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Figure 1. Sold active substances (1000 t) in selected European countries																																		
Pesticide Sales  [aei_fm_salpest]																																		
Reference: Eurostat (2016)																																		
Last update	16.07.2015																																	
UNIT	Tonnes of active ingredient																																	
																																		
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Denmark	#N/A	6.115	6.914	7.465	7.500	6.863	6.085	5.485	5.253	5.795	5.650	4.628	4.566	4.103	3.919	4.809	3.669	3.757	3.673	2.929	2.889	3.127	2.912	2.991	2.941	3.299	3.254	3.354	4.051			5285	5970	4205
Germany*	32.750	31.750	29.500	31.250	32.501	30.053	31.384	36.367	36.774	34.625	33.146	34.309	30.399	25.620	26.732	30.468	32.080	30.721	33.644	30.231	30.331	27.885	29.531	30.164	28.753	29.512	31.819	32.683	34.664			43856	45521	43751
France	76.958	80.904	93.394	87.190	94.460	98.021	99.697	92.966	99.167	100.379	97.701	103.434	84.709	91.953	89.515	84.007	97.889	109.792	107.753	120.501	94.694	99.635	82.448	74.524	76.099	78.265	71.612	77.255				61336	63830	66659
Netherlands	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	19.665	21.002	21.632	18.088	18.172	19.146	18.835	17.307	15.920	11.702	11.111	10.924	9.847	10.399	10.721	10.196	9.655	7.987	8.073	7.868	9.071	9.309	9.410	10.740				10954	11348	10720
Sweden	4.400	4.757	4.910	4.233	4.333	3.660	5.585	2.409	2.865	2.423	2.344	1.837	1.511	1.464	1.961	1.224	1.529	1.608	1.629	1.698	1.652	1.738	1.711	2.049	942	1.527	1.707					2415	2367	2177
Norway**	1350	1340	1450	1410	1410	1410	1380	1200	1070	1000	1200	771	781	765	862	931	706	754	954	796	378	518	818	658	824	511	690	720				831	814	760
																																		
divided by 1000																																		
Denmark		6,12	6,91	7,47	7,50	6,86	6,09	5,49	5,25	5,80	5,65	4,63	4,57	4,10	3,92	4,81	3,67	3,76	3,67	2,93	2,89	3,13	2,91	2,99	2,94	3,30	3,25	3,35	4,05			5,28	5,97	4,21
Germany*	32,75	31,75	29,50	31,25	32,50	30,05	31,38	36,37	36,77	34,63	33,15	34,31	30,40	25,62	26,73	30,47	32,08	30,72	33,64	30,23	30,33	27,89	29,53	30,16	28,75	29,51	31,82	32,68	34,66			43,86	45,52	43,75
France	76,96	80,90	93,39	87,19	94,46	98,02	99,70	92,97	99,17	100,38	97,70	103,43	84,71	91,95	89,52	84,01	97,89	109,79	107,75	120,50	94,69	99,64	82,45	74,52	76,10	78,27	71,61	77,26				61,34	63,83	66,66
Netherlands					19,67	21,00	21,63	18,09	18,17	19,15	18,84	17,31	15,92	11,70	11,11	10,92	9,85	10,40	10,72	10,20	9,66	7,99	8,07	7,87	9,07	9,31	9,41	10,74				10,95	11,35	10,72
Sweden	4,40	4,76	4,91	4,23	4,33	3,66	5,59	2,41	2,87	2,42	2,34	1,84	1,51	1,46	1,96	1,22	1,53	1,61	1,63	1,70	1,65	1,74	1,71	2,05	0,94	1,53	1,71					2,41	2,37	2,18
Norway**	1,35	1,34	1,45	1,41	1,41	1,41	1,38	1,20	1,07	1,00	1,20	0,77	0,78	0,77	0,86	0,93	0,71	0,75	0,95	0,80	0,38	0,52	0,82	0,66	0,82	0,51	0,69	0,72				0,83	0,81	0,76
																																		
																																		
*until 1990 former territory of the FRG																																		
**until 1990 estimated according to Spikkerud (2005)	

See Böcker, T., Finger, R. (2016). European Pesticide Tax Schemes in Comparison: An Analysis of Experiences and Developments. Sustainability 8(4), 378; doi: 10.3390/su8040378  for further details