NDM CONSUMPTION SELECTED COUNTRIES (1,000 METRIC TONS)
	1992	1993	1994	1995	(p1996)	(f) 1997
NORTH AMERICA
Canada	35	37	31	27	19	22
Mexico	192	220	220	205	195	212
United States	340	292	418	410	460	374
Sub Total	567	549	669	642	674	608
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina	36	25	28	15	16	18
Brazil	69	80	90	108	115	119
Chile	14	15	15	14	15	16
Peru	9	7	8	7	5	6
Venezuela	4	4	9	9	13	13
Sub Total	132	131	150	153	164	172
EUROPEAN UNION
Austria	9	6	8	7	7	7
Belgium-Luxembourg	42	41	23	7	20	20
Denmark	15	10	15	12	13	10
Finland	14	15	12	10	9	9
France	398	342	320	305	283	294
Germany	130	90	80	98	88	90
Greece	8	8	7	7	7	0
Ireland	11	11	11	11	11	11
Italy	171	161	143	118	118	120
Netherlands	189	188	215	210	194	188
Portugal	11	11	14	12	12	13
Spain	32	40	41	40	40	40
Sweden	25	22	21	16	16	16
United Kingdom	91	81	77	79	75	77
Sub Total	1,146	1,026	987	932	893	895
WESTERN EUROPE
Switzerland	19	20	26	22	23	26
Sub Total	19	20	26	22	23	26
EASTERN EUROPE
Poland	40	28	10	30	35	35
Sub Total	40	28	10	30	35	35
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russia	243	230	176	175	170	185
Ukraine	51	49	40	35	30	30
Sub-Total	294	279	216	210	200	215
NORTH AFRICA
Algeria	122	140	116	108	120	125
Sub Total	122	140	116	108	120	125
SOUTH ASIA
India 1/	85	88	86	95	97	100
Sub Total	85	88	86	95	97	100
ASIA
China	40	36	54	45	42	45
Japan	284	270	299	284	276	269
Sub Total	324	306	353	329	318	314
OCEANIA
Australia 2/	40	33	41	43	43	45
New Zealand 3/	3	10	10	10	11	11
Sub Total	43	43	51	53	54	56
TOTAL	2,772	2,610	2,664	2,574	2,578	2,546
(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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