TALLOW AND GREASE BEGINNING STOCKS
Selected Countries
1,000 Metric Tons
January 1
1992 1993 1994 1995 (p)1996 (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
United States 243 155 166 174 164 135
CARIBBEAN
Dominican Republic 2 3 3 3 3 2
CENTRAL AMERICA
El Salvador 12 5 6 8 9 9
Nicaragua 0 1 1 1 1 1
Subtotal 12 6 7 9 10 10
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia 16 15 13 11 8 5
EUROPEAN UNION
Belgium-Luxembourg 2 8 8 10 30 51
Greece 1 1 1 1 1 1
Netherlands 11 18 18 17 24 19
Portugal 10 11 6 1 1 4
Subtotal 24 38 33 29 56 75
EASTERN EUROPE
Romania 1 1 0 0 0 0
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey 4 5 7 10 13 13
OTHER ASIA
Japan 23 25 26 33 26 26
Korea, Republic of 17 28 25 20 20 24
Subtotal 40 53 51 53 46 50
OCEANIA
New Zealand 1 1 15 2 4 8
TOTAL 343 277 295 291 304 298
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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