RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/NG/S/11
9 June 2000
(00-2301)
Committee on Agriculture
Special Session
THE EFFECTS OF THE REDUCTION COMMITMENTS ON
WORLD TRADE IN AGRICULTURE
Statistical Background Paper by the Secretariat
1. At the first Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture on 23-24 March 2000, it was
agreed that the Secretariat would provide, inter alia , "a background paper in the context of
Article 20(b)" concerning the effects of the reduction commitments on world trade in agriculture(paragraph 7(c) of G/AG/NG/1).  The present paper responds to this request.  It updates and
substantially extends the statistical data that are contained in the note prepared by the Secretariat for
the purposes of the Committee's Article 18.5 consultations in November 1999 regarding Members'
participation in the normal growth of worl d trade in agriculture (G/AG/W/32/Rev.2).
2. The paper provides data on the development of the shares of selected countries in world
exports and imports (including food aid) for agricultural products as a whole and by selected
products/product groups.  Section I presents an over view with respect to the development of world
exports of agricultural products.  Section II provides technical notes with respect to the data.
Section III contains, for each of the products/produ ct groups, a table showing average market shares
of selected countries for the periods 1986-1990, 1991-1994, and 1995 until the most recent year forwhich data are available.  The averages are provided to facilitate the analysis of the data with regard
to possible trends or shifts in export and import performance.  Section IV contains the basic data for
Section III, i.e. market shares for the individual years, as well as exports and imports in absolute
terms.  In addition, the charts in Section IV s how, for the products/product groups concerned, the
world market shares of the leading exporters.
3. For the purposes of this paper, total agricultural products were broken down into the
following fourteen products/product groups:
(i) wheat/wheat flour
(ii) coarse grains
(iii) rice
(iv) sugar
(v) skim milk powder(vi) butter and butter oil
(vii) cheese
(viii) whole milk powder
1
(ix) bovine meat(x) pigmeat(xi) poultry meat
(xii) oilseeds
(xiii) fruit and vegetables
(xiv) "other" agricultural products.
                                                     
1 Whole milk powder is, in terms of world trade, the main product with the product group of "other
milk products" of which a number of Members have export subsidy reduction commitments.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Section I
Development of World Exports of Agricultural Products
4. Table 1 shows the development of the value of world exports of agricultural products (net of
intra-EC trade) in the period 1986 to 1998 using FAO data.2  The total value of agricultural exports
has expanded steadily since the late 1980s except in 1998 when world trade was affected by the Asianfinancial crisis.  World exports of "selected agricultural products" shown in Table 1 represent the
aggregate export value of the following product categories listed in paragraph 3 above:  wheat/wheat
flour, coarse grains, rice (cereals); sugar; the dairy and meat categories; oilseeds, and fruit and
vegetables.  World exports of "other" agricultural products stands for the remainder of total
agricultural exports (residual).  The basket of "other" agricultural includes basic agricultural products,
such as cocoa or wool, but also many processed products, such as cereal preparations or wine.  These
"other" agricultural products account for more than half of world exports of agricultural products andthe proportion has been rising since 1986-90.
Table 1 - World exports of agricultural products, 1986-1998 (billion US dollars)
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
A – World exports of
agricultural products190.8 213.4 229.7 227.2 262. 7 304.7 323.4 323.9 305.5
B – World exports of selected
agricultural products88.3 100.3 109.2 105.2 115.3 134.8 146.5 141.0 133.7
C – World exports of "other"
agricultural products(A – B =  C)102.5 113.1 120.5 122 147.4 169.9 176.9 182.9 171.8
C as a percentage of A 53.7 53.0 52.5 53.7 56.1 55.8 54.7 56.5 56.2
Notes:
(1) Data are net of intra-EC trade.  EC data are for the EC (15) as from 1986.
(2) "Selected agricultural products" include cereals, sugar, butter/butter oil, skim milk powder, whole milk powder,
cheese, bovine meat, pigmeat, poultry meat, oilseeds, and fruit and vegetables.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.
5. Table 2 provides a break-down of the value of world agricultural exports by product group.
"Other" agricultural products aside, fruit and vegetables are the largest individual category, followed
by cereals.  Significant developments since 1986-90 include the increase in the shares of poultry meat
and "other" agricultural products and the decline of the shares of cereals and sugar.
