BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS PRODUCTION
Selected Countries
1,000 Metric Tons
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 (p) (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada 77 73 74 75 85 95
Mexico 160 161 166 170 160 162
United States 1,073 1,078 1,106 1,160 1,197 1,167
Subtotal 1,310 1,312 1,346 1,405 1,442 1,424
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 298 303 305 301 306 291
Brazil 442 455 460 475 496 515
Colombia 88 79 77 84 85 86
Uruguay 31 33 31 34 37 39
Venezuela 36 37 37 38 39 39
Subtotal 895 907 910 932 963 970
EUROPEAN UNION
Belgium-Luxembourg 36 38 36 36 35 35
Denmark 25 24 23 24 23 23
France 180 160 151 154 153 148
Germany 205 175 158 156 160 160
Greece 7 7 8 9 10 10
Ireland 61 56 45 48 52 53
Italy 98 95 93 93 86 88
Netherlands 65 54 53 51 51 50
Portugal 12 11 9 9 8 8
Spain 54 50 50 51 48 51
United Kingdom 88 77 81 85 90 85
Subtotal 831 747 707 716 716 711
EASTERN EUROPE
Poland 74 74 60 53 51 49
Romania 27 16 16 14 17 17
Subtotal 101 90 76 67 68 66
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russian Federation 466 460 350 310 280 270
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey 66 65 64 66 65 65
OTHER AFRICA
South Africa, Republic of57 54 51 44 44 47
OTHER ASIA
Hong Kong 3 2 2 3 2 2
Japan 38 39 39 39 36 35
Korea, Republic of 10 16 18 18 19 22
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal 51 57 59 60 57 59
OCEANIA
Australia 162 154 152 145 148 153
New Zealand 44 46 46 50 50 50
Subtotal 206 200 198 195 198 203
TOTAL 3,983 3,892 3,761 3,795 3,833 3,815
SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and results of office research.
Foreign Agricultural Service Commodity and Marketing Programs (Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Division
p)-preliminary (f)-forecast
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