U.S. Planting Seed Export Highlights
July-June Marketing Year 1996/97 Compared to 1995/96
July-April				1995/96	1996/97	Change		1995/96	1996/97	Change
				Metric Tons		%		$1,000		%
ALL SEEDS				580,728	1,023,652	76.3%		631,997	800,986	26.7%
BY KIND
	Grasses			40,005	49,239	23.1%		49,588	62,694	26.4%
		Tall Fescue		4,601	8,938	94.3%		5,811	9,311	60.2%
		Annual Ryegrass		9,872	10,337	4.7%		7,875	7,953	1.0%
		Perennial Ryegrass		5,349	6,076	13.6%		6,871	7,873	14.6%
		Sorghum-sudan Crosses		4,535	6,433	41.9%		5,689	7,612	33.8%
		Kentucky Bluegrass		1,981	3,060	54.5%		5,078	6,385	25.7%
		Bentgrass		1,169	1,539	31.7%		3,618	5,076	40.3%
	Other Forages			21,733	28,406	30.7%		56,602	76,791	35.7%
		Certified Alfalfa		8,995	13,244	47.2%		30,724	45,421	47.8%
		Uncertified Alfalfa		2,382	3,715	56.0%		6,321	9,631	52.4%
		Red Clover		932	1,105	18.6%		2,167	2,676	23.5%
		White & Ladino Clover		434	410	-5.5%		1,284	1,256	-2.2%
		Crimson Clover		634	981	54.7%		968	1,210	25.0%
	Pulses			42,755	49,983	16.9%		36,116	44,882	24.3%
		Pea		20,494	18,123	-11.6%		15,267	13,481	-11.7%
		Other Kidney Bean		2,865	6,036	110.7%		2,833	6,680	135.8%
		Gram Bean		3,864	3,565	-7.7%		4,167	4,692	12.6%
		Navy Bean		2,766	4,855	75.5%		2,130	3,426	60.8%
	Vegetables			33,148	40,325	21.7%		172,664	195,861	13.4%
		Sweet Corn		7,867	17,303	119.9%		21,571	59,725	176.9%
		Tomato		1,060	1,212	14.3%		18,981	19,059	0.4%
		Onion		1,478	917	-38.0%		14,928	11,938	-20.0%
		Mushroom Spawn		5,197	4,552	-12.4%		11,974	9,500	-20.7%
		Pepper		1,513	1,706	12.8%		8,518	9,101	6.8%
		Watermelon		1,200	1,022	-14.8%		8,704	8,025	-7.8%
		Squash		1,137	1,207	6.2%		7,276	8,009	10.1%
		Cucumber		987	865	-12.4%		9,155	7,959	-13.1%
		Cantaloupe		1,079	900	-16.6%		5,426	5,259	-3.1%
		Carrot		1,653	1,311	-20.7%		7,451	5,242	-29.6%
	Field Crops			438,410	851,856	94.3%		274,132	369,166	34.7%
		Field Corn		77,852	76,099	-2.3%		136,661	137,162	0.4%
		Soybean		151,119	330,715	118.8%		53,423	115,913	117.0%
		Non-durum Wheat		89,475	367,976	311.3%		14,606	66,818	357.5%
		Cotton		17,227	13,713	-20.4%		24,330	15,219	-37.4%
		Grain Sorghum		45,698	41,725	-8.7%		12,891	14,469	12.2%
		Other Sunflower		12,650	9,016	-28.7%		14,586	11,593	-20.5%
	Miscellaneous Kinds			4,678	3,842	-17.9%		42,895	51,591	20.3%
		Flower		233	346	48.5%		26,069	32,651	25.2%
		Tree and Shrub		165	104	-37.0%		3,040	3,153	3.7%
		Sugar Beet		572	443	-22.6%		2,647	2,277	-14.0%
		Tobacco		1	2	100.0%		607	1,032	70.0%
BY REGION
	North America			258,823	477,881	84.6%		200,874	268,597	33.7%
	European Union			130,502	131,077	0.4%		212,736	246,341	15.8%
	Other Asia 1/			109,938	271,619	147.1%		77,750	114,902	47.8%
BY COUNTRY
	Mexico			188,863	345,776	83.1%		118,093	175,155	48.3%
	Japan			48,111	262,321	445.2%		54,430	97,631	79.4%
	Canada			69,960	132,105	88.8%		82,781	93,442	12.9%
	Italy			39,233	46,513	18.6%		77,266	93,078	20.5%
	Argentina			12,467	22,278	78.7%		29,510	51,505	74.5%
	Netherlands			27,999	15,336	-45.2%		32,588	33,965	4.2%
	France			13,344	16,302	22.2%		27,024	28,831	6.7%
	Greece			12,183	11,327	-7.0%		23,224	27,099	16.7%
	Spain			21,403	12,911	-39.7%		20,590	19,528	-5.2%
	United Kingdom			5,363	13,998	161.0%		10,831	17,745	63.8%
	Saudi Arabia			2,828	5,948	110.3%		8,513	14,647	72.1%
	Germany			5,801	6,274	8.2%		9,345	11,270	20.6%
	Australia			4,873	4,510	-7.4%		8,464	9,862	16.5%
	South Korea			6,269	5,130	-18.2%		9,360	7,961	-14.9%
	Egypt			1,138	29,309	2475.5%		4,308	7,884	83.0%
	Philippines			935	39,793	4155.9%		2,391	7,672	220.9%
	Turkey			1,811	3,854	112.8%		4,945	7,573	53.1%
	Brazil			1,033	3,648	253.1%		6,158	7,392	20.0%
	Chile			1,904	2,803	47.2%		5,180	6,972	34.6%
	South Africa			788	2,443	210.0%		2,996	5,939	98.2%
	Portugal			1,212	1,953	61.1%		4,004	5,848	46.1%
	China			53,818	2,116	-96.1%		9,775	4,776	-51.1%
	Colombia			5,870	1,615	-72.5%		4,502	4,008	-11.0%
	Peru			1,133	2,275	100.8%		2,163	2,943	36.1%
	Austria			1,078	1,363	26.4%		3,260	2,727	-16.3%
	Venezuela			683	485	-29.0%		3,198	2,490	-22.1%
	United Arab Emirates			487	234	-52.0%		5,087	2,400	-52.8%
	Belgium			508	2,381	368.7%		583	2,353	303.6%
	Taiwan			858	893	4.1%		1,980	2,272	14.7%
	Hong Kong			875	1,160	32.6%		2,159	2,261	4.7%
	Israel			1,553	563	-63.7%		3,129	2,207	-29.5%
	Pakistan			1,509	1,113	-26.2%		2,947	2,110	-28.4%
	Ecuador			642	611	-4.8%		1,518	2,051	35.1%
\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/COTSD							July 1997

Last modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013