                                                     
2The FAO definition of agricultural products is not identical to the product coverage of the Agreement
on Agriculture as specified in Annex 1 to the Agreement.  For definitions, methods and country-specific notessee source.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 2 – Average share of selected produc ts in world agricultural exports (per cent)
Average
1986-1990Average
1991-1994Average
1995-1998
Cereals            13.5        12.1        11.6
Sugar              5.2          3.6          3.4
Skim milk powder              0.7          0.6          0.6
Butter/butter oil              0.6          0.6          0.5
Cheese              1.1          1.2          1.2
Whole milk powder              0.8          1.0          0.9
Bovine meat              3.6          4.1          3.2
Pigmeat              2.0          2.1          2.2
Poultry meat              1.0          1.6          2.1
Oilseeds              4.2          4.0          4.3
Fruit and vegetables            13.5        15.3        14.2
"Other" agricultural products            53.7        53.8        55.8
World exports of agricultural
products100 100 100
Note: The data are net of intra-EC trade.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.
6. Table 3 shows the average market shares of the leading exporters and importers of total
agricultural products for the periods 1986-90, 1991-94 and 1995-98 (FAO database).3  Countries are
ranked in descending order based on their market shares in 1998 (right-hand column of Table 3
refers).  The selected countries cover the fifteen leading Members, plus China and Chinese Taipei on
the export side,  and China and Chinese Taipei, Russia and Saudi Arabia on the import side.
7. The underlying data for Table 3 are presented in Tables 4 and 5.  As evident from these
tables, the US dollar value of trade in agricultural products has generally expanded since 1986.Therefore, a decrease in market share does not necessarily mean that the value of exports or imports
of the country concerned has declined in absolute terms.
                                                     
3 The market shares for the individual years are presented in Tables 20 and 21.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 3 – Share of selected countries in the value of total world exports and imports of
agricultural products (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 19981998
Exports
United States          19.9          20.7          19.8 18.8
EC (15)          16.6          18.1          17.7 17.7
Canada            4.1            4.5            4.6 5.0
Brazil            4.7            4.2            4.7 5.0
Australia            5.3            4.8            4.8 4.7
Argentina            2.7            3.1            3.5 4.1
China and Chinese Taipei            5.0            5.4            4.3 4.0
Malaysia            2.3            2.2            2.5 2.5
Thailand            2.5            2.8            2.7 2.4
Mexico            1.3            1.5            1.9 2.2
India            1.3            1.3            1.8 1.9
New Zealand            2.3            2.2            2.0 1.9
Indonesia            1.5            1.6            1.8 1.7
Turkey            1.5            1.6            1.5 1.6
Hong Kong, China            1.4            2.1            1.8 1.6
Colombia             1.4               1.2                1.1 1.2
Rest of world           26.1              22.9              23.5              23.8
Imports
EC (15)          22.7          20.6          18.9 18.7
United States          11.8          11.3          11.6 12.9
Japan          11.6          12.8          11.7 10.7
China and Chinese Taipei            4.1            3.9            5.0 4.4
Canada            2.8            3.1            3.0 3.4
Russia               -            4.7            3.5 3.2
Hong Kong, China            2.6            3.3            3.2 3.0
Mexico            1.5            2.3            2.2 2.6
Korea            2.4            2.8            2.8 2.1
Brazil            0.9            1.3            1.9 1.8
Switzerland            1.9            1.8            1.6 1.6
Saudi Arabia            1.7            1.4            1.4 1.5
Singapore            1.4            1.7            1.5 1.3
Poland            0.7            0.8            1.1 1.2
Egypt            1.4            1.0            1.1 1.2
Indonesia            0.6            1.0            1.4 1.1
Malaysia            0.8            1.1            1.2 1.1
Turkey            0.6            0.7            1.1 1.1
Rest of world          30.6          25.5          25.8              27.2
Note: Data are net of intra-EC trade. EC data are for the EC (15) as from 1986.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States    37,903.6    44,630.9    48,246.8    47,795.2     52,331.6    62,259.4    66,256.4    62,544.4   57,351.7
EC (15)     31,709.6    37,986.7     41,285.2     42,125.8      47,101.0    54,503.3    56,928.3    57,077.5   53,942.7
Canada        7,913.3        9,619.0     10,925.6      10,351.0      11,239.0     12,788.9     14,702.5       15,191.6   15,393.7
Brazil       8,873.7        7,961.7       9,095.6       9,696.7     12,554.7      13,354.1     14,307.6      16,001.8   15,215.8
Australia      10,123.6     10,449.2      11,064.4       11,107.7      11,954.9      12,691.2     16,085.5     16,946.2   14,343.9
Argentina       5,200.0        7,061.3       7,093.3       6,696.7       7,828.3       10,131.3       9,759.6     12,285.2   12,431.0
China and Chinese
