BEEF AND VEAL PRODUCTION
Selected Countries
1,000 Metric Tons
Carcass Weight Equivalent
1992 1993 1994 1995 (p)1996 (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada 898 860 903 928 1,015 1,130
Mexico 1,660 1,710 1,810 1,850 1,800 1,800
United States 10,613 10,584 11,194 11,585 11,750 11,703
Subtotal 13,171 13,154 13,907 14,363 14,565 14,633
CARIBBEAN
Dominican Republic 44 45 46 48 49 50
CENTRAL AMERICA
Costa Rica 84 93 94 93 93 92
El Salvador 23 25 27 27 26 26
Guatemala 52 53 48 50 53 54
Honduras 44 44 45 29 28 29
Nicaragua 50 52 54 50 49 49
Subtotal 253 267 268 249 249 250
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 2,520 2,550 2,600 2,600 2,550 2,500
Brazil 4,420 4,545 4,550 4,750 4,960 5,150
Colombia 630 563 566 604 617 637
Uruguay 365 309 368 344 370 390
Venezuela 365 377 370 347 354 354
Subtotal 8,300 8,344 8,454 8,645 8,851 9,031
EUROPEAN UNION
Austria 239 216 212 196 190 192
Belgium-Luxembourg 361 375 356 365 344 345
Denmark 217 200 190 185 183 181
France 1,831 1,704 1,588 1,648 1,673 1,600
Germany 1,826 1,575 1,447 1,407 1,445 1,440
Greece 80 80 83 85 86 88
Ireland 565 484 445 480 530 575
Italy 1,220 1,190 1,170 1,181 1,100 1,110
Netherlands 635 611 603 580 580 575
Portugal 127 116 122 105 94 101
Spain 539 488 478 508 485 500
Sweden 127 140 141 144 142 139
United Kingdom 959 863 918 976 712 713
Subtotal 8,726 8,042 7,753 7,860 7,564 7,559
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
Switzerland 165 155 142 147 139 138
EASTERN EUROPE
Bulgaria 122 123 95 87 94 69
Czech Republic 403 374 345 323 318 315
Poland 634 462 405 400 388 373
Romania 305 172 170 150 175 180
Subtotal 1,464 1,131 1,015 960 975 937
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Kazakhstan, Republic of 596 662 642 548 482 439
Russian Federation 3,632 3,359 3,240 2,734 2,543 2,390
Ukraine 1,656 1,379 1,427 1,186 1,079 993
Subtotal 5,884 5,400 5,309 4,468 4,104 3,822
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia 28 29 30 26 20 20
Turkey 550 566 574 623 609 609
Subtotal 578 595 604 649 629 629
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 410 364 392 402 430 450
OTHER AFRICA
South Africa, Republic of 745 691 581 542 548 580
SOUTH ASIA
India 935 945 1,050 1,230 1,290 1,345
OTHER ASIA
China, Peoples Republic of 1,803 2,337 3,270 4,154 4,700 5,000
Japan 592 593 602 601 557 545
Korea, Republic of 137 176 200 214 231 256
Philippines 131 133 135 139 148 157
Taiwan 5 5 5 6 6 6
Subtotal 2,668 3,244 4,212 5,114 5,642 5,964
OCEANIA
Australia 1,838 1,806 1,829 1,717 1,680 1,730
New Zealand 518 575 566 630 631 610
Subtotal 2,356 2,381 2,395 2,347 2,311 2,340
TOTAL 45,699 44,758 46,128 47,024 47,346 47,728
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 Divisi
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