Agriculture						Industry, commercial, & government
				Other	Other					Other	Other
	Herbi-	Insecti-	Fungi-	conven-	chem-		Herbi-	Insecti-	Fungi-	conven-	chem-
Year	cides	cides	cides	tional	icals	Total	cides	cides	cides	tional	icals	Total
	million pounds of active ingredients
1979	492	188	57	106	246	1,089	85	35	50	46	27	243
1980	504	163	59	100	227	1,053	83	35	45	46	25	234
1981	513	152	62	104	215	1,046	82	37	43	46	24	232
1982	503	142	59	101	207	1,012	80	39	41	45	24	229
1983	455	135	59	100	196	945	80	40	40	45	24	229
1984	516	129	56	100	194	995	78	41	38	41	24	222
1985	501	126	59	94	194	974	70	43	37	41	23	214
1986	481	121	59	94	188	943	68	45	36	41	23	213
1987	425	90	52	91	180	838	65	42	34	39	22	202
1988	450	100	54	95	177	876	64	41	32	39	22	198
1989	460	95	54	113	161	883	63	40	31	38	22	194
1990	455	90	50	133	164	892	63	39	31	38	22	193
1991	440	85	47	144	140	856	60	38	30	37	21	186
1992	450	90	45	150	161	896	58	35	28	36	21	178
1993	425	80	47	154	166	872	56	32	25	36	20	169
1994	485	90	48	163	163	949	52	30	23	34	20	159
1995	461	91	49	170	168	939	48	29	20	31	22	150
1996	481	84	51	190	152	958	49	29	20	30	22	150
1997	470	82	53	165	174	944	49	30	20	30	22	151
	Home and garden						Total, all sectors
				Other	Other					Other	Other
	Herbi-	Insecti-	Fungi-	conven-	chem-		Herbi-	Insecti-	Fungi-	conven-	chem-
Year	cides	cides	cides	tional	icals	Total	cides	cides	cides	tional	icals	Total
	million pounds of active ingredients
1979	33	32	17	3	70	155	610	255	124	155	343	1,487
1980	35	30	18	3	69	155	622	228	122	149	321	1,442
1981	36	29	17	3	68	153	631	218	122	152	307	1,430
1982	37	29	17	3	67	153	620	210	117	149	298	1,394
1983	38	29	16	3	67	153	573	204	115	148	287	1,327
1984	40	27	15	3	67	152	634	197	109	145	284	1,369
1985	40	24	14	3	67	148	611	193	110	138	284	1,336
1986	41	22	14	3	67	147	590	188	109	138	278	1,303
1987	42	20	14	3	67	146	532	152	100	133	269	1,186
1988	43	20	13	3	67	146	557	161	99	137	266	1,220
1989	44	19	13	2	68	146	567	154	98	154	251	1,224
1990	46	19	10	2	66	143	564	148	91	173	252	1,228
1991	46	18	9	2	65	140	546	141	86	182	226	1,181
1992	46	18	8	2	64	138	554	143	81	189	246	1,213
1993	46	18	8	2	62	136	527	130	80	192	248	1,177
1994	46	18	8	2	61	135	583	138	79	199	244	1,243
1995	47	17	8	2	59	133	556	137	77	203	249	1,222
1996	48	17	8	2	60	135	578	130	79	222	234	1,243
1997	49	17	8	2	60	136	568	129	81	197	256	1,231

Source:  Aspelin, A.L. and A.H. Grube, Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage: 1996 and 1997 Market Estimates (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticide Programs, Biological and Economic Analysis Division, Washington, DC, 1999).

Notes:  Other conven. = other conventional pesticides. Other chemicals = chemicals produced mainly for other purposes but also used as pesticides (e.g., chlorine, sulfur).

Last Updated on Sunday, April 23, 2000