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

                                              1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                     1,209              1,192              1,234              1,281              1,240              1,246
  Mexico                                       830                870                900                954                890                895
  United States                              7,817              7,751              8,027              8,097              7,765              7,751
     Subtotal                                9,856              9,813             10,161             10,332              9,895              9,892

SOUTH AMERICA
  Brazil                                     1,200              1,250              1,300              1,450              1,560              1,680

EUROPEAN UNION
  Austria                                      401                413                471                457                464                468
  Belgium-Luxembourg                           937                988              1,011              1,057              1,030              1,070
  Denmark                                    1,383              1,527              1,565              1,517              1,528              1,581
  France                                     1,994              2,034              2,126              2,145              2,193              2,260
  Germany                                    3,585              3,646              3,604              3,062              3,085              3,171
  Greece                                       153                150                144                147                149                151
  Ireland                                      203                213                215                206                205                213
  Italy                                      1,342              1,371              1,369              1,345              1,355              1,360
  Netherlands                                1,584              1,750              1,673              1,623              1,619              1,620
  Portugal                                     234                284                344                305                308                301
  Spain                                      1,918              2,088              2,107              2,175              2,180              2,200
  Sweden                                       277                291                307                310                315                304
  United Kingdom                               983              1,025              1,053              1,017                995              1,010
     Subtotal                               14,994             15,780             15,989             15,366             15,426             15,709

OTHER WESTERN EUROPE
  Switzerland                                  264                260                246                251                224                215

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                     312                265                267                265                251                238
  Czech Republic                               699                685                655                650                660                710
  Hungary                                      570                500                494                400                690                725
  Poland                                     2,052              1,537              1,358              1,580              1,600              1,450
  Romania                                      491                373                565                421                432                440
     Subtotal                                4,124              3,360              3,339              3,316              3,633              3,563

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation                         2,784              2,432              2,103              1,865              1,679              1,511
  Ukraine                                    1,180              1,013                916                807                767                759
     Subtotal                                3,964              3,445              3,019              2,672              2,446              2,270

OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                26,353             28,544             32,048             36,484             40,000             40,500
  Hong Kong                                    223                214                199                187                184                180
  Japan                                      1,432              1,433              1,390              1,322              1,264              1,225
  Korea, Republic of                           752                773                786                799                865                870
  Philippines                                  710                690                715                754                798                825
  Singapore                                     83                 85                 87                 85                 83                 80
  Taiwan                                     1,113              1,135              1,204              1,233              1,270              1,275
     Subtotal                               30,666             32,874             36,429             40,864             44,464             44,955

OCEANIA
  Australia                                    336                328                344                351                337                348

TOTAL                                       65,404             67,110             70,827             74,602             77,985             78,632

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