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LAMB, MUTTON, AND GOAT MEAT EXPORTS

        Selected Countries

         1,000 Metric Tons
     Carcass Weight Equivalent

                                                 1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  United States                                     3                  4                  4                  3                  3                  4

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                                         5                  3                  3                  2                  2                  2

EUROPEAN UNION
  France                                            1                  1                  1                  1                  2                  2
  Germany                                           1                  1                  1                  0                  0                  0
  United Kingdom                                    2                  2                  3                  2                  2                  2
     Subtotal                                       4                  4                  5                  3                  4                  4

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                          7                  3                  4                  2                  2                  2
  Romania                                           2                  3                  2                  1                  1                  1
     Subtotal                                       9                  6                  6                  3                  3                  3

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Kazakhstan, Republic of                           0                  0                  0                  6                  6                  6
  Ukraine                                           5                  3                  2                  0                  0                  0
     Subtotal                                       5                  3                  2                  6                  6                  6

MIDDLE EAST
  Saudi Arabia                                      2                  2                  2                  2                  2                  2
  Turkey                                            5                  4                  8                  3                  3                  3
     Subtotal                                       7                  6                 10                  5                  5                  5

SOUTH ASIA
  India                                            14                 10                  8                 12                 12                 12

OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                        3                 10                  1                  3                  6                  8

OCEANIA
  Australia                                       313                292                321                277                280                285
  New Zealand                                     458                410                468                360                372                380
     Subtotal                                     771                702                789                637                652                665

TOTAL                                             821                748                828                674                693                709

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 Division


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000