TOTAL BROILER MEAT IMPORTS

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

                                 1992    1993    1994    1995 (p) 1996(f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                           57      57      62      73      68      65
  Mexico                           74      87     102      94      97     108
  Subtotal                        131     144     164     167     165     173

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                        42      47      52      20      25      20
  Brazil                            0       0       0       0       0       0
  Subtotal                         42      47      52      20      25      20

EUROPEAN UNION 1/
  Belgium-Luxembourg                1       0       0       0       0       2
  Denmark                           0       0       1       0       0       0
  France                            5       3       7       9      10      10
  Germany                          55      84      81      71      90      95
  Greece                            2       2       0       0       0       0
  Ireland                           8       9       0       0       0       0
  Italy                            25      23      18      12      12      12
  Netherlands                       6       6       9       1       8       4
  Portugal                          0       0       0       0       0       0
  Spain                            16      13      14      10      15      17
  United Kingdom                    0       2       2       4       5       6
  Subtotal                        118     142     132     107     140     146

EASTERN EUROPE
  Poland                           37      60      42      27      25      26
  Romania                          46      50      45      24       5       3
  Subtotal                         83     110      87      51      30      29

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                           45     146     475     800     950     970
  Subtotal                         45     146     475     800     950     970

MIDDLE EAST
  Saudi Arabia                    249     262     274     289     296     247
  Subtotal                        249     262     274     289     296     247

AFRICA
  Republic of South Africa         19       4      11      54      47      40
  Subtotal                         19       4      11      54      47      40

ASIA
  China  (PRC)                    165     224     323     590     700     850
  Hong Kong                       300     373     498     645     726     813
  Japan                           406     390     444     536     552     540
  Singapore                        56      56      68      60      58      61
  Subtotal                        927   1,043   1,333   1,831   2,036   2,264

OCEANIA
  Australia                         0       0       0       0       0       0
  Subtotal                          0       0       0       0       0       0

TOTAL                           1,614   1,898   2,528   3,319   3,689   3,889

SOURCE: FAS post reports, official statistics, and inter-agency analysis.
1/ EU trade excludes intra-EU trade
(p) preliminary  (f) forecast

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

Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000