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Total Poultry Meat Production
  Selected Countries
(1,000 Metric Tons in Ready-to-Cook Equivalents)


                             1992        1993        1994        1995    (p) 1996    (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                      706         741         829         861         891         917
  Mexico                    1,396       1,422       1,483       1,554       1,590       1,680
  United States            11,885      12,396      13,206      13,786      14,516      15,285
  Subtotal                 13,987      14,559      15,518      16,201      16,997      17,882

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                   590         630         675         700         660         680
  Brazil                    2,932       3,211       3,491       4,140       4,160       4,330
  Colombia                    353         497         514         537         591         633
  Guatemala                    73          85          95         104         110         116
  Honduras                     35          39          40          41          41          41
  Venezuela                   333         350         365         410         406         402
  Subtotal                  4,316       4,812       5,180       5,932       5,968       6,202

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg          189         196         219         251         264         259
  Denmark                     158         162         172         168         170         175
  France                    1,866       1,875       1,961       2,083       2,165       2,230
  Germany                     604         615         641         655         657         662
  Greece                      175         173         175         178         179         181
  Ireland                      84          88          97         101         105         106
  Italy                     1,057       1,061       1,084       1,123       1,168       1,158
  Netherlands                 577         565         594         641         690         710
  Portugal                    237         238         248         235         247         247
  Spain                       867         840         880         910         920         920
  United Kingdom            1,276       1,244       1,289       1,330       1,372       1,408
  Subtotal                  7,090       7,057       7,360       7,675       7,937       8,056

EASTERN EUROPE
  Hungary                     320         307         320         368         365         370
  Poland                      336         300         345         367         380         390
  Romania                     190         160         135         160         180         200
  Subtotal                    846         767         800         895         925         960

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                    1,428       1,277       1,068         859         765         719
  Ukraine                     498         362         265         235         212         195
  Subtotal                  1,926       1,639       1,333       1,094         977         914

MIDDLE EAST
  Israel                      206         224         242         249         251         256
  Kuwait                        9          18          18          20          22          24
  Saudi Arabia                275         285         286         309         340         438
  Turkey                      330         350         330         390         435         475
  United Arab Emirates         15          16          18          20          21          22
  Subtotal                    835         893         894         988       1,069       1,215

AFRICA
  Egypt                       271         295         345         360         380         390
  Republic of South Af        673         641         667         736         789         830
  Subtotal                    944         936       1,012       1,096       1,169       1,220

ASIA
  China  (PRC)              4,540       5,736       7,550       9,347      11,000      12,500
  Hong Kong                    21          20          16          94          88          90
  Japan                     1,367       1,368       1,258       1,282       1,241       1,240
  Republic of Korea           354         369         378         415         425         435
  Singapore                    57          62          57          60          61          62
  Taiwan                      531         585         604         630         655         655
  Thailand                    710         685         740         825         890         945
  Subtotal                  7,580       8,825      10,603      12,653      14,360      15,927

OCEANIA
  Australia                   455         467         498         500         503         510
  Subtotal                    455         467         498         500         503         510

TOTAL                      37,979      39,955      43,198      47,034      49,905      52,886

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