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TOTAL BROILER MEAT PRODUCTION
     Selected Countries
(1,000 Metric Tons in Ready-to-Cook Equivalents)
                                  1992      1993      1994      1995   (p) 1996   (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                           574       613       696       695        722        750
  Mexico                         1,346     1,364     1,383     1,435      1,451      1,550
  United States                  9,482     9,986    10,735    11,261     11,844     12,529
  Subtotal                      11,402    11,963    12,814    13,391     14,017     14,829
SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                        570       620       660       690        650        670
  Brazil                         2,872     3,143     3,411     4,050      4,060      4,220
  Colombia                         333       469       484       503        553        592
  Subtotal                       3,775     4,232     4,555     5,243      5,263      5,482
EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg               165       175       195       242        255        250
  Denmark                          137       145       152       149        155        157
  France                         1,020     1,046     1,070     1,095      1,151      1,190
  Germany                          344       349       362       352        350        355
  Greece                           144       144       146       145        146        148
  Ireland                           57        60        65        67         70         70
  Italy                            628       635       653       666        693        683
  Netherlands                      478       487       521       568        616        635
  Portugal                         206       206       213       188        200        200
  Spain                            798       764       804       830        840        840
  United Kingdom                   941       971       970       982      1,016      1,042
  Subtotal                       4,918     4,982     5,151     5,284      5,492      5,570
EASTERN EUROPE
  Hungary                          200       200       208       248        218        225
  Poland                           168       150       175       185        190        196
  Romania                          175       145       117       140        160        175
  Subtotal                         543       495       500       573        568        596
FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                           785       540       440       340        273        259
  Ukraine                          275       230       210       190        170        170
  Subtotal                       1,060       770       650       530        443        429
MIDDLE EAST
  Israel                           138       147       156       163        172        180
  Kuwait                             9        18        18        20         22         24
  Saudi Arabia                     265       275       276       298        328        423
  United Arab Emirates              15        16        18        20         21         22
  Subtotal                         427       456       468       501        543        649
AFRICA
  Egypt                            218       242       292       324        340        350
  Republic of South Africa         570       572       580       603        647        680
  Subtotal                         788       814       872       927        987      1,030
ASIA
  China  (PRC)                   2,310     2,800     3,300     3,700      4,400      5,100
  Hong Kong                         17        17        13        70         68         67
  Japan                          1,252     1,252     1,145     1,171      1,133      1,130
  Singapore                         46        51        48        50         51         52
  Thailand                         680       650       700       780        840        890
  Subtotal                       4,305     4,770     5,206     5,771      6,492      7,239
OCEANIA
  Australia                        410       420       448       450        453        459
  Subtotal                         410       420       448       450        453        459
TOTAL                           27,628    28,902    30,664    32,670     34,258     36,283
SOURCE: FAS post reports, official statistics, and inter-agency analysis.
 
(p) preliminary  (f) forecast
1/ Other includes Greece, Ireland, and Portugal through 1994. 


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000