I’m looking for the percentage increase in retail sales of fresh herbs
(ie, at the grocery store and/or other retail outlets) over the last
10 years or so.  I have data on 1990 to 1991 (a 92% increase) but I am
lacking more current data.  A year-by-year breakdown (ie; % increase
from 1991 to 1992, % increase from 1992 to 1993, etc.) will get you a
tip, but I will also settle for a broader ranging number too (ie,
“increased 190% in the last five years”). Please include search
strategy and source of data for documentation purposes.

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Request for Question Clarification by belindalevez-ga on 05 Jun 2003 11:37 PDT

Do you want information about the world market or a particular geographical area?

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Clarification of Question by deepforest-ga on 05 Jun 2003 12:23 PDT

I am most interested in USA, but please include info on Canada,
Europe, Japan, and Asia if you stumble upon it, or it is easy to get
also. Including this world market info will get you a tip, but world
market info is not absolutely necessary to satisfy me.

<I found two references to the increase in retail sales of fresh herbs
and several reports about the market in various countries.

According to Bioshelters Inc., a major grower of basil, the $450
million U.S. fresh herb market has been growing at 8% over the last
ten years.
http://www.bioshelters.com/synopsis.htm

According to a study by the American Spice Trade Association, sales of
fresh herbs grew 71 percent over a five year period.
http://www.oakridger.com/stories/060502/foo_0605020046.html


A report on the U.S. market for fresh herbs costs $99.95 and is
available at
http://www.fintrac.com/shop/moreinfo/herbs1.htm

It is estimated that the UK market for herbs has grown by 29% since
1989. Agrexco estimates that sales of fresh herbs have grown 85% in
1995 over the previous year’s level.
http://www.fintrac.com/gain/marketstats/tpm/decjan96/herbseu.html

Canadian market
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/docs/processing/herbs_and_spices/Herbs_and_Spices.asp

Herb and spice industry overview – barriers and challenges.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/agribus/ccg02s02.html

From 1981 – 1991 the volume of basil sold in the U.S increased 187%
and the amount of oregano sold increased by 75 %.
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/alt-ag/herbs.htm

UK sales.
http://www.the-list.co.uk/acatalog/kn15359.html

The Netherlands and European market.
The European market is the world’s second largest market for herbs. 
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:vCrvnngOxH0J:www.upbusiness.net/docs/hierbas_secas_cbi.pdf+%22fresh+herbs%22+%22retail+sales%22+%22increased+by%22+million&hl=en&start=6&ie=UTF-8>



<Additional links.>

<U.S. market for speciality herbs.>
<http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:vn7x1O3uOeQJ:www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/FSMIP/FY2000/MT0294.pdf+%22fresh+herbs%22+%22retail+sales%22+%22increased+by%22+million&hl=en&start=7&ie=UTF-8>

<Market for medicinal herbs.>
<http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:91QJaax6VwEJ:www.raise.org/natural/pubs/medicinal/medic.pdf+%22herbs%22+%22retail+sales%22++percent&hl=en&start=13&ie=UTF-8>

<Herbal supplements.>
<http://members.aol.com/evenstar8/role.html>

<British Columbia>
<http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/plant/herbs.htm>

<Australia>
<http://www.rirdc.gov.au/pub/culherb5yr.html#Industry>


<Search strategy:>

<"sales of fresh herbs">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=+%22sales+of+fresh+herbs%22+>

<"fresh herb market">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22fresh+herb+market%22>

<"sales" "fresh herbs" "increased by">
<://www.google.com/search?q=+%22sales%22+%22fresh+herbs%22+%22increased+by%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N>


<Hope this helps.>

Thank you very much!