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  TOTAL POULTRY MEAT IMPORTS
      Selected Countries
(1,000 Metric Tons in Ready-to-Cook Equivalents)
                                  1992     1993     1994     1995 (p) 1996 (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                            62       62       67       82       80       86
  Mexico                           116      160      190      163      177      194
  Subtotal                         178      222      257      245      257      280
SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                         42       48       52       20       25       20
  Subtotal                          42       48       52       20       25       20
EUROPEAN UNION  1/
  Belgium-Luxembourg                 2        1        2        0        0        2
  Denmark                            0        0        0        0        0        0
  France                            15       11       10       16       18       17
  Germany                          101      103      130      120      120      123
  Greece                             3        3        0        0        0        0
  Ireland                            0        6        0        0        2        2
  Italy                             30       27       18       16       16       16
  Netherlands                       11       22       10       12       18       18
  Portugal                           0        0        0        4        4        4
  Spain                             27       26       26       20       20       20
  United Kingdom                     0        7        5        6        7       10
  Subtotal                         189      206      201      194      205      212
EASTERN EUROPE
  Poland                            40       72       61       34       33       36
  Romania                           32       50       49       26        7        5
  Subtotal                          72      122      110       60       40       41
FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                            55      193      501      870    1,050    1,090
  Subtotal                          55      193      501      870    1,050    1,090
MIDDLE EAST
  Saudi Arabia                     250      263      275      290      297      247
  United Arab Emirates              65       54       63      100       90       95
  Subtotal                         315      317      338      390      387      342
AFRICA
  Egypt                             25        2        5        4        2        5
  Republic of South Africa          32       26       65       94       85       75
  Subtotal                          57       28       70       98       87       80
ASIA
  China  (PRC)                     174      240      344      625      750      900
  Hong Kong                        310      396      533      695      779      871
  Japan                            406      402      455      549      564      550
  Republic of Korea                 19       20       24       36       42       44
  Singapore                         57       58       70       61       59       62
  Thailand                           0        0        0        0        0        0
  Subtotal                         966    1,116    1,426    1,966    2,194    2,427
TOTAL                            1,874    2,252    2,955    3,843    4,245    4,492
SOURCE: FAS post reports, official statistics, and inter-agency analysis.
1/ EU trade excludes  intra-EU trade
(p) preliminary  (f) forecast
Foreign Agricultural Srvice
Commodity and Marketing Programs
Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division
March 1997


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