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TOTAL POULTRY MEAT CONSUMPTION
  Selected Countries
(1,000 Metric Tons in Ready-to-Cook Equivalents)


                             1992        1993        1994        1995    (p) 1996    (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                      762         794         861         890         915         948
  Mexico                    1,507       1,582       1,673       1,717       1,767       1,874
  United States            11,065      11,384      11,683      11,766      12,131      12,740
  Subtotal                 13,334      13,760      14,217      14,373      14,813      15,562

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                   630         679         732         715         670         670
  Brazil                    2,542       2,782       3,000       3,705       3,593       3,720
  Guatemala                    84          95         100         111         118         125
  Venezuela                   319         330         364         406         373         384
  Subtotal                  3,575       3,886       4,196       4,937       4,754       4,899

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg          166         164         178         182         195         196
  Denmark                      66          70          74          80          82          84
  France                    1,268       1,213       1,291       1,292       1,308       1,352
  Germany                   1,006       1,004       1,065       1,081       1,097       1,110
  Greece                      175         180         185         192         194         195
  Ireland                      68          79          80          82          89          88
  Italy                     1,078       1,065       1,063       1,069       1,113       1,103
  Netherlands                 282         292         307         316         334         339
  Portugal                    229         231         198         233         250         237
  Spain                       941         917         959         968         995         993
  United Kingdom            1,334       1,327       1,381       1,410       1,460       1,490
  Subtotal                  6,613       6,542       6,781       6,905       7,117       7,187

EASTERN EUROPE
  Hungary                     240         221         240         245         265         265
  Poland                      348         362         392         380         400         406
  Romania                     224         205         179         185         186         201
  Subtotal                    812         788         811         810         851         872

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                    1,517       1,486       1,588       1,749       1,819       1,809
  Ukraine                     509         375         271         244         233         226
  Subtotal                  2,026       1,861       1,859       1,993       2,052       2,035

MIDDLE EAST
  Israel                      195         224         230         235         238         245
  Saudi Arabia                521         553         558         582         617         647
  Turkey                      325         350         320         383         425         465
  United Arab Emirates         80          70          70          70          70          71
  Subtotal                  1,121       1,197       1,178       1,270       1,350       1,428

AFRICA
  Egypt                       296         297         350         364         382         395
  Republic of South Af        702         659         728         829         870         900
  Subtotal                    998         956       1,078       1,193       1,252       1,295

ASIA
  China  (PRC)              4,556       5,800       7,642       9,582      11,300      12,800
  Hong Kong                   188         211         225         300         307         300
  Japan                     1,752       1,750       1,725       1,798       1,793       1,795
  Republic of Korea           373         389         398         452         465         480
  Singapore                   101         106         113         112         113         114
  Taiwan                      526         580         600         627         652         667
  Thailand                    530         522         564         638         706         768
  Subtotal                  8,026       9,358      11,267      13,509      15,336      16,924

OCEANIA
  Australia                   451         460         489         490         493         498
  Subtotal                    451         460         489         490         493         498

TOTAL                      36,956      38,808      41,876      45,480      48,018      50,700

SOURCE: FAS post reports, official statistics, and inter-aForeign Agricultural Service
                                                          Commodity and Marketing Programs
(p) preliminary  (f) forecast                             Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Divisio


Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000