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NOTE TO READERS
The Livestock and Poultry: World Market and Trade
circular is designed to give the reader a snapshot picture of what is happening
among the major players in world beef, pork, broiler meat, and turkey trade.
Summary tables for meat production, imports, exports, and consumption are
presented to provide an overview of the world situation.
In addition, an explanation of significant changes in production, supply,
and demand (PSD) is provided for major meat importing and exporting countries.
Beginning March 2004, the circular will be posted to the
USDA and FAS website and transmitted electronically. The October 2003 circular
represents the last printed version.
Japan’s beef carcass conversion rate for 1995 onward was revised from 1.36 to 1.42 in accordance with the Japanese livestock industry. Processed beef is converted at 1.79.
China’s broiler production series has been revised for 1987-2001 to more accurately measure the size of production in the country. Previously, the production series only included western breeds for commercial production. The revision includes not only western breeds, but also domestic breeds as production of domestic breeds has reportedly grown to meet consumer taste. The revised production series is available on PSD Online at http://www.fas.usda.gov/psd.
World Totals
Only those countries that make up USDA’s official PSD
database are reported. This means
world totals do not encompass all production, consumption, and trade, but rather
the sum of those countries reported in USDA’s database, which represent the
most important players in the world meat PSD situation. In an attempt to capture these major players, the list of
countries reported changes periodically.
PSD Online
The entire USDA PSD database is available electronically on
PSD Online. Users can use this
system to generate the full set of PSD data for those countries reporting.
PSD Online can be reached through http://www.fas.usda.gov/psd.
In addition, please refer to the USDA/FAS Dairy, Livestock and Poultry (DLP) website at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/dlp/dlp.html for additional data and analysis, such as International Agricultural Trade Reports, Trade at a Glance and Country Pages. These reports are posted regularly on the homepage covering analysis on current issues and topics, new trade data, and market competition.
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