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Table 10. Volume of U.S. Exports of Tallow and Grease, by Country 1990 - 1997

   

Product Weight Equivalent

   

Country

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1/96-7/96

1/97-7/97

Metric Tons

   

Mexico

159,178

193,765

184,015

229,976

229,386

236,611

240,579

168,637

159,902

Turkey

68,803

58,923

53,151

90,148

78,861

128,341

129,757

109,489

79,356

Spain

51,461

77,222

153,383

100,882

109,574

97,194

64,468

48,902

15,483

Korea

74,032

70,574

90,256

73,099

68,972

105,085

60,566

46,301

20,634

Venezuela

62,202

67,749

77,028

77,308

60,460

96,289

57,650

49,997

40,012

Columbia

48,360

64,191

64,773

62,607

51,477

54,233

56,083

40,732

25,138

Netherland

49,929

57,929

103,698

129,935

111,210

123,374

47,212

36,173

19,049

Japan

43,643

56,288

46,236

34,222

37,253

45,929

41,557

25,026

28,981

Canada

14,449

15,467

23,054

23,528

25,552

29,908

39,792

22,019

25,225

Italy

11,369

12,141

37,389

51,605

56,888

54,648

39,219

31,183

4,020

El Savador

44,509

50,778

45,576

50,108

37,987

45,770

37,674

25,923

21,481

Dominican Republic

16,803

18,903

35,372

38,537

30,396

37,136

30,680

22,283

26,751

Guatemala

22,969

30,148

35,082

35,674

42,015

31,235

29,714

23,464

20,769

Nigeria

40,695

60,437

32,897

22,686

20,285

23,068

28,085

19,985

0

Egypt

19,550

28,879

45,205

34,973

34,077

45,239

22,837

19,497

9,999

Algeria

56,219

24,839

31,548

12,500

52,259

61,276

20,464

14,900

9,511

United Kingdom

82

29

11,835

10,566

12,564

18,088

20,316

15,249

5,990

Morocco

5,441

13,823

12,998

12,409

14,846

15,271

19,020

12,969

12,680

Honduras

1,993

8,142

11,515

8,583

5,399

17,684

16,934

14,389

10,699

Haiti

22,410

20,308

0

1,590

7,063

18,745

10,654

8,665

2,242

Philippines

6,979

5,070

17,745

14,880

7,072

9,934

6,916

4,927

4,471

China

5,059

0

0

0

6,349

84,483

5,336

1,715

416

Taiwan

7,361

4,937

5,610

6,403

17,952

33,567

4,703

4,463

1,387

Brazil

24,303

29,908

10,692

20,197

34,025

20,049

3,119

3,119

0

Ghana

0

2,000

928

4,000

3,400

13,774

2,500

2,500

0

                   

All Others

215,786

124,259

202,391

92,420

122,502

98,186

85,750

63,981

65,344

                   

Total Exports

1,073,585

1,096,709

1,332,377

1,238,836

1,277,824

1,545,117

1,121,585

836,488

609,540

Includes edible and inedible tallow, choice white grease, and yellow grease.