Adoption of Biotech-enhanced Seedstock 1996-2002

Adoption of Biotech-enhanced Soybean Seedstock 1996-2001
(Major Exporting Countries Only)

Million Acres (Million Hectares)

United States
Year	Total Acres/Ha		Biotech Acres/Ha		Biotech Percent
1996	64.2	(26.0)	1.0	(0.4)	1.5
1997	70.0	(28.3)	8.9	(3.6)	12.7
1998	72.0	(29.1)	25.2	(10.2)	35.0
1999	73.7	(29.8)	37.1	(15.0)	50.3
2000	74.3	(30.1)	40.8	(16.5)	54.9
2001	74.1	(30.0)	52.61	(21.3)	71.0
2002	72.8	(29.5)	56.1	(22.7)	77.0

Argentina
Year	Total Acres/Ha		Biotech Acres/Ha		Biotech Percent
1996	14.8	(6.0)	0.3	(0.1)	2.0
1997	15.3	(6.2)	3.5	(1.4)	22.9
1998	17.3	(7.1)	10.6	(4.3)	61.2
1999	20.3	(7.0)	15.8	(6.4)	90.0
2000	23.7	(9.6)	22.5	(9.1)	94.8
2001	27.7	(11.2)	26.9	(10.9)	97.3
2002	31.6	(12.8)	31.3	(12.7)	99.0

Brazil*
Year	Total Acres/Ha		Biotech Acres/Ha		Biotech Percent
1996	29.2	(11.8)	0.0	(0.0)	0
1997	32.1	(13.0)	0.6	(0.3)	2
1998	31.9	(12.9)	2.6	(1.0)	8
1999	33.6	(13.6)	5.0	(2.0)	15
2000	34.3	(13.9)	8.2	(3.3)	24
2001	39.3	(15.9)	11.8	(4.8)	30
2002	43.8	(17.7)	14.0	(5.7)	32

Sources: U.S. & Argentine data based on briefs from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). Brazil crop data based on estimates by the Brazilian Association of Seed Producers (Abrasem) and other non-governmental sources. These three countries (the United States, Argentina and Brazil combined) produce more than 90 percent of the world's soybean exports.

*As of June 2003, the planting of biotech-enhanced crops for commercial development had not been approved by the government of Brazil.


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