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   TALLOW AND GREASE CONSUMPTION
         Selected Countries

         1,000 Metric Tons


                                                  1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                            25                 70                 94                 73                105                135
  Mexico                                           242                288                292                300                305                309
  United States                                  2,090              2,425              2,590              2,248              2,429              2,410
     Subtotal                                    2,357              2,783              2,976              2,621              2,839              2,854

CARIBBEAN
  Dominican Republic                                37                 40                 33                 40                 38                 38

CENTRAL AMERICA
  El Salvador                                       51                 51                 56                 39                 49                 51
  Guatemala                                         38                 37                 41                 43                 46                 48
  Nicaragua                                         22                 19                 20                 16                 19                 19
     Subtotal                                      111                107                117                 98                114                118

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                                        279                257                232                210                236                240
  Brazil                                           389                390                409                406                427                439
  Colombia                                          88                 94                 92                 64                 86                 62
  Venezuela                                         86                110                 71                 60                 60                 60
     Subtotal                                      842                851                804                740                809                801

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg                               139                140                143                145                138                152
  Denmark                                          133                140                121                114                120                122
  France                                           237                193                180                188                177                177
  Germany                                           52                 45                 33                 47                 55                 62
  Greece                                            10                 10                  9                  9                  9                 10
  Ireland                                           10                  6                  6                  6                  6                  6
  Italy                                            170                179                177                194                183                183
  Netherlands                                      363                410                392                387                387                390
  Portugal                                          37                 34                 29                 22                 15                 17
  Spain                                            362                287                305                322                281                276
  United Kingdom                                   287                281                273                286                200                210
     Subtotal                                    1,800              1,725              1,668              1,720              1,571              1,605

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                          12                 11                 11                  9                  9                  8
  Poland                                            65                 60                 58                 54                 55                 54
  Romania                                            8                  8                  7                  0                  0                  0
     Subtotal                                       85                 79                 76                 63                 64                 62

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation                               141                115                 92                 66                 66                 67

MIDDLE EAST
  Turkey                                            74                 95                 90                130                170                175

NORTH AFRICA
  Egypt                                             51                 35                 34                 35                 35                 35

OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                       116                782                860              1,213              1,312              1,353
  Japan                                            265                255                212                254                226                227
  Korea, Republic of                               244                225                236                241                292                280
  Taiwan                                            88                 81                 93                 91                105                 97
     Subtotal                                      713              1,343              1,401              1,799              1,935              1,957

OCEANIA
  Australia                                        191                225                109                123                111                113
  New Zealand                                       10                 10                 10                 10                 12                 13
     Subtotal                                      201                235                119                133                123                126

TOTAL                                            6,412              7,408              7,410              7,445              7,764              7,838

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: Tuesday, December 16, 2003