U.S. Planting Seed Import 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			168,892	193,444	14.5%	240,492	305,782	27.1%
BY KIND
	Grasses		21,580	33,553	55.5%	23,408	41,009	75.2%
		Red Fescue	13,358	18,576	39.1%	12,102	20,221	67.1%
		Perennial Ryegrass	564	7,240	1183.7%	1,578	10,121	541.4%
		Wheatgrass	658	997	51.5%	1,117	1,815	62.5%
		Bromegrass	1,185	1,006	-15.1%	1,853	1,535	-17.2%
		Timothy	2,917	2,415	-17.2%	2,037	1,479	-27.4%
		Kentucky Bluegrass	1,081	596	-44.9%	1,775	1,088	-38.7%
	Other Forages		11,767	7,681	-34.7%	19,635	15,323	-22.0%
		Uncertified Alfalfa	3,256	2,622	-19.5%	6,928	6,341	-8.5%
		Certified Alfalfa	796	970	21.9%	1,727	2,283	32.2%
		Red Clover	3,268	1,085	-66.8%	4,325	1,820	-57.9%
		White and Ladino Clover	566	526	-7.1%	1,632	1,366	-16.3%
	Pulses		47,764	48,171	0.9%	20,070	23,417	16.7%
		Pea	15,242	22,227	45.8%	4,454	7,195	61.5%
		Gram Bean	9,384	10,090	7.5%	5,459	7,029	28.8%
		Lentil	2,564	3,567	39.1%	1,266	1,579	24.7%
	Vegetables		5,278	10,718	103.1%	60,419	79,757	32.0%
		Tomato	213	214	0.5%	18,811	19,477	3.5%
		Pepper	78	95	21.8%	7,600	12,637	66.3%
		Watermelon	196	320	63.3%	5,216	6,485	24.3%
		Pumpkin	1,572	2,816	79.1%	3,650	6,094	67.0%
		Onion	119	327	174.8%	4,462	4,735	6.1%
		Cantaloupe	35	68	94.3%	2,553	4,189	64.1%
		Other Melons	144	139	-3.5%	2,014	2,337	16.0%
		Cucumber	25	32	28.0%	1,460	2,020	38.4%
		Cabbage	14	22	57.1%	1,403	1,989	41.8%
		Squash	80	67	-16.2%	1,653	1,808	9.4%
		Spinach	195	510	161.5%	893	1,733	94.1%
		Celery	1,691	1,944	15.0%	1,329	1,494	12.4%
		Cauliflower	15	12	-20.0%	1,154	1,136	-1.6%
		Broccoli	13	21	61.5%	1,303	1,126	-13.6%
		Lettuce	50	37	-26.0%	863	1,097	27.1%
	Field Crops		81,511	92,052	12.9%	72,045	92,957	29.0%
		Field Corn	41,350	51,848	25.4%	54,111	74,760	38.2%
		Soybean	5,495	11,561	110.4%	3,132	6,499	107.5%
		Rape and Colza	5,381	873	-83.8%	3,803	3,348	-12.0%
		Non-durum Wheat	14,034	12,120	-13.6%	2,989	2,829	-5.4%
		Other Sunflower	2,304	800	-65.3%	4,927	2,115	-57.1%
		Barley	7,155	7,486	4.6%	1,413	1,384	-2.1%
	Miscellaneous Kinds		993	1,269	27.8%	44,915	53,319	18.7%
		Flower	420	573	36.4%	40,867	46,693	14.3%
		Tree and Shrub	191	206	7.9%	1,551	3,204	106.6%
BY REGION
	North America		118,515	117,078	-1.2%	81,601	94,675	16.0%
	South America		33,296	50,163	50.7%	56,239	78,937	40.4%
	European Union		4,583	4,920	7.4%	38,378	49,313	28.5%
BY COUNTRY
	Canada		111,462	114,958	3.1%	71,321	83,057	16.5%
	Chile		22,064	31,435	42.5%	39,293	57,966	47.5%
	Netherlands		1,564	1,447	-7.5%	20,996	23,064	9.8%
	China		5,900	6,441	9.2%	17,728	21,722	22.5%
	Argentina		9,796	16,665	70.1%	14,541	17,461	20.1%
	Japan		54	157	190.7%	12,982	12,253	-5.6%
	Mexico		7,053	2,121	-69.9%	10,280	11,618	13.0%
	New Zealand		1,851	6,582	255.6%	3,687	10,042	172.4%
	France		1,305	1,108	-15.1%	5,064	7,896	55.9%
	Germany		209	268	28.2%	4,581	6,417	40.1%
	India		1,642	2,476	50.8%	5,358	6,300	17.6%
	Australia		1,001	2,805	180.2%	2,968	5,519	86.0%
	Denmark		740	1,292	74.6%	3,323	5,283	59.0%
	Taiwan		106	92	-13.2%	2,110	4,604	118.2%
	Guatemala		15	14	-6.7%	5,876	4,525	-23.0%
	Israel		74	154	108.1%	4,164	4,474	7.4%
	Thailand		463	576	24.4%	3,255	4,090	25.7%
	United Kingdom		204	249	22.1%	2,024	3,550	75.4%
	Italy		419	468	11.7%	2,039	2,596	27.3%
	Costa Rica		121	62	-48.8%	507	2,408	375.0%
	Brazil		532	1,167	119.4%	1,049	2,100	100.2%
	Peru		655	814	24.3%	786	1,335	69.8%
	Hungary		360	563	56.4%	684	1,118	63.5%
	Kenya		1	1	-10.1%	1,260	1,000	-20.6%
	South Korea		10	14	40.0%	550	713	29.6%
	South Africa		71	225	216.9%	554	604	9.0%
	Hong Kong		132	194	47.0%	484	486	0.4%
	Indonesia		1	---	-18.7%	230	481	109.1%
	Turkey		324	123	-62.0%	565	429	-24.1%
	Egypt		55	157	185.5%	201	390	94.0%
	Vietnam		1	4	1030.6%	25	336	1244.0%
	Zimbabwe		7	2	-71.4%	110	260	136.4%
	Burma		8	342	4175.0%	11	222	1918.2%
--- indicates less than 500 kilograms
Source: Compiled from U.S. Bureau of Census records.
Prepared by USDA/FAS/COTSD								July 1997

Last modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013