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LAMB, MUTTON, AND GOAT MEAT STOCKS

          Selected Countries

          1,000 METRIC TONS
   ---Carcass Weight Equivalent---

                                                   1992              1993              1994              1995           (p)1996           (f)1997
PRODUCTION
  United States                                     159               153               140               130               121               113
  Mexico                                            136               138               142               138               137               139
  Argentina                                          82                80                82                68                56                55
  European Union                                  1,160             1,133             1,121             1,120             1,098             1,097
  Russian Federation                                329               359               316               261               217               190
  Saudi Arabia                                      285               194               197               189               192               193
  Turkey                                            378               378               372               372               366               363
  Egypt                                              83                85                83                81                83                84
  South Africa, Rep. of                             194               177               134               146               156               153
  India                                             595               610               615               622               630               637
  China, Peoples Republic of                      1,250             1,373             1,650             2,015             2,300             2,600
  Australia                                         636               646               634               576               580               603
  New Zealand                                       518               520               513               522               504               470
  Other Countries                                   443               450               434               384               320               285
TOTAL                                             6,248             6,296             6,433             6,624             6,760             6,982


IMPORTS
  United States                                      24                24                22                29                33                29
  Mexico                                             17                20                24                15                15                16
  European Union                                    228               213               183               214               221               222
  Russian Federation                                 15                15                15                18                 9                35
  Japan                                             113                96                81                84                75                75
  Other Countries                                     8                14                46                31                40                44
TOTAL                                               405               382               371               391               393               421


EXPORTS
  Argentina                                           5                 3                 3                 2                 2                 2
  European Union                                      4                 4                 5                 3                 4                 4
  Romania                                             2                 3                 2                 1                 1                 1
  Turkey                                              5                 4                 8                 3                 3                 3
  India                                              14                10                 8                12                12                12
  Australia                                         313               292               321               277               280               285
  New Zealand                                       458               410               468               360               372               380
  Other Countries                                    20                22                13                16                19                22
TOTAL                                               821               748               828               674               693               709


CONSUMPTION
  United States                                     179               173               157               157               150               138
  Mexico                                            153               158               166               153               152               155
  Argentina                                          77                80                82                67                56                58
  European Union                                  1,385             1,333             1,326             1,315             1,327             1,326
  Russian Federation                                347               370               336               284               230               226
  Saudi Arabia                                      321               277               255               238               244               247
  Turkey                                            365               375               365               368               373               377
  Egypt                                              83                90                88                84                88                89
  South Africa, Rep. of                             202               183               172               171               186               184
  India                                             581               600               607               610               618               625
  China, Peoples Republic of                      1,247             1,363             1,649             2,014             2,297             2,595
  Japan                                             111                96                88                82                75                75
  Australia                                         349               355               314               300               301               319
  New Zealand                                        87                85                95               113               114               114
  Other Countries                                   435               441               425               377               312               280
TOTAL                                             5,922             5,979             6,125             6,333             6,523             6,808



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: Tuesday, December 16, 2003