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WMP PRODUCTION

SELECTED COUNTRIES

(1,000 METRIC TONS)

             
  1992 1993 1994 1995 (p)1996 (f)1997
NORTH AMERICA            
Canada 11 10 8 6 4 4
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 76 70 76 78 61 62
Sub Total 87 80 84 84 65 66
             
SOUTH AMERICA            
Argentina 78 81 102 146 166 190
Brazil 170 160 175 200 220 240
Chile 47 51 54 61 61 62
Peru 1 1 3 3 4 4
Venezuela 67 72 63 60 52 45
Sub Total 363 365 397 470 503 541
             
EUROPEAN UNION            
Belgium-Luxembourg 40 50 66 73 80 85
Denmark 103 103 114 109 99 105
France 298 290 315 282 276 280
Germany 224 202 202 221 195 195
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 29 32 36 34 30 31
Italy 2 1 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 130 143 135 122 120 122
Portugal 7 7 7 6 6 5
Spain 17 17 18 18 17 17
United Kingdom 84 71 83 90 83 85
Sub Total 934 916 976 955 906 925
             
NORTH AFRICA            
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sub Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
             
ASIA            
China 306 265 265 317 333 350
Sub Total 306 265 265 317 333 350
             
OCEANIA            
Australia 1/ 67 80 93 104 113 128
New Zealand 2/ 274 308 333 342 333 366
Sub Total 341 388 426 446 446 494
             
TOTAL 2,031 2,014 2,148 2,272 2,253 2,376
             
(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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