Taipei       9,591.3      11,623.7     12,044.6       12,197.1     14,579.8      14,363.1     14,343.2      13,421.8   12,196.3
Malaysia       4,340.8        4,421.8        4,958.1        5,014.0       6,564.8       8,227.6       7,822.4        7,304.1      7,756.4
Thailand       4,797.7       5,880.5        6,671.2        5,991.5        7,120.7        9,021.8        9,517.7       7,749.8      7,353.4
Mexico       2,568.0        3,170.5       2,972.3       3,585.0       4,032.3        5,717.8        5,622.1       6,292.2      6,863.2
India       2,524.6       2,796.2        2,947.1       3,357.4       3,239.5       5,493.7       5,849.5        5,315.8      5,882.2
New Zealand       4,367.8       4,787.3       5,093.4        4,945.1       5,374.4        6,135.9       6,602.8       7,034.3      5,719.2
Indonesia       2,877.2        3,122.5         3,401.1        3,618.2       4,844.2       5,492.7        5,905.1       6,040.2      5,054.1
Turkey        2,781.8       3,747.7       3,420.0       3,632.6       4,033.9       4,300.9       4,700.3       5,206.3      4,788.1
Hong Kong, China       2,744.3        4,316.2       4,806.4       4,622.0       5,404.7       5,765.0         6,162.1       5,654.3      4,742.9
Colombia         2,586.6          2,524.0          2,532.0          2,379.0          3,417.7          3,341.1          3,179.1          4,025.9          3,785.3
Rest of world        49,863.7        49,354.5        53,128.3        50,076.3        61,059.3        71,160.5        75,651.6        75,818.3        72,662.2
World Total  190,767.6   213,454.0  229,685.2    227,191.2  262,680.8  304,748.4  323,395.7  323,909.7 305,482.2
Note:    Data are net of intra-EC trade. EC data are for the EC (15) as from 1986.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 5 -  Imports of agricultural products by selected country (million US dollars)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)         48,631.5         52,122.2         52,463.3         47,872.4         57,949.9         64,826.2         64,179.3         61,544. 2       60,443.9
United States         25,134.8         26,671.8         28,466.8         28,799.2         30,901.0         33,839.3         37,892.9         41,067. 7       41,864.5
Japan         24,717.6         29,624.9         31,311.1         31,720.4         37,703.6         41,180.7         41,789.7         38,204. 7       34,756.6
China and Chinese
Taipei          8,729.9           9,429.0           9,800.3           8,569.1         12,419.4         18,271.5         17,513.3         16, 313.0       14,073.6
Canada           5,992.9           7,346.1           7,585.1           7,983.8           8,606.7           9,079.8           9,522.6         10,515.6       10,845.5
Russia - -         14,121.1         11,860.5         10,737.4         12,830.9         10,935.2         13,039.5       10,198.2
Hong Kong, China           5,463.9           7,698.9           8,435.7           8,069.4           9,460.4         10,574.8         10,941.7         10 ,995.9          9,678.7
Mexico           3,102.8           4,586.5           5,999.0           5,861.6           7,135.2           5,334.6           7,549.8           7,764.4          8,500.8
Korea           5,092.8           6,952.5           7,018.6           6,684.6           7,843.8           9,673.3         10,736.1           9,709.8          6,762.2
Brazil           1,892.3           2,763.8           2,404.8           3,326.2           4,433.3           6,237.5           6,280.4           6,579.7          5,824.9
Switzerland           4,093.1           4,709.7           4,758.2           4,406.1           4,986.7           5,462.7           5,461.9           4,999.6          5,154.3
Saudi Arabia           3,731.3           4,336.8           3,662.6           3,418.8           3,123.4           4,481.8           4,741.1           4,893.8          4,908.8
Singapore           2,903.7           3,923.9           4,265.2           4,623.4           4,930.5           5,248.9           5,216.9           5,298.3          4,164.6
Poland           1,444.9           1,048.3           1,952.0           2,262.7           2,506.5           3,157.9           4,056.4           3,817.1          3,784.2
Egypt           3,070.9           2,530.5           2,546.6           2,276.4           2,777.0           3,364.4           3,861.9           3,437.6          3,783.2
Indonesia           1,318.3           2,051.0           2,412.3           2,352.8           3,129.1           4,883.9           5,623.6           4,467.4          3,654.5
Malaysia           1,775.3           2,396.5           2,596.9           2,734.5           3,182.4           3,877.1           4,382.9           4,366.4          3,533.8
Turkey           1,357.2           1,606.3           1,731.1           2,287.4           1,805.8           3,603.5           4,008.0           4,093.0          3,507.8
Rest of world         65,381.2         65,453.7         63,709.0         62,916.0         68,319.6         82,821.8         85,843.4         87,377. 5       88,010.2
World Total      213,834.3       235,252.3       255,239.6       248,025.2       281,951.8       328,750.5       340,536.9       338,485.2     323 ,450.1
Note:    Data are net of intra-EC trade. EC data are for the EC (15) as from 1986.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Section II
Technical Notes
"Selected" product groups
8. The market shares of the individual "selected" product groups presented in Sections III and IV
are based on export and import volumes, except for fruit and vegetables.   The shares of fruit andvegetables are based on export and import values.
