HOG INVENTORIES
Selected Countries
1,000 Head
---January 1---
1992 1993 1994 1995 (p)1996 (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada 10,498 10,577 10,851 11,673 12,097 12,010
Mexico 9,928 11,298 12,083 12,513 11,118 10,218
United States 57,649 58,202 57,904 59,990 58,264 56,171
Subtotal 78,075 80,077 80,838 84,176 81,479 78,399
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil 33,050 31,050 31,200 31,338 32,497 32,739
EUROPEAN UNION
Austria 3,638 3,720 3,820 3,729 3,706 3,780
Belgium-Lux 6,598 6,970 6,948 7,060 7,153 7,345
Denmark 9,767 10,345 10,870 10,864 10,709 11,079
France 12,067 13,015 14,791 14,593 14,524 14,800
Germany 26,063 26,514 26,075 24,698 23,736 24,500
Greece 1,150 1,146 1,144 1,094 1,070 1,028
Ireland 1,346 1,423 1,487 1,498 1,542 1,631
Italy 8,549 8,307 8,348 8,000 7,964 7,900
Netherlands 13,727 13,709 13,991 13,931 13,958 14,000
Portugal 2,560 2,547 2,665 2,416 2,400 2,435
Spain 17,209 18,260 18,234 18,295 18,600 18,700
Sweden 2,280 2,276 2,328 2,313 2,330 2,200
United Kingdom 7,519 7,705 7,869 7,879 7,351 7,600
Subtotal 112,473 115,937 118,570 116,370 115,043 116,998
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
Switzerland 1,678 1,706 1,692 1,646 1,425 1,296
EASTERN EUROPE
Bulgaria 3,140 2,680 2,071 1,986 2,140 2,081
Czech Republic 4,613 4,528 4,035 3,862 3,805 4,026
Hungary 5,993 5,364 5,001 4,356 5,032 5,300
Poland 20,725 21,059 17,422 19,138 20,343 17,680
Romania 10,954 9,852 9,262 7,727 7,797 7,850
Subtotal 45,425 43,483 37,791 37,069 39,117 36,937
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russian Fed. 35,384 31,520 28,600 24,859 22,600 19,888
Ukraine 17,839 16,175 15,298 13,946 13,144 12,566
Subtotal 53,223 47,695 43,898 38,805 35,744 32,454
OTHER ASIA
China, PR 369,646 384,210 393,000 414,619 441,692 440,000
Japan 10,966 10,783 10,622 10,250 9,900 9,700
Korea, Rep 5,046 5,463 5,928 5,955 6,461 6,384
Philippines 8,022 7,954 8,227 8,941 9,023 9,078
Taiwan 10,089 9,754 9,845 10,066 10,510 10,698
Subtotal 403,769 418,164 427,622 449,831 477,586 475,860
OCEANIA
Australia 2,650 2,646 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,600
TOTAL 730,343 740,758 744,211 761,835 785,491 777,283
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
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