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TOTAL EGG IMPORTS, LESS HATCHING
  Selected Countries
   (Million pieces)


                             1992        1993        1994        1995    (p) 1996    (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                      397         486         551         426         510         535
  Mexico                      102         100         144          83         157         161
  United States                51          56          44          49          70          53
  Subtotal                    550         642         739         558         737         749

SOUTH AMERICA
  Colombia                     10          25          31          60          60          60
  Subtotal                     10          25          31          60          60          60

EUROPEAN UNION 1/
  Belgium-Luxembourg           29           2          16           7          20          20
  Denmark                     116         140           0           7           0           0
  France                       13          17           7          72          47          67
  Germany                      40          30          30          39         100         110
  Greece                        1           1           2           0           0           0
  Ireland                       0           0          12           0           0           0
  Italy                       111          66          87           3           0           0
  Netherlands                 107         160         122          33         120         130
  Portugal                      0           0           0          20          20          20
  Spain                         9          16           5          16           8           8
  United Kingdom               17          39          10           9          10          11
  Subtotal                    443         471         291         206         325         366

EASTERN EUROPE
  Poland                      965         730         220         596         150         100
  Subtotal                    965         730         220         596         150         100

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                       78          70          50          50          50          50
  Subtotal                     78          70          50          50          50          50

MIDDLE EAST
  Turkey                       30          37           2          21          20          20
  Subtotal                     30          37           2          21          20          20

ASIA
  China  (PRC)                 88          25           7          25          26          28
  Hong Kong                 1,633       1,604       1,691       1,681       1,723       1,757
  Japan                       771       1,605       1,696       1,820       1,820       1,780
  Republic of Korea            86          48          66          86          97         107
  Subtotal                  2,578       3,282       3,460       3,612       3,666       3,672

TOTAL                       4,654       5,257       4,793       5,103       5,008       5,017

SOURCE: FAS post reports, official statistics, and inter-aForeign Agricultural Service
1/ EU trade excludes intra-EU trade                       Commodity and Marketing Programs
(p) preliminary  (f) forecast                             Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Divisio


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000