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
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