USDA/FAS GAIN report MX5056: Mexico, Planting seeds annual report

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Mexico’s planting seed imports in 2004 decreased 22 percent from the previous year, to a total of $423.4 million. The U.S. share of total imports, as a leading supplier to Mexico, reached $199.1 million, down 2.5 percent from the previous year in the dollar value. Mexican seed exports, on the other hand, totaled $105.5 million, up 10.5 percent from the previous year, with export shipments to the U.S. market accounting for almost $27.7 million or 26.2 percent of the total export dollar value.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Mexican planting seed imports in CY 2004 totaled $ 423.4 million, down from $546.7 million the previous year. The U.S. share as a leading seed exporter to Mexico was 47 percent of the total dollar volume, supplying $ 199.1 million worth of seeds to Mexico. Similar to the decrease of Mexican imports from the world, the U.S. share of imports in CY 2004 also decreased 2.5 percent from the previous year in dollar value. Mexican seed exports, on the other hand, grew 10.5 percent from the previous year to $ 105.5 million in CY 2004, of which the U.S. share of Mexico’s export market was 26.2 percent or $ 27.7 million in dollar value.

Complete report in PDF format: http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200507/146130200.pdf