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  PER CAPITA PORK CONSUMPTION

       Selected Countries

 Kilograms Per Person Per Annum
   Carcass Weight Equivalent

                                              1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                      34.0               32.8               34.0               33.4               32.0               31.9
  Mexico                                       9.9               10.1               10.6               10.4                9.6                9.5
  United States                               31.0               30.6               31.0               30.7               28.7               28.0
 
SOUTH AMERICA
  Brazil                                       7.5                7.8                8.0                8.9                9.3                9.8
 
EUROPEAN UNION                                40.6               43.4               42.6               42.1               42.3               42.8
  Austria                                     49.2               50.8               57.2               57.1               57.7               57.7
  Belgium-Luxembourg                          52.6               53.4               52.8               54.3               53.7               58.1
  Denmark                                     67.7               76.3               66.4               67.9               65.7               65.5
  France                                      37.4               36.2               36.2               35.8               35.8               36.3
  Germany                                     54.4               58.1               54.9               47.5               48.6               49.9
  Greece                                      20.7               20.7               21.5               21.4               21.7               21.8
  Ireland                                     38.0               39.3               37.8               38.1               38.7               38.8
  Italy                                       32.5               33.2               33.2               33.3               35.0               34.9
  Netherlands                                 42.1               53.8               43.7               44.2               44.1               43.4
  Portugal                                    27.6               31.9               39.0               35.5               37.5               38.0
  Spain                                       50.3               53.6               52.8               54.0               54.1               54.1
  Sweden                                      32.7               33.1               34.4               35.7               34.5               34.3
  United Kingdom                              22.9               23.9               23.2               22.8               23.2               23.0
 
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
  Switzerland                                 38.2               37.8               35.6               35.3               31.8               30.3
 
EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                    35.2               31.5               32.1               30.9               28.6               27.6
  Czech Republic                              67.9               65.8               70.8               64.6               64.8               66.9
  Hungary                                     52.3               47.0               46.4               40.1               60.3               66.7
  Poland                                      54.0               41.2               37.1               38.6               40.5               38.5
  Romania                                     20.2               14.2               22.5               18.1               17.9               18.0
 
FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation                          20.0               18.1               16.6               15.8               15.1               14.2
  Ukraine                                     22.9               19.8               18.0               15.9               15.0               14.9
 
OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                  22.6               24.2               26.9               30.3               32.9               33.0
  Hong Kong                                   72.3               71.0               68.8               54.6               46.8               48.8
  Japan                                       16.8               16.6               16.8               16.7               16.9               16.8
  Korea, Republic of                          16.7               17.4               17.9               18.4               19.1               19.3
  Philippines                                 10.4                9.9               10.0               10.4               11.0               11.4
  Singapore                                   32.7               33.3               33.0               31.8               30.9               30.0
  Taiwan                                      39.1               40.8               41.4               40.3               42.4               42.9
 
OCEANIA
  Australia                                   19.0               18.2               19.1               19.4               18.4               18.8
 



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