CHEESE CONSUMPTION SELECTED COUNTRIES (1,000 METRIC TONS)
	1992	1993	1994	1995	(p) 1996	(f)1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada	271	285	295	291	280	282
Mexico	410	425	445	418	425	425
United States	3032	3090	3193	3274	3360	3446
Sub Total	3,713	3,800	3,933	3,983	4,065	4,153
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina	319	350	372	360	360	365
Brazil	300	326	367	449	425	445
Venezuela	75	76	76	76	53	76
Sub Total	694	752	815	885	838	886
EUROPEAN UNION
Austria	68	69	73	76	78	79
Belgium-Luxembourg	107	129	120	120	123	130
Denmark	93	80	77	103	119	106
Finland	53	59	59	62	64	66
France	1292	1213	1229	1248	1233	1248
Germany	883	916	943	954	965	975
Greece	235	235	245	248	249	250
Ireland	16	18	20	20	21	21
Italy	991	1040	1060	1070	1110	1110
Netherlands	193	218	223	227	230	232
Portugal	67	68	72	75	77	79
Spain	193	206	246	216	226	223
Sweden	135	144	145	142	141	142
United Kingdom	431	470	481	512	535	550
Sub Total	4,757	4,865	4,993	5,073	5,171	5,211
WESTERN EUROPE
Switzerland	105	109	108	104	106	105
Sub Total	105	109	108	104	106	105
EASTERN EUROPE
Poland	116	115	113	112	120	124
Romania	97	96	91	92	92	95
Sub Total	213	211	204	204	212	219
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russia	313	331	354	300	280	280
Ukraine	113	102	105	72	85	82
Sub-Total	426	433	459	372	365	362
NORTH AFRICA
Egypt	317	314	327	328	332	332
Sub Total	317	314	327	328	332	332
ASIA
Japan	160	168	173	183	194	200
Sub Total	160	168	173	183	194	200
OCEANIA
Australia 2/	156	151	158	148	177	188
New Zealand 3/	28	28	29	30	31	31
Sub Total	184	179	187	178	208	219
TOTAL	10,569	10,831	11,199	11,310	11,491	11,687
(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

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