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      BEEF AND VEAL STOCKS
       Selected Countries

       1,000 Metric Tons
           January 1
   Carcass Weight Equivalent

                                             1992              1993              1994              1995           (p)1996           (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                       16                16                24                31                27                32
  United States                               193               166               242               252               239               174
     Subtotal                                 209               182               266               283               266               206

CARIBBEAN
  Dominican Republic                            2                 2                 2                 2                 2                 3

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                                    17                25                24                21                27                17
  Brazil                                       30                50                50                50                10                10
  Colombia                                      5                 9                 5                12                18                24
  Uruguay                                       0                 0                 0                 0                 0                 0
  Venezuela                                    12                 9                 7                 7                 6                10
     Subtotal                                  64                93                86                90                61                61

EUROPEAN UNION
  Austria                                       1                 2                 0                 0                 0                 0
  Belgium-Luxembourg                            6                 3                 0                 0                 5                 2
  Denmark                                      52                58                39                11                14                22
  France                                      165               203                84                 1                 0                95
  Germany                                     127               174                17                 0                 0               130
  Greece                                        4                14                13                11                 9                11
  Ireland                                     465               483               400               189                79               139
  Italy                                        67               102               172               200               211               318
  Netherlands                                   1                 2                 1                 1                 1                 1
  Portugal                                     19                19                18                22                21                19
  Spain                                        14                15                 1                 0                 0                50
  Sweden                                        1                 2                 2                 4                 4                10
  United Kingdom                              199               214               185                77                57               132
     Subtotal                               1,121             1,291               932               516               401               929

OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
  Switzerland                                   9                 6                 1                 0                 0                 0

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                      5                 5                 5                 4                 4                 8
  Czech Republic                               48                46                40                11                 9                 5
  Poland                                       20                10                10                10                 8                 9
  Romania                                      20                35                20                10                 5                 5
     Subtotal                                  93                96                75                35                26                27

MIDDLE EAST
  Saudi Arabia                                 10                10                10                10                 9                 7
  Turkey                                       20                33                38                23                58                77
     Subtotal                                  30                43                48                33                67                84

OTHER AFRICA
  South Africa, Republic of                    10                24                 0                 0                 0                 0

OTHER ASIA
  Hong Kong                                     0                 0                 0                 0                 0                 0
  Japan                                       106                98               120               118               128               140
  Korea, Republic of                           24                31                22                15                 7                11
  Philippines                                   8                 2                 3                 5                 7                 9
  Singapore                                     2                 2                 2                 2                 4                 4
     Subtotal                                 140               133               147               140               146               164

OCEANIA
  Australia                                    30                36                44                42                22                25
  New Zealand                                  27                24                56                61                89                86
     Subtotal                                  57                60               100               103               111               111

TOTAL                                       1,735             1,930             1,657             1,202             1,080             1,585

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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