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
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