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PORK CONSUMPTION
Selected Countries
1,000 Metric Tons
Carcass Weight Equivalent

                                              1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                       932                913                959                951                922                930
  Mexico                                       881                917                978                980                915                925
  United States                              7,926              7,902              8,087              8,067              7,628              7,516
     Subtotal                                9,739              9,732             10,024              9,998              9,465              9,371

SOUTH AMERICA
  Brazil                                     1,165              1,218              1,268              1,431              1,505              1,605

EUROPEAN UNION
  Austria                                      387                402                455                456                463                465
  Belgium-Luxembourg                           548                559                555                573                569                617
  Denmark                                      350                396                346                355                345                345
  France                                     2,148              2,088              2,094              2,083              2,085              2,120
  Germany                                    4,388              4,738              4,521              3,943              4,063              4,195
  Greece                                       214                215                225                225                229                231
  Ireland                                      135                140                135                136                138                138
  Italy                                      1,860              1,902              1,900              1,910              2,010              2,010
  Netherlands                                  639                822                672                684                687                680
  Portugal                                     272                315                385                350                370                375
  Spain                                      1,958              2,090              2,062              2,111              2,119              2,123
  Sweden                                       284                289                302                316                307                307
  United Kingdom                             1,328              1,391              1,351              1,333              1,355              1,349
     Subtotal                               14,511             15,347             15,003             14,475             14,740             14,955

OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
  Switzerland                                  267                267                253                253                229                220

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                     312                268                274                265                246                239
  Czech Republic                               701                679                731                667                669                690
  Hungary                                      537                480                471                404                603                663
  Poland                                     2,073              1,585              1,430              1,490              1,566              1,490
  Romania                                      459                318                500                396                387                385
     Subtotal                                4,082              3,330              3,406              3,222              3,471              3,467

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation                         2,974              2,694              2,466              2,346              2,241              2,095
  Ukraine                                    1,184              1,021                925                811                764                755
     Subtotal                                4,158              3,715              3,391              3,157              3,005              2,850

OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                26,236             28,394             31,867             36,257             39,752             40,255
  Hong Kong                                    420                421                417                338                295                313
  Japan                                      2,087              2,074              2,097              2,093              2,116              2,110
  Korea, Republic of                           731                767                798                830                867                887
  Philippines                                  710                687                715                760                820                865
  Singapore                                    103                107                108                106                105                104
  Taiwan                                       810                852                873                857                911                930
     Subtotal                               31,097             33,302             36,875             41,241             44,866             45,464

OCEANIA
  Australia                                    333                322                341                350                336                346

TOTAL                                       65,352             67,233             70,561             74,127             77,617             78,278

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