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SHEEP AND GOAT INVENTORIES
Selected Countries
1,000 Head
---January 1---
1992 1993 1994 1995 (p)1996 (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
United States 11,507 10,906 9,714 8,886 8,461 7,937
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 25,706 24,500 23,500 21,626 17,956 17,306
EUROPEAN UNION
France * 11,761 11,451 11,505 11,385 11,140 11,190
Germany 2,488 2,386 2,369 2,340 2,437 2,440
Greece 9,694 9,659 9,604 9,559 9,386 9,201
Ireland 5,988 6,125 5,991 5,772 5,583 5,353
Italy 11,749 11,724 11,835 12,070 12,000 12,000
Portugal 4,242 4,196 4,141 4,235 4,239 4,230
Spain 24,625 24,615 23,872 23,058 21,322 21,400
United Kingdom 28,932 29,493 29,333 29,484 28,797 28,750
Subtotal 99,479 99,649 98,650 97,903 94,904 94,564
EASTERN EUROPE
Bulgaria 6,703 4,814 4,439 4,193 4,216 4,070
Poland 2,377 1,493 972 766 608 500
Romania 13,879 12,079 12,276 12,119 11,529 11,500
Subtotal 22,959 18,386 17,687 17,078 16,353 16,070
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Kazakhstan, Republic of 34,556 34,420 34,208 25,132 19,600 14,896
Russian Federation 55,255 51,368 43,700 34,500 28,336 23,519
Ukraine 7,829 7,237 6,863 5,575 4,080 2,925
Subtotal 97,640 93,025 84,771 65,207 52,016 41,340
MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia * 6,847 7,046 7,257 7,321 7,461 7,578
Turkey 44,700 44,600 44,000 43,000 42,400 41,800
Subtotal 51,547 51,646 51,257 50,321 49,861 49,378
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt 3,460 3,924 3,767 3,648 3,491 3,546
OTHER AFRICA
South Africa, Republic of 36,076 35,770 33,800 33,385 35,145 37,310
SOUTH ASIA
India * 161,084 162,155 163,156 164,242 165,384 166,010
OTHER ASIA
China, Peoples Republic of 206,210 207,329 217,314 240,528 276,857 296,000
OCEANIA
Australia 161,073 140,542 132,569 123,210 126,320 128,100
New Zealand 55,162 52,568 50,298 50,135 48,816 47,264
Subtotal 216,235 193,110 182,867 173,345 175,136 175,364
TOTAL 931,903 900,400 886,483 876,169 895,564 904,825
SOURCE: Counselor and attache reports, official statistics, and results of office research. Foreign Agricultural Service
* Data from 1992-1994 have changed to include both sheep and goat inventories. Commodity and Marketing Programs
(p)-preliminary (f)-forecast Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Divisi
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