 12.1% $16,172 $14,275 $16,201 13.5%

Navy Bean 811 498 415 -16.7% $513 $260 $255 -1.9%

Pea 405 269 361 34.2% $266 $185 $250 35.1%

Chickpea 829 188 350 86.2% $501 $137 $213 55.5%

Lentil 147 204 418 104.9% $65 $81 $136 67.9%

Vegetables 2,025 4,107 2,692 -34.5% $12,572 $18,387 $14,722 -19.9%

Pepper 0 0 606 NA $0 $0 $3,128 NA 

Tomato 138 191 123 -35.6% $2,361 $2,976 $2,116 -28.9%

Onion 100 74 84 13.5% $1,047 $937 $1,097 17.1%

Mushroom Spawn 482 416 403 -3.1% $1,063 $848 $847 -0.1%

Sweet Corn 189 1,581 322 -79.6% $571 $3,166 $846 -73.3%

Squash 58 132 85 -35.6% $290 $752 $627 -16.6%

Cucumber 51 83 62 -25.3% $408 $703 $526 -25.2%

Field Crops 13,819 3,103 47,785 1440.0% $7,324 $3,909 $9,960 154.8%

Non-durum Wheat 2,100 0 41,781 NA $4,758 $0 $5,043 NA 

Field Corn 4,807 946 1,800 90.3% $4,067 $2,632 $2,831 7.6%

Soybean 1,692 873 1,316 50.7% $828 $468 $645 37.8%

Barley 18 0 1,502 NA $8 $0 $590 NA 

Miscellaneous Kinds 632 319 134 -58.0% $3,650 $3,647 $3,366 -7.7%

Flower 52 17 13 -23.5% $2,010 $2,329 $2,577 10.6%

Tree and Shrub 11 16 23 43.8% $846 $333 $387 16.2%

Sugar Beet 0 0 41 NA $3 $0 $126 NA 

BY REGION

North America 10,923 5,008 6,257 24.9% $10,704 $13,081 $11,839 -9.5%

Other Asia \1 4,011 3,821 5,977 56.4% $4,957 $4,686 $5,612 19.8%

North Africa 326 127 41,653 32697.6% $473 $641 $5,541 764.4%

BY COUNTRY

Mexico 9,693 3,778 2,961 -21.6% $8,266 $9,852 $7,931 -19.5%

Egypt 326 55 41,645 75618.2% $468 $443 $5,381 1114.7%

Canada 1,230 1,230 3,296 168.0% $2,437 $3,229 $3,908 21.0%

Japan 2,532 2,127 2,414 13.5% $3,602 $2,502 $2,589 3.5%

Argentina 2,062 1,623 1,162 -28.4% $3,718 $4,211 $2,117 -49.7%

South Korea 1,107 1,162 2,864 146.5% $727 $1,041 $1,894 81.9%

Chile 842 409 510 24.7% $1,825 $1,147 $1,357 18.3%

Australia 256 377 216 -42.7% $1,018 $975 $1,125 15.4%

South Africa 184 261 495 89.7% $566 $924 $956 3.5%

United Kingdom 538 291 110 -62.2% $1,256 $768 $828 7.8%

China 55 187 514 174.9% $141 $360 $711 97.5%

Indonesia 13 0 8 --- $738 $8 $662 8175.0%

Netherlands 407 107 148 38.3% $777 $553 $539 -2.5%

Guatemala 27 63 252 300.0% $91 $267 $480 79.8%

Brazil 2,215 297 88 -70.4% $857 $854 $447 -47.7%

Ecuador 14 45 37 -17.8% $80 $140 $431 207.9%

Peru 199 38 328 763.2% $174 $100 $396 296.0%

Colombia 10 30 99 230.0% $91 $300 $377 25.7%

Spain 309 370 402 8.6% $650 $632 $371 -41.3%

Taiwan 47 120 117 -2.5% $160 $283 $320 13.1%

Germany 261 94 153 62.8% $635 $255 $314 23.1%

Jordan 46 13 35 169.2% $197 $69 $306 343.5%

France 74 101 28 -72.3% $543 $458 $274 -40.2%

Venezuela 17 6 109 1716.7% $52 $146 $211 44.5%

United Arab Emirates 17 27 44 63.0% $509 $572 $200 -65.0%

Honduras 102 23 49 113.0% $224 $102 $195 91.2%

New Zealand 378 110 78 -29.1% $316 $470 $183 -61.1%

Nicaragua 20 24 119 395.8% $23 $46 $179 289.1%

India 16 21 32 52.4% $60 $119 $171 43.7%

Oman 2 18 222 1133.3% $81 $128 $153 19.5%

Belgium 54 0 74 --- $44 $13 $143 1000.0%

Italy 1,669 1,116 56 -95.0% $1,948 $967 $141 -85.4%

Turkey 46 40 23 -42.5% $103 $43 $141 227.9%

Algeria 0 12 5 -58.3% $0 $151 $135 -10.6%

Denmark 20 0 73 --- $73 $44 $123 179.5%

Thailand 61 0 117 NA $123 $0 $120 NA 

Uruguay 361 53 11 -79.2% $234 $181 $113 -37.6%

Pakistan 43 86 82 -4.7% $23 $198 $107 -46.0%

Philippines 51 27 48 77.8% $271 $294 $105 -64.3%

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

--- denotes less than 500 kilograms.

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

Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD

September 1998