9. On the export side, three categories of countries are distinguished:
(i) WTO Members with export subsidy reduction commitments,
(ii) "significant exporters", and
(iii) others.
10. In the export tables, all Members are listed which have, according to their Schedules, export
subsidy reduction commitments with respect to the selected product/product group concerned.  In thecase of Hungary, export subsidy commitments pursuant to the waiver decision are also taken into
account (WT/L/238 refers).  As a result Hungary is also included in the tables for skim milk powder,
butter/ butter oil and whole milk powder.  In addition, those Members are included which are
identified in the list of "significant exporters" for the purpose of the Committee's notification
requirements on export subsidy commitments (G/AG/ 2/Add.1 refers).  Furthermore, in order to
provide a more comprehensive picture of the development of shares in world exports, in a few cases it
was considered useful to include selected other WTO Members and non-Members, in particular those
which have emerged as major exporters during the period covered.  For each product/product group,
countries are ranked in descending order based on their exports in the most recent year.
11. The product definition of the statistical data presented in this paper does not necessarily
match the product definitions used for the purpose of export subsidy reduction commitments.  This
point should be borne in mind, in particular when comparing the statistical data with commitment
levels, subsidized exports or total exports as notified pursuant to Table ES:2 of document G/AG/2.
For example, although corn exports are, by definition, included in the total for coarse grain exports,
the United States' export subsidy reduction commitment for coarse grains does not cover corn.Members with reduction commitments on the basis of aggregate product groups are included in the
tables of each individual product/product group covered by the commitment.  For example,
Switzerland has an export subsidy reduction commitment for dairy products (excluding butter) and is
therefore included in the tables for skim milk powder and cheese but not in the table for butter.
Members with an agriculture-wide commitment (Costa Rica, New Zealand and Panama) are onlyincluded in the tables relating to products/product groups where they have "significant exporter"
status.
12. On the import side, the tables show for each of the selected products/product groups the
leading Members in the most recent year according to the data available.  Non-Members whose share
in world imports exceeded 10 per cent in recent years have also been included.
"Other" agricultural products
13. For "other" agricultural products, aggregate export  and import values have been calculated.
The average world market shares in "other" agricultural products of selected exporters and importers
are presented in Table 19.G/AG/NG/S/11
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14. For reasons of data availability, the exporters represent the leading countries in terms of total
agricultural exports, not necessarily of exports of "other" agricultural products.  The selected
exporters cover fifteen Members plus China and Chinese Taipei.
15. The countries included in the importing tables represent the leading Members in terms of
imports of total agricultural products but not necessarily of "other" agricultural products.  The selected
importers cover fifteen Members plus China and Chinese Taipei, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Data
16. The data provided in this paper are sourced from FAO, the International Grains Council
(IGC) and the International Sugar Organization (ISO ).  Other sources may produce different results in
terms of absolute volumes and values as well as year-to-year changes of shares in world export
volumes/values.  This may be due to a variety of reasons, including differences with respect to
product definition, reporting period (e.g. calendar year versus marketing year), conversion factors or
the revision of data.
17. The time period covered is 1986, the first year of the base period for reduction commitments,
until the most recent year for which data are available from the sources used.  In particular, FAO data
are currently available only up to 1998.  For reasons of consistency, more recent data available from
other sources were not used to complement FAO data.
18. It may be noted that the FAO and ISO data concerning world exports differ from world
imports of the same year.  In the case of the FAO data, world exports do not match the corresponding
world imports, amongst other reasons, because of time lags between shipment from the exporting
country and arrival in the importing country, differences among countries in the way in which the
same product is classified or differences in reporting periods (e.g. data for New Zealand are for the
year ending 30 June).  Furthermore, differences between world export and import values arise sinceexports are generally valued at the f.o.b. stage while imports are valued at the c.i.f. stage.
