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PER CAPITA BEEF AND VEAL CONSUMPTION
       Selected Countries

 Kilograms Per Person Per Annum
   Carcass Weight Equivalent

                                              1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                      35.0               33.5               34.1               34.0               33.6               34.3
  Mexico                                      20.2               20.0               20.6               20.1               19.4               19.4
  United States                               43.6               42.7               44.2               44.6               44.8               44.3

CARIBBEAN
  Dominican Republic                           4.5                4.7                5.0                5.5                5.9                6.1
 
CENTRAL AMERICA
  Costa Rica                                  17.7               19.4               19.6               19.2               18.5               18.7
  El Salvador                                  4.6                5.1                5.5                5.9                6.0                6.2
  Guatemala                                    4.0                3.8                3.9                4.2                4.5                4.5
  Honduras                                     4.4                4.4                4.7                3.7                3.4                3.1
  Nicaragua                                    7.9                6.9                6.9                5.8                5.4                7.3

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                                   67.3               67.8               65.8               60.7               60.9               57.6
  Brazil                                      26.4               26.8               27.1               28.9               29.2               29.6
  Colombia                                    18.0               16.2               15.7               16.5               16.6               16.8
  Uruguay                                     76.8               64.3               67.6               62.5               61.7               62.9
  Venezuela                                   18.8               19.0               17.7               16.1               15.9               15.9
 
EUROPEAN UNION                                20.5               20.1               20.1               19.9               18.4               18.8
  Austria                                     21.3               20.2               20.4               20.2               19.6               19.9
  Belgium-Luxembourg                          22.7               22.8               22.9               23.3               21.9               20.2
  Denmark                                     22.4               20.8               20.9               20.1               20.6               20.5
  France                                      28.9               29.6               26.7               27.4               24.9               25.7
  Germany                                     19.6               19.0               17.3               16.2               14.5               14.2
  Greece                                      21.3               21.6               21.7               21.5               21.2               21.2
  Ireland                                     17.2               17.1               17.4               17.4               15.4               16.3
  Italy                                       26.2               26.0               26.5               26.5               21.8               24.2
  Netherlands                                 19.5               18.2               20.2               20.2               20.7               20.1
  Portugal                                    17.8               17.4               19.5               18.2               14.2               16.2
  Spain                                       13.3               13.3               13.2               13.0               10.7               12.2
  Sweden                                      16.8               17.3               17.8               18.3               19.1               18.8
  United Kingdom                              19.6               17.2               17.3               16.7               14.0               15.0
 
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
  Switzerland                                 25.3               24.1               22.2               21.6               20.1               19.9
 
EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                    13.2               16.7               13.5               12.8               12.2                9.2
  Czech Republic                              39.1               36.6               36.9               30.6               30.7               30.7
  Poland                                      17.2               12.3               10.6               10.2               10.2               10.0
  Romania                                     12.7                8.1                8.0                7.3                8.1                8.4
 
FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Kazakhstan, Republic of                     32.8               35.6               35.8               30.2               26.7               25.9
  Russian Federation                          28.0               25.6               25.6               22.9               21.7               20.8
  Ukraine                                     28.8               25.3               24.5               19.8               17.6               16.0
 
MIDDLE EAST
  Saudi Arabia                                 5.6                5.6                4.7                3.9                2.7                2.9
  Turkey                                       9.7               10.0                9.9               10.3               10.1               10.1
 
NORTH AFRICA
  Egypt                                        8.8                9.0                8.8                8.3                8.5                8.5
 
OTHER AFRICA
  South Africa, Republic of                   19.4               18.7               16.4               14.8               14.7               15.0
 
SOUTH ASIA
  India                                        0.9                0.9                1.0                1.2                1.2                1.2
 
OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                   1.5                1.9                2.7                3.4                3.8                4.0
  Hong Kong                                   17.9               17.7               17.5               14.1               11.4               12.2
  Japan                                        9.6               10.4               11.6               12.1               11.5               11.5
  Korea, Republic of                           7.2                7.2                8.3                9.2                9.3               10.3
  Philippines                                  2.3                2.3                2.6                2.7                3.0                3.1
  Singapore                                    7.0                6.9                6.7                6.9                5.9                5.5
  Taiwan                                       3.0                3.0                3.2                3.4                3.2                3.4
 
OCEANIA
  Australia                                   36.9               35.8               37.4               36.0               35.2               33.6
  New Zealand                                 28.4               28.6               28.3               28.5               33.0               32.1
 



SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and 
results of office research.                 
Foreign Agricultural Service                                                                                                            Commodity and Marketing Programs
(p)-preliminary    (f)-forecast                                                                             Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Division


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000