Exhibit 99.2
| MONSANTO COMPANY | ||||
| 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD | ||||
| ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63167 |
First-Quarter Fiscal Year 2004
Supplemental Data — Unaudited
| Net sales by geography* ($ in millions) | First Quarter 2004 | First Quarter 2003 | % Change | ||||||||
North America | $ | 550 | $ | 482 | 14 | % | |||||
Latin America | $ | 324 | $ | 210 | 54 | % | |||||
Europe-Africa | $ | 95 | $ | 108 | (12 | )% | |||||
Asia-Pacific | $ | 59 | $ | 46 | 28 | % | |||||
TOTAL COMPANY | $ | 1,028 | $ | 846 | 22 | % | |||||
| Net trade receivables by | As of | As of | ||||||||||
| geography* | Nov. 30, | Nov. 30, | Higher/ | |||||||||
| ($ in millions) | 2003 | 2002 | (lower) | |||||||||
United States | $ | 657 | $ | 893 | $ | (236 | ) | |||||
Argentina | $ | 252 | $ | 290 | $ | (38 | ) | |||||
Brazil | $ | 278 | $ | 199 | $ | 79 | ||||||
All other countries | $ | 399 | $ | 396 | $ | 3 | ||||||
TOTAL COMPANY | $ | 1,586 | $ | 1,778 | $ | (192 | ) | |||||
| Gross profit | First Quarter | First Quarter | ||||||||||
| ($ in millions) | 2004 | 2003 | % Change | |||||||||
Corn seed and traits | $ | 120 | $ | 117 | 3 | % | ||||||
Soybean seed and traits | $ | 99 | $ | 95 | 4 | % | ||||||
All other crop seeds and traits | $ | 16 | $ | 3 | 433 | % | ||||||
Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides | $ | 156 | $ | 58 | 169 | % | ||||||
All other agricultural productivity products | $ | 77 | $ | 77 | 0 | % | ||||||
TOTAL COMPANY | $ | 468 | $ | 350 | 34 | % | ||||||
* Attributed to relevant Monsanto legal entities. For example, a sale from the United States to a customer in Latin America is reported as a U.S. export sale.
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