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      TALLOW AND GREASE IMPORTS
          Selected Countries

          1,000 Metric Tons


                                                    1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                              24                 29                 38                 47                 50                 55
  Mexico                                             184                229                230                235                240                244
  United States                                       25                 25                 25                 27                 22                 25
     Subtotal                                        233                283                293                309                312                324

CARIBBEAN
  Dominican Republic                                  36                 38                 31                 38                 35                 36

CENTRAL AMERICA
  El Salvador                                         42                 50                 56                 38                 48                 50
  Guatemala                                           35                 34                 38                 40                 45                 47
  Nicaragua                                           21                 17                 17                 13                 17                 16
     Subtotal                                         98                101                111                 91                110                113

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                                           15                 11                  1                  1                 11                 15
  Brazil                                              53                 45                 59                 45                 50                 48
  Colombia                                            58                 66                 64                 33                 55                 31
  Venezuela                                           71                 82                 60                 50                 50                 50
     Subtotal                                        197                204                184                129                166                144

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg                                 114                 42                115                135                125                115
  Denmark                                             17                  2                  0                  2                  0                  0
  France                                               9                  3                  7                 10                  2                  2
  Germany                                             34                 37                 21                 26                 26                 28
  Greece                                               1                  1                  1                  2                  2                  2
  Italy                                               73                 67                 79                 67                 65                 65
  Netherlands                                        138                139                127                 99                 91                 93
  Portugal                                            11                  0                  4                  1                  0                  0
  Spain                                              179                 87                113                129                 70                 60
  United Kingdom                                       2                 10                 11                 23                 28                 22
     Subtotal                                        578                388                478                494                409                387

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                             5                  5                  0                  3                  2                  2
  Poland                                               0                  7                  2                  1                  1                  1
  Romania                                              1                  1                  1                  0                  0                  0
     Subtotal                                          6                 13                  3                  4                  3                  3

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation                                  38                  0                  3                 12                 17                 20

MIDDLE EAST
  Turkey                                              68                 88                 84                128                165                170

NORTH AFRICA
  Egypt                                               51                 35                 34                 35                 35                 35

OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                          47                 80                110                251                210                200
  Japan                                              115                 92                 71                 92                 80                 85
  Korea, Republic of                                 134                107                111                123                 99                120
  Taiwan                                              88                 81                 93                 91                105                 97
     Subtotal                                        384                360                385                557                494                502

TOTAL                                              1,689              1,510              1,606              1,797              1,746              1,734

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: Thursday, April 06, 2000