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25. The EU Seed and Plant Reproductive Material market in perspective: a focus on companies and market shares, Directorate-general for internal policies of the
European Parliament, November 2013, Brussels, p. 19.
SHAREINGLOBAL
SEEDMARKET(GSM)
COMPANY COMPANY COMPANY COMPANY
1985 $M
SHAREOF
GLOBAL
SEED
MARKET
NET
SALES
1996 $M
SHAREOF
GLOBAL
SEED
MARKET
NET
SALES
2009 $M
SHAREOF
GLOBAL
SEED
MARKET
NET
SALES
2012 $M
SHAREOF
GLOBAL
SEED
MARKET
NET
SALES
KWS
DEKALB
CIBAGEIGY
VANDERHAVE
PIONEER PIONEER
NOVARTIS
LIMAGRAIN
ADVANTA
SEMINIS
TAKII
SAKATA
SANDOZ
DEKALB
UPJOHN
ASGROW
LIMAGRAIN
SHELL
NICXERSON
TAKII
MONSANTO
DUPONT
PIONEER
SYNGENTA
LIMAGRAIN
KWS
BAYER
DOW
SAKATA
LAND
O’LAKES
MONSANTO
(USA)
DUPONT
PIONEER
(USA)
SYNGENTA
(CH )
LIMAGRAIN
(FRANCE)
WINFIELD
(USA)
KWS
(DENMARK)
DOW
(USA)
BAYER
(GERMANY)
SAKATA
(JAPAN)
735
290
201
200
180
175
175
152
150
4.1%
1.6%
1.1%
1.1%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.8%
0.8%
12.5% 16.7% › 44% 62%
5.0%
3.0%
2.2%
1.5%
1.3%
1.1%
1.0%
0.9%
0.8%
17.4%
11.2%
6.1%
2.8%
2.2%
1.5%
1.5%
1.2%
?
21.8%
15.5%
7.1%
3.8%
3.5%
2.9%
2.9%
2.2%
1.0%
1500
900
650
460
375
320
300
255
250
7297
4700
2564
1155
920
645
635
485
?
9800
7000
3200
1700
1300
1300
1000
0.4
0.4
Table 1: Evolution of the market shares of the biggest seed companies in the world 25