TOTAL TURKEY MEAT IMPORTS

      Selected Countries
(1,000 Metric Tons in Ready-to-Cook Equivalents)

                                   1992     1993     1994     1995 (p) 1996 (f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
  Canada                              5        5        5        6        5        5
  Mexico                             45       65       67       61       70       73
  Subtotal                           50       70       72       67       75       78

SOUTH AMERICA
  Brazil                              0        0        4        0        0        0
  Subtotal                            0        0        4        0        0        0

EUROPEAN UNION 1/
  Belgium-Luxembourg                  1        0        0        0        0        0
  Denmark                             0        0        0        0        0        0
  France                              1        1        0        0        0        0
  Germany                            16       41       34       12       13       12
  Greece                              2        3        0        0        0        0
  Ireland                             1        3        0        0        0        0
  Italy                               3        2        2        2        2        2
  Netherlands                         1        3        1        1        1        1
  Portugal                            0        0        0        2        3        3
  Spain                               2        2        0        0        0        0
  United Kingdom                      0        4        3        3        3        3
  Subtotal                           27       59       40       20       22       21

EASTERN EUROPE
  Poland                              3       12       15        7        8       10
  Subtotal                            3       12       15        7        8       10

FORMER SOVIET UNION
  Russia                              2        4       15       59       61       61
  Subtotal                            2        4       15       59       61       61

AFRICA
  Republic of South Africa           20       22       43       39       30       35
  Subtotal

ASIA
  Republic of South Korea            15       17       20       25       25       25
  Subtotal                           15       17       20       25       25       25

TOTAL                               107      173      188      198      206      213

SOURCE: FAS post reports, official statistics, and inter-agency analysis.
1/ EU trade excludes intra-EU trade
(p) preliminary  (f) forecast

Foreign Agricultural Service
Commodity and Marketing Programs
Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division
March 1997

Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000