Table 16

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The reported cumulative acres treated with pesticides that are fumigants. Use includes primarily agricultural applications. The grand total for acres treated may be less than the sum of acres treated for all active ingredients because some products contain more than one active ingredient. Text files of data are available. Number of Applications and Acres values are for production agricultural pesticide use only.

CHEMICAL acres 2008 acres 2009 acres 2010 acres 2011 acres 2012 acres 2013 acres 2014 acres 2015 acres 2016 acres 2017
1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE, 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE AND RELATED C3 COMPOUNDS None None None None 18 None 9 None None None
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE 57922 38374 54049 58719 69329 71794 69656 78336 75735 70634
ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE 80989 112063 100859 133062 164006 148962 150088 159057 82175 68408
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE 161 0.25 None 0 0 None 0.2 0 0 0
CHLOROPICRIN 53408 49089 51665 65970 63012 57655 54872 53770 49149 48256
DAZOMET 183 301 274 243 594 768 152 368 18 89
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE 0 0.25 None None 0 None None 0 None None
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE 160 None None None None None None None None None
ETHYLENE OXIDE 2 60 None None 0.367 None 0 None None None
MAGNESIUM PHOSPHIDE 143 32 145 80 29 19 14 131 9 20
METAM-SODIUM 71815 74132 71407 70859 58918 28145 24422 24254 19437 17423
METHYL BROMIDE 35685 39587 32232 47045 29825 26429 16578 12753 11031 6151
METHYL IODIDE None None None 279 37 None None None None None
PHOSPHINE 1751 50 643 665 687 110 2 25 3 93
POTASSIUM N-METHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE 56009 38197 41444 44078 50361 46861 39708 48504 49022 47533
PROPYLENE OXIDE 12 0 0 0 288 9 0 0 0 14
SODIUM TETRATHIOCARBONATE 10725 7180 7301 4826 1672 0.31 4 None None None
SULFURYL FLUORIDE 57 361 130 537 532 63 585 153 0 30
ZINC PHOSPHIDE 11478 14512 12751 21417 21684 22425 44037 51789 45360 55392