BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS IMPORTS
Selected Countries
1,000 Metric Tons
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 (p) (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada 17 26 28 35 33 32
Mexico 71 71 60 30 40 43
United States 65 57 56 55 56 55
Subtotal 153 154 144 120 129 130
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil 11 21 16 33 30 35
Colombia 11 14 21 7 10 12
Subtotal 22 35 37 40 40 47
EUROPEAN UNION
Belgium-Luxembourg 3 3 5 2 3 2
Denmark 1 1 0 2 2 2
France 5 3 3 5 5 5
Germany 42 42 25 20 20 25
Greece 12 13 3 3 3 3
Italy 131 141 243 250 250 250
Netherlands 30 80 90 27 110 105
Portugal 32 39 56 43 41 37
Spain 26 35 29 42 50 46
United Kingdom 7 7 18 11 12 11
Subtotal 289 364 472 405 496 486
EASTERN EUROPE
Poland 7 12 17 21 26 30
Romania 22 10 15 17 15 15
Subtotal 29 22 32 38 41 45
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey 28 37 17 43 45 50
OTHER ASIA
Hong Kong 80 81 95 100 82 84
Japan 188 188 139 152 122 130
Korea, Republic of 385 372 356 342 338 320
Taiwan 91 94 112 112 126 115
Subtotal 744 735 702 706 668 649
OCEANIA
Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,266 1,347 1,404 1,352 1,419 1,407
SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and
results of office research.
(p)-preliminary (f)-forecast
Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Division Commodity and Marketing Programs
Foreign Agricultural Service
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