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BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS SUMMARY
          Selected Countries
          1,000 Metric Tons

                          1992              1993              1994              1995           (p)1996           (f)1997
PRODUCTION
  United States          1,073             1,078             1,106             1,160             1,197             1,167
  Canada                    77                73                74                75                85                95
  Mexico                   160               161               166               170               160               162
  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
  European Union           831               747               707               716               716               711
  Poland                    74                74                60                53                51                49
  Russian Federation       466               460               350               310               280               270
  Turkey                    66                65                64                66                65                65
  South Africa, Rep. of     57                54                51                44                44                47
  Japan                     38                39                39                39                36                35
  Australia                162               154               152               145               148               153
  New Zealand               44                46                46                50                50                50
  Other Countries           40                34                36                35                38                41
TOTAL                    3,983             3,892             3,761             3,795             3,833             3,815


IMPORTS
  United States             65                57                56                55                56                55
  Mexico                    71                71                60                30                40                43
  Brazil                    11                21                16                33                30                35
  European Union           289               364               472               405               496               486
  Romania                   22                10                15                17                15                15
  Taiwan                    91                94               112               112               126               115
  Hong Kong                 80                81                95               100                82                84
  Japan                    188               188               139               152               122               130
  Korea, Rep. of           385               372               356               342               338               320
  Other Countries           64                89                83               106               114               124
TOTAL                    1,266             1,347             1,404             1,352             1,419             1,407


EXPORTS
  United States            610               581               602               667               675               651
  Canada                    78                87                79                90                97               105
  Brazil                    71                76                84               148               160               180
  European Union           170               138               125               140               135               137
  Poland                    17                 5                 2                 2                 2                 2
  Russian Federation        28               150               216               195               185               195
  South Africa, Rep. of      9                 8                 8                10                 8                 9
  Hong Kong                 75                76                93               100                75                79
  Australia                144               142                96                85                90                95
  New Zealand               31                21                22                22                21                21
  Other Countries           28                25                29                12                14                14
TOTAL                    1,261             1,309             1,356             1,471             1,462             1,488

UTILIZATION
  United States            528               554               560               548               578               571
  Mexico                   231               232               226               200               200               205
  Argentina                298               302               304               300               305               290
  Brazil                   382               400               392               360               366               370
  Colombia                  97                94                96                89                90                91
  European Union           933               856               963               967               978               988
  Poland                    64                81                75                72                75                77
  Romania                   50                25                31                30                32                32
  Russian Federation       438               315               139               120               100                80
  Turkey                    90                95                85               100               110               110
  South Africa, Rep. of     48                46                45                35                38                41
  Taiwan                    91                94               112               112               126               115
  Japan                    229               226               200               190               170               165
  Korea, Rep. of           400               385               374               355               350               345
  Other Countries           98               103               153               178               183               187
TOTAL                    3,977             3,808             3,755             3,656             3,701             3,667



SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and results of office research.                   Foreign Agricultural Service
          Commodity and Marketing Programs
(p)-preliminary    (f)-forecast    Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Divisi


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000