U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs

Table 4. Quantity of wild ginseng harvested for export (pounds of dry roots).
State 1999 harvest 2000 harvest Difference from 1999 to 2000 Percent change Average annual harvest, 1990-2000 Difference between average annual harvest and 2000 Percent difference

AL

430

374

-56

-13.0%

1,035.0

-661.1

-63.8%

AR

759

530

-229

-30.1%

2,291.6

-1,761.6

-76.8%

GA

388

308

-80

-20.6%

659.3

-351.3

-53.2%

IL

2,138

3,890

1,752

+81.9%

6,179.7

-2,289.7

-37.0%

IN

3,453

6,273

2,820

+ 81.6%

8,526.1

-2,253.1

-26.4%

IA

1,143

1,007

-136

-11.9%

1,475.1

-468.1

-31.7%

KY

16,078

16,093

15

+0.09%

24,050.1

-7,957.1

-33.0%

MD

47

226

179

+380.8%

214.0

12.0

5.61%

MN

2,276

1,517

-759

-33.3%

2,022.2

-505.2

24.9%

MO

1,261

1,277

16

+1.2%

2,915.5

-1,638.5

-56.2%

NY

2,005

1,164

-841

-41.9%

1,624.6

-460.6

-28.3%

NC

7,710

8,212

502

+6.5%

8,785.5

-573.5

-6.5%

OH

3,800

3,632

-168

-4.4%

8,358.4

-4,726.4

-56.5%

PA

2,371

1,316

-1,055

-44.50%

2,762.9

-1,4462.9

-52.3%

TN

7,484

8,148

664

+8.8%

15,410.5

-7,262.5

-47.1

VT

198

205

7

+3.5%

280.3

-75.3

-26.8%

VA

4,798

5,814

1,016

+21.1%

9,078.7

-3,264.7

-35.9%

WV

6,631

8,629

1,998

+30.1%

14,908.6

-6,279.6

-42.1%

WI

1,755

2,693

938

+53.4%

3,381.3

-688.3

-20.3%

Total

64,725

73,308

+8,583

+13.2%

111,955

-38,647.5

-34.5%

Last Updated: August 22, 2006
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