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    TALLOW AND GREASE PRODUCTION

         Selected Countries

         1,000 Metric Tons


                                                  1992               1993               1994               1995            (p)1996            (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                                           212                209                213                217                245                275
  Mexico                                            58                 59                 62                 65                 65                 65
  United States                                  3,309              3,650              3,851              3,756              3,500              3,490
     Subtotal                                    3,579              3,918              4,126              4,038              3,810              3,830

CARIBBEAN
  Dominican Republic                                 2                  2                  2                  2                  2                  2

CENTRAL AMERICA
  El Salvador                                        2                  2                  2                  2                  1                  1
  Guatemala                                          3                  3                  3                  3                  1                  1
  Nicaragua                                          2                  2                  3                  3                  2                  3
     Subtotal                                        7                  7                  8                  8                  4                  5

SOUTH AMERICA
  Argentina                                        268                260                250                248                240                235
  Brazil                                           336                345                350                361                377                391
  Colombia                                          29                 26                 26                 28                 28                 30
  Venezuela                                         15                 28                 11                 10                 10                 10
     Subtotal                                      648                659                637                647                655                666

EUROPEAN UNION
  Belgium-Luxembourg                                21                 22                 22                 23                 24                 24
  Denmark                                          129                118                104                 99                100                102
  France                                           275                240                206                220                220                220
  Germany                                          197                178                167                166                172                172
  Greece                                             6                  6                  8                  7                  7                  8
  Ireland                                           66                 67                 59                 61                 64                 67
  Italy                                             99                 98                 96                 96                 89                 91
  Netherlands                                      150                163                159                158                158                156
  Portugal                                          26                 23                 18                 18                 16                 18
  Spain                                             99                105                110                114                114                118
  United Kingdom                                   225                212                215                230                160                170
     Subtotal                                    1,293              1,232              1,164              1,192              1,124              1,146

EASTERN EUROPE
  Bulgaria                                          10                  9                 13                  9                  9                  8
  Poland                                            65                 63                 57                 60                 60                 58
  Romania                                            7                  6                  6                  0                  0                  0
     Subtotal                                       82                 78                 76                 69                 69                 66

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russian Federation                               106                115                 90                 55                 50                 48

MIDDLE EAST
  Turkey                                            12                 12                 12                 12                 12                 12

OTHER ASIA
  China, Peoples Republic of                        70                702                750                962              1,102              1,153
  Japan                                            153                165                150                157                148                144
  Korea, Republic of                               121                115                120                118                197                156
     Subtotal                                      344                982              1,020              1,237              1,447              1,453

OCEANIA
  Australia                                        472                526                446                423                441                463
  New Zealand                                      134                145                135                147                151                150
     Subtotal                                      606                671                581                570                592                613

TOTAL                                            6,679              7,676              7,716              7,830              7,765              7,841

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