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   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

 


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000