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BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS BEGINNING STOCKS
Selected Countries
1,000 Metric Tons
January 1
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 (p) (f)1997
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia 9 10 7 7 5 5
Venezuela 2 2 2 2 2 3
Subtotal 11 12 9 9 7 8
EUROPEAN UNION
Belgium-Luxembourg 4 8 15 23 26 29
France 25 13 7 10 15 15
Greece 2 1 1 1 1 2
Italy 65 77 80 69 69 76
Portugal 21 35 46 53 51 48
Subtotal 117 134 149 156 162 170
EASTERN EUROPE
Romania 2 1 1 1 2 2
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey 6 10 17 10 17 15
OTHER ASIA
Hong Kong 1 1 2 2 0 0
Japan 65 62 63 41 42 30
Korea, Republic of 9 2 4 3 3 9
Subtotal 75 65 69 46 45 39
OCEANIA
New Zealand 7 5 5 3 4 6
TOTAL 218 227 250 225 237 240
SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and results of office research.
Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Division
Commodity and Marketing Programs
Foreign Agricultural Service (p)-preliminary (f)-forecast
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