1994-1995 Pesticide Market Estimates: Tables and Charts

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Table 1

U.S. and World Pesticide Sales at User Level

By Pesticide Type, 1995 Estimates


Pesticide Type (1)	U.S. Market		World Market		U.S. % of World Market
Pesticide Type (1)	Million	%	Million	%	U.S. % of World Market
User Expenditures (millions of dollars)
Herbicides	$6,276	55%	$16,237	45%	39%
Insecticides	$3,552	32%	$12,465	34%	29%
Fungicides	$798	7%	$6,355	17%	13%
Other	$690	6%	$2,639	4%	26%
Total	$11,316	100%	$37,696	100%	30%
Volume of Active Ingredient (millions of pounds)
Herbicides	556	46%	2,210	39%	30%
Insecticides	137	11%	1,500	26%	9%
Fungicides	77	6%	550	10%	14%
Other	452	37%	1,450	25%	31%
Total	1,222	100%	5,710	100%	21%

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
Source: EPA estimates based on SRI Staff input, Ameridan Crop Proteciton Association (ACPA) annual surveys, USDA reports, other published reports, and proprietary data.
(1) Does not include industrial wood preservatives, specialty biocides and chlorine/hypochlorites. See definitions of pesticide classes below in Table 2 and Table 3.

Figure 1a

U.S. vs. World Pesticide Sales

User Expenditures, 1995 Estimates

Clustered Column Chart: Millions of Dollars by Pesticide Type. (This chart depicts the data as presented in Table 1)

Figure 1b

U.S. vs. World Pesticide Sales

Volume of Active Ingredient, 1995 Estimates

Clustered Column Chart: Millions of Pounds by Pesticide Type. (This chart depicts the data as presented in Table 1)

Table 2

User Expenditures for Pesticides in the U.S.

By Class and Sector, 1994 - 1995 Estimates

Year	Herbicides/ Plant Growth Regulators		Insecticides/ Miticides		Fungicides		Other (1)		Total
Sector (2)	Mil $	%	Mil $	%	Mil $	%	Mil $	%	Mil $	%
1994
Agriculture	$4,808	81%	$1,453	45%	$585	79%	$451	68%	$7,297	69%
Ind/Comm/Gov	$679	11%	$528	16%	$132	18%	$65	10%	$1,404	13%
Home & Garden	$456	8%	$1,261	39%	$24	3%	$151	23%	$1,893	18%
Total	$5,944	100%	$3,244	100%	$741	100%	$667	100%	$10,594	100%
1995
Agriculture	$5,112	81%	$1,710	48%	$638	80%	$469	68%	$7,929	70%
Ind/Comm/Gov	$700	11%	$543	15%	$136	17%	$66	10%	$1,445	13%
Home & Garden	$465	7%	$1,299	37%	$24	3%	$155	22%	$1,943	17%
Total	$6,276	100%	$3,552	100%	$798	100%	$690	100%	$11,317	100%

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. Does not cover industrial wood preservatives, specialty biocides, and chlorine/hypochlorites.
Source: EPA estimates based on ACPA annual surveys, USDA reports, other published reports, and proprietary data.
(1) Includes nematicides, fumigants, rodenticides, molluscicides, aquatic, fish/bird pesticides, other miscellaneous conventional pesticides plus other chemicals used as pesticides. (See Table 3 for more detail.)
(2) Sector Definitions
Quantities and expenditures for pesticides in the U.S. are divided among economic sectors as follows:
Agriculture: applications by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to farms and facilities involved in production of raw agricultural commodities, principally food, fiber and tobacco; includes non-crop/post harvest usage as well as crop / field applications;
Ind./Comm./Govt.: applications by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to industry, commercial and governmental facilities, buildings, sites and land;
Home & Garden: homeowner applications to homes and gardens, including lawns; single and multiple unit housing.

Figure 2

U.S. User Expenditure for Conventional Pesticides

By Pesticide Type, 1995 Estimates

Stacked Column Chart: Millions of Dollars by Pesticide Type. (This chart depicts the data as presented in Table 2)

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