EGG PRODUCTION
  Selected Countries
   (Million pieces)


                             1992        1993        1994        1995    (p) 1996    (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                     5670        5689        5736        5792        5835        5900
  Mexico                   21,050      21,471      25,896      25,760      26,000      26,500
  United States            70,860      72,072      74,136      74,592      76,296      79,080
  Subtotal                 97,580      99,232     105,768     106,144     108,131     111,480

SOUTH AMERICA
  Brazil                   14,190      12,700      13,460      16,065      16,870      18,220
  Colombia                  5,402       6,433       6,357       6,912       7,365       7,760
  Subtotal                 19,592      19,133      19,817      22,977      24,235      25,980

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg        3,196       3,324       3,600       3,858       3,700       3,600
  Denmark                   1,440       1,405       1,382       1,474       1,500       1,600
  France                   15,375      15,355      16,370      16,911      16,650      16,960
  Germany                  15,165      13,678      13,960      13,847      13,700      13,700
  Greece                    2,495       2,540       2,500       2,600       2,650       2,640
  Ireland                     653         655         605         610         612         614
  Italy                    11,454      11,502      11,599      12,017      11,800      11,900
  Netherlands              10,458      10,019      10,306       9,970       9,880       9,800
  Portugal                   1814        1787        1831        1869        1872        1872
  Spain                     8,675       8,454       9,670       9,983       9,984       9,984
  United Kingdom           10,699      10,645      10,620      10,644      10,580      10,565
  Subtotal                 81,424      79,364      82,443      83,783      82,928      83,235

EASTERN EUROPE
  Poland                    6,300       5,450       6,100       6,500       6,700       6,800
  Romania                   5,801       5,450       3,300       3,650       4,600       5,100
  Subtotal                  12101       10900        9400       10150       11300       11900

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                   42,900      40,300      37,400      33,720      32,000      31,500
  Ukraine                  13,445      11,766      10,145       9,500       9,000       9,000
  Subtotal                 56,345      52,066      47,545      43,220      41,000      40,500

MIDDLE EAST
  Turkey                    7,800       8,100       7,900       8,000       8,100       8,150
  Subtotal                  7,800       8,100       7,900       8,000       8,100       8,150

ASIA
  China  (PRC)            203,980     235,960     295,800     335,340     360,000     385,000
  Hong Kong                    21          23          18          21          22          23
  Japan                    42,911      43,252      43,047      42,167      42,760      43,200
  Republic of Korea         8,205       8,196       8,094       8,317       8,565       8,770
  Taiwan                    5,146       5,372       5,673       6,237       6,400       6,700
  Thailand                  8,154       7,336       7,530       7,700       8,100       8,900
  Subtotal                268,417     300,139     360,162     399,782     425,847     452,593


TOTAL                     543,259     568,934     633,035     674,056     701,541     733,838

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

Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000