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
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