TOTAL BROILER MEAT CONSUMPTION

     Selected Countries
(1,000 Metric Tons in Ready-to-Cook Equivalents)

                       1992      1993      1994      1995   (p) 1996   (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                633       668       733       736        754        776
  Mexico              1,415     1,451     1,485     1,529      1,548      1,658
  United States       8,776     9,100     9,385     9,449      9,802     10,344
  Subtotal           10,824    11,219    11,603    11,714     12,104     12,778

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina             610       668       717       705        660        660
  Brazil               2494     2,726     2,930     3,626      3,508      3,630
  Venezuela             315       325       355       380        360        370
  Subtotal             3419     3,719     4,002     4,711      4,528      4,660

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg    120       123       129       146        155        156
  Denmark                55        61        62        60         61         62
  France                638       613       659       648        663        700
  Germany               556       548       595       582        595        600
  Greece                150       154       157       162        164        165
  Ireland                58        60        61        62         66         66
  Italy                 646       645       656       648        675        665
  Netherlands           208       213       227       235        247        250
  Portugal              198       200       206       182        195        195
  Spain                 850       817       855       862        887        892
  United Kingdom      1,063     1,063     1,069     1,072      1,121      1,142
  Subtotal            4,542     4,497     4,676     4,659      4,829      4,893

EASTERN EUROPE
  Hungary               147       157       176       184        163        167
  Poland                190       214       217       207        214        219
  Romania               222       190       158       163        164        177
  Subtotal              559       561       551       554        541        563

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                830       686       913     1,138      1,221      1,227
  Ukraine               276       233       210       196        185        187
  Subtotal            1,106       919     1,123     1,334      1,406      1,414

MIDDLE EAST
  Israel                134       164       155       162        172        180
  Saudi Arabia          498       540       547       570        599        632
  Subtotal              632       704       702       732        771        812

AFRICA
  Egypt                 233       267       297       328        342        355
  Republic of South Africa
                        586       569       588       656        690        715
  Subtotal              819       836       885       984      1,032      1,070

ASIA
  China  (PRC)        2,343     2,879     3,383     3,940      4,710      5,470
  Hong Kong             210       212       234       230        258        260
  Japan               1,637     1,622     1,601     1,674      1,673      1,675
  Singapore              89        93       102       102        103        104
  Thailand              505       493       532       597        660        720
  Subtotal            4,784     5,299     5,852     6,543      7,404      8,229

OCEANIA
  Australia             406       413       440       440        443        447
  Subtotal              406       413       440       440        443        447

TOTAL                27,091    28,167    29,834    31,671     33,058     34,866

(p)-preliminary    (f)-forecast

SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, 
and results of  office research.

Foreign Agricultural Service	
Commodity and Marketing Programs	
Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Division	

Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000