2000-2001 Pesticide Market Estimates: Historical Data (Page 4)

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Table 5.7 (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)

Industry/Commercial/Government Market Sector


Pesticide Type	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Herbicides/ PGR	80	80	78	70	68	65	64	63	63	60
Insecticides	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	27	26
Fungicides	41	40	38	37	36	34	32	31	31	30
Other Conv. (1)	45	45	41	41	41	39	39	38	38	37
Other (2)	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	21
Total	223	221	212	201	197	188	184	181	181	174

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 5.7 (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)

Industry/Commercial/Government Market Sector


Pesticide Type	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Herbicides/ PGR	58	56	52	48	49	49	41	52	48	49
Insecticides	27	30	30	28	24	20	21	19	17	15
Fungicides	28	25	23	20	20	20	24	24	19	19
Other Conv. (1)	36	36	34	31	30	30	30	31	30	28
Other (2)	21	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Total	170	167	159	149	145	141	138	148	136	133

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

Figure 5.7

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

By Pesticide Type, 1982 - 2001 Estimates

Industry/Commercial/Government Market Sector

Stacked Area Graph: Millions of Pounds of Active Ingredient by Year. (This chart depicts the data as presented in Table 5.7)

Table 5.8 (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)

Home and Garden Market Sector


Pesticide Type	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Herbicides/ PGR	37	38	40	40	41	42	43	44	46	46
Insecticides	24	22	20	18	16	14	13	12	12	12
Fungicides	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	10	9
Other Conv. (1)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Other (2)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	66	65
Total	148	146	145	142	141	140	139	139	136	134

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

Table 5.8 (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)

Home and Garden Market Sector


Pesticide Type	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Herbicides/ PGR	46	46	46	47	48	49	49	54	62	71
Insecticides	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	17
Fungicides	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	12
Other Conv. (1)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Other (2)	64	62	61	59	60	60	60	60	60	61
Total	132	131	130	128	130	132	132	140	150	163

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

Figure 5.8

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

By Pesticide Type, 1982 - 2001 Estimates

Home and Garden Market Sector

Stacked Area Graph: Millions of Pounds of Active Ingredient by Year. (This chart depicts the data as presented in Table 5.8)

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