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5.2 Annual Amount of Pesticides Used in the U.S.: 1982 - 2001

Table 5.5 through Table 5.8 and corresponding figures summarize annual pounds of pesticides used since 1982. Table 5.5 summarizes the amount of pesticides used in all markets combined, while Table 5.6, Table 5.7 and Table 5.8 and corresponding figures summarize the amount of pesticides used in the agricultural, industry/commercial/government, and home and garden markets, respectively. In each market, except home and garden, the amount of pesticides used has decreased in total since 1982, although the total amount fluctuated from year to year.

Table 5.5 (1 of 2)

Annual Amount of Pesticide Active Ingredient Used in the U.S.

By Pesticide Type, 1982 - 1991 Estimates (Millions of Pounds of AI)

All Market Sectors


Pesticide Type	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Herbicides/ PGR	620	573	634	611	590	532	557	567	564	546
Insecticides	198	185	173	161	151	141	132	123	121	114
Fungicides	117	115	109	110	109	100	99	98	91	86
Other Conv. (1)	149	148	145	138	138	133	137	154	173	182
Other (2)	298	287	284	284	278	269	266	251	252	226
Total	1,382	1,308	1,345	1,304	1,266	1,175	1,191	1,193	1,201	1,154

Note: Excludes wood preservatives, specialty biocides, and chlorine/hypochlorites.
Source: EPA estimates based on Croplife America annual surveys, USDA/NASS

, and EPA proprietary data.
(1) Other conventional pesticides include nematicides, fumigants, and other conventional pesticides.
(2) "Other" includes sulfur, petroleum, and other chemicals used as pesticides (e.g., sulfuric acid and insect repellants).

Table 5.5 (2 of 2)

Annual Amount of Pesticide Active Ingredient Used in the U.S.

By Pesticide Type, 1992 - 2001 Estimates (Millions of Pounds of AI)

All Market Sectors


Pesticide Type	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Herbicides/ PGR	554	527	583	556	578	568	555	534	542	553
Insecticides	116	115	124	125	116	112	103	126	122	105
Fungicides	81	80	79	77	79	81	86	79	74	73
Other Conv. (1)	189	192	199	203	222	197	168	173	188	157
Other (2)	246	248	244	249	234	270	294	332	308	315
Total	1,186	1,162	1,229	1,210	1,229	1,228	1,206	1,244	1,234	1,203

Note: Excludes wood preservatives, specialty biocides, and chlorine/hypochlorites.
Source: EPA estimates based on Croplife America annual surveys, USDA/NASS

Figure 5.5

Annual Amount of Pesticide Active Ingredient
Used in the U.S.

By Pesticide Type, 1982 - 2001 Estimates, All Market Sectors

Stacked Area Graph: Millions of Pounds of Active Ingredient by Year. (This chart depicts the data as presented in Table 5.5)

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