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Maize
Around 13 million hectares in the EU, making up 13% of the total cultivated area. The maize seed sector corre-
sponds to 26% of the whole EU seed market. The seed industry has invested millions in this crop, by producing
hybrids. Figures from the European Common Catalogue show that 5 corporations control around 51.4% of the
maize varieties: Pioneer (12.2%), Syngenta (11.5%), Limagrain (9.7%), KWS (8.9%), Monsanto (8.95%). This
means that those 5 companies own more than half of the total number of maize varieties that are marketable in
the EU (there are 4975 in the catalogue). As stated above, it is important to point out that the number of varieties
in the catalogue does not necessarily equal the number of varieties in the fields. Nevertheless, the EU market
shares
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of the same companies shows that they control 74% of the market.
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61. Data based on cultivated acreage.
62. KWS data, 201
3: http://www.kws.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaffxwn63. Own elaboration based on data from the EU common catalogues of varieties of agricultural plant and vegetable species.
64. KWS data, 201
3: http://www.kws.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaffxwnKWS - 8.9%
Monsanto - 8.9%
Limagrain - 9.7%
Syngenta - 11.5%
Pioneer - 12.2%
Others - 48.6%
Control of the maize varieties
regis r ed in th common
catalogue
Source : own extrapolation based on data from the EU common catalogues of va
KWS data, 2013:
http://www.kws.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaFigure 3 :
Percentage of the maize varieties
in the EU common catalogue main-
tained by the top 5 companies in the
maize sector, November 2013
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Others - 26%
Syngenta - 6%
Vilmorin - 12%
Monsanto - 14%
Pioneer - 23%
KWS - 19%
KWS - 8.9%
Monsanto - 8.9%
Limagrain - 9.7%
Syngenta - 11.5%
Pioneer - 12.2%
Others - 48.6%
Control f the aize varieties
registrated in the common
catalogue
Maize European Market shares
extrapolation based on data from the EU common catalogues of varieties of ‘agricultural plant’and ‘vegetable’ species.
data, 2013:
http://www.kws.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaffxwnFigure 4:
Market shares of the top 5
companies in the EU maize
seed market, 2012/2013
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Others - 26%
Syngenta - 6%
Vilmorin - 12%
Monsanto - 14%
Pioneer - 23%
KWS - 19%
KWS - 8.9%
Monsanto - 8.9%
Limagrain - 9.7%
Syngenta - 11.5%
Pioneer - 12.2%
Others - 48.6%
Control of the maize varieties
registrated in the common
catalogue
Maize European Market shares
Source : own extrapolation based on data from the EU common catalogues of varieties of ‘agricultural plant’and ‘vegetable’ species.
KWS data, 2013: http://www.kws.de/global/show_document .asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaffxwn