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BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS EXPORTS
          Selected Countries
          1,000 Metric Tons


                            1992               1993               1994               1995           1996 (p)            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                     78                 87                 79                 90                 97                105
  United States             610                581                602                667                675                651
     Subtotal               688                668                681                757                772                756

SOUTH AMERICA
  Brazil                     71                 76                 84                148                160                180
  Colombia                    1                  2                  2                  4                  5                  5
  Uruguay                    25                 20                 21                  3                  4                  4
  Venezuela                   2                  2                  3                  3                  3                  3
     Subtotal                99                100                110                158                172                192

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg          6                  5                  7                  6                  6                 10
  Denmark                     8                  6                  7                  5                  5                  5
  France                     10                  4                  4                  7                  5                  5
  Germany                    38                 40                 24                 34                 30                 25
  Ireland                     9                  9                 10                  4                  4                  4
  Italy                       9                  7                 10                 10                 15                 15
  Netherlands                66                 35                 37                 47                 40                 40
  Portugal                    2                  2                  3                  4                  4                  4
  Spain                       3                  5                  1                  1                  4                  6
  United Kingdom             19                 25                 22                 22                 22                 23
     Subtotal               170                138                125                140                135                137

EASTERN EUROPE
  Poland                     17                  5                  2                  2                  2                  2
  Romania                     0                  1                  0                  0                  0                  0
     Subtotal                17                  6                  2                  2                  2                  2

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation         28                150                216                195                185                195

MIDDLE EAST
  Turkey                      0                  0                  3                  2                  2                  2

OTHER AFRICA
  South Africa, Republic of   9                  8                  8                 10                  8                  9

OTHER ASIA
  Hong Kong                  75                 76                 93                100                 75                 79

OCEANIA
  Australia                 144                142                 96                 85                 90                 95
  New Zealand                31                 21                 22                 22                 21                 21
     Subtotal               175                163                118                107                111                116

TOTAL                     1,261              1,309              1,356              1,471              1,462              1,488

SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and results of office research.                       Foreign Agricultural Service
              Commodity and Marketing Programs
(p)-preliminary    (f)-forecast        Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Division


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000