Table 9.  South American Soybean Area, Yield and, Production, 1988 to Date
	Brazil			Argentina			Paraguay
	Area	Yield	Production	Area	Yield	Production	Area	Yield	Production
Year	mil. ha.	t/ha.	mil.t	mil. ha.	t/ha.	mil. t.	mil. ha.	t/ha.	mil. t.
1988-89	12.15	1.94	23.60	4.00	1.63	6.50	0.85	1.90	1.62
1989-90	11.55	1.76	20.34	4.95	2.17	10.75	0.98	1.61	1.58
1990-91	9.75	1.62	15.75	4.75	2.42	11.50	0.89	1.46	1.30
1991-92	9.70	1.99	19.30	4.80	2.32	11.15	0.90	1.44	1.30
1992-93	10.63	2.12	22.50	4.90	2.32	11.35	0.98	1.79	1.75
1993-94	11.44	2.16	24.70	5.40	2.30	12.40	1.05	1.71	1.80
1994-95	11.68	2.22	25.90	5.70	2.19	12.50	1.10	2.00	2.20
1995-96	10.95	2.21	24.15	5.98	2.08	12.43	1.10	2.18	2.40
1996-97	11.80	2.27	26.80	6.26	1.81	11.20	1.20	2.31	2.77
1997-98	13.00	2.50	32.50	6.95	2.80	19.50	1.20	2.49	2.99
1998-99	12.90	2.43	31.30	8.17	2.45	20.00	1.20	2.54	3.05
1999-00	13.60	2.51	34.20	8.58	2.47	21.20	1.15	2.52	2.90
2000-01	13.93	2.80	39.00	10.40	2.67	27.80	1.35	2.61	3.52
2001-02	16.35	2.66	43.50	11.40	2.63	30.00	1.45	2.45	3.55
2002-03	18.45	2.82	52.00	12.60	2.82	35.50	1.55	2.90	4.50
2003-04	21.52	2.37	51.00	14.00	2.36	33.00	1.75	2.23	3.91
2004-05	22.92	2.31	53.00	14.40	2.71	39.00	2.00	2.03	4.05
2005-06	22.23	2.56	57.00	15.20	2.66	40.50	2.43	1.50	3.64
2006-07	20.70	2.85	59.00	16.30	2.99	48.80	2.40	2.58	6.20
2007-08	21.30	2.86	61.00	16.37	2.84	46.50	2.60	2.62	6.80
2008-09	22.00	2.84	62.50	18.00	2.81	50.50	2.75	2.62	7.20