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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      


Last modified: Tuesday, December 16, 2003