BUTTER PRODUCTION

BUTTER PRODUCTION SELECTED COUNTRIES (1,000 METRIC TONS)

	1992	1993	1994	1995	(p)1996	(f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada	86	83	88	93	93	92
Mexico	28	22	22	22	22	20
United States	619	596	588	573	533	535
Sub Total	733	701	698	688	648	647

SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina	37	36	43	51	55	65
Brazil	65	65	60	65	70	75
Sub Total	102	101	103	116	125	140

EUROPEAN UNION
Austria	43	43	42	42	45	46
Belgium-Luxembourg	75	73	73	91	89	91
Denmark	62	59	59	54	56	53
Finland	56	54	54	53	53	53
France	454	444	444	453	462	462
Germany	474	480	461	486	475	490
Greece	7	7	6	6	5	5
Ireland	142	135	136	150	150	145
Italy	76	73	77	81	81	81
Netherlands	191	184	159	132	126	128
Portugal	16	17	17	19	21	23
Spain	29	25	19	25	22	20
Sweden	37	39	32	28	30	30
United Kingdom	127	152	154	130	130	129
Sub Total	1,789	1,785	1,733	1,750	1,745	1,756

WESTERN EUROPE
Switzerland	38	38	41	42	41	40
Sub Total	38	38	41	42	41	40

EASTERN EUROPE
Poland	180	180	160	163	165	160
Romania	20	14	13	16	17	17
Sub Total	200	194	173	179	182	177

FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russia	762	732	488	419	350	350
Ukraine	303	312	254	219	200	190
Sub-Total	1,065	1,044	742	638	550	540

NORTH AFRICA
Egypt	4	5	7	6	7	8
Sub-Total	4	5	7	6	7	8

SOUTHEAST ASIA
India 1/	1,060	1,110	1,200	1,300	1,400	1,450
Sub Total	1,060	1,110	1,200	1,300	1,400	1,450

ASIA
Japan	95	108	80	80	86	88
Sub Total	95	108	80	80	86	88

OCEANIA
Australia 2/	116	131	147	138	153	163
New Zealand 3/	268	276	297	280	309	320
Sub Total	384	407	444	418	462	483

TOTAL	5,470	5,493	5,221	5,217	5,246	5,329

(p) - preliminary (f) - forecast 1/Year beginning April 1 of the year shown. 2/Year ending June 30 of the year shown. 3/Year ending May 31 of the year shown. Source: FAS/CMP/DLP

Last modified: Thursday, April 06, 2000