19. The trade data of the EC as well as the aggregate export and imports (referred to as "world
totals" in the tables) exclude intra-EC trade.  It s hould be noted that the FAO data for the EC refer to
the EC (15) as from 1986.  The International Grains Council provides data for the EC (15) as from
1994/95 and the International Sugar Organization as from 1995.
20. The country-specific and commodity-specific explanatory notes which are contained in the
sources are not reproduced in this paper.  The symbol " – " has been used in the tables to denote not
available or not applicable.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Section III
Average World Market Shares
Page
Wheat and wheat flour 10
Coarse grains 11
Rice 12
Sugar 13
Skim milk powder 14Butter and butter oil 15Cheese 16
Whole milk powder 17Bovine meat 18
Pigmeat 19
Poultry meat 20
Oilseeds 21
Fruit and vegetables 22
"Other" agricultural products 23G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 6 – Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of wheat and
wheat flour (per cent)
Average
1986/87 – 1990/91Average
1991/92 – 1994/95Average
1995/96 – 1999/2000
Exports
United States        36.0           34.6        29.8
Canada        20.0           21.5        18.0
Australia        12.6             9.7        16.2
EC        19.3           19.9        14.4
Argentina         4.6             6.4          8.8
Turkey         0.8             2.8          1.5
Hungary         1.4             0.8          1.4
Romania         0.1             0.0          0.7
Czech Republic -             0.1          0.4
Mexico         0.1             0.0          0.3
Bulgaria         0.2             0.2          0.4
Slovak Republic -             0.1          0.2
South Africa - - -
Switzerland 0.0             0.0             0.0
Rest of world         5.2             4.3          9.3
Imports
Brazil         2.1             5.9          6.4
Egypt         7.2             6.1          7.1
Japan         5.7             5.9          5.9
EC         2.3             1.5          3.4
Korea         3.6             4.6          3.6
Indonesia         1.9             2.9          3.5
Morocco         1.6             2.0          2.5
Mexico         0.6             1.3          2.2
Philippines         1.3             2.0          2.2
Pakistan         1.3             2.3          2.8
United States         0.4             1.7          1.8
Bangladesh         1.8             1.3          1.3
Rest of world        70.2           62.5        57.4
Source: Tables 23 and 25.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 7 – Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of coarse
grains (per cent)
Average
1986/87 – 1990/91Average
1991/92 – 1994/95Average
1995/96 – 1999/2000
Exports
United States     61.2       56.9       57.8
EC       9.9          9.7          7.9
Argentina       5.4          6.9       11.3
Canada       5.9          5.2          4.3
Australia       2.9          3.4          4.1
South Africa       1.9          1.6          1.5
Hungary       0.2          1.0          1.1
Turkey       0.1          1.0          0.4
Romania       0.3          0.0          0.4
Slovak Republic -          0.2          0.2
Mexico       0.0          0.0          0.1
Venezuela       0.0          0.0          0.1
Czech Republic -          0.1          0.1
Brazil 0.0          0.0          0.2
Rest of world     12.2       14.2       11.6
Imports
Japan     23.9       24.0       21.7
Korea       6.0          7.2          9.3
Mexico       5.7          5.9          8.4
Egypt       1.8          2.3          3.6
EC       4.4          3.5          3.7
United States       1.3          3.0          3.0
Malaysia       1.2          2.0          2.5
Colombia -          0.8          1.8
Brazil       0.8          1.4          1.2
Morocco       0.2          0.7          1.2
Venezuela       1.0          1.1          1.4
Israel       1.2          1.2          1.3
Rest of world     52.4       46.9       41.0
Source: Tables 27 and 29.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 8 – Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of rice
(per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
Thailand 39.2        32.0        26.7
India 3.1          4.8        16.2
Vietnam 5.4        11.1        14.6
China and Chinese Taipei 6.4          8.3          6.1
United States 20.2        16.4        12.6
Pakistan 8.6          7.8          8.1
Uruguay 2.1          2.5          2.7
EC (15) 2.8          2.2          1.5
Venezuela 0.0          0.3          0.3
Czech Republic -          0.0          0.1
Indonesia 0.4          0.9          0.0
Slovak Republic -          0.0          0.0
Romania -          0.0          0.0
Colombia 0.1          0.2          0.0
Rest of world 11.6        13.4        11.1
Imports
Bangladesh 2.4            0.2            5.7
Philippines 1.5            0.4            4.7
Indonesia 0.7            2.5            8.8
Brazil 3.7            5.6            4.4
Nigeria 2.4            2.3            2.8
EC (15) 7.3            6.0            4.1
Malaysia 2.3            2.7            2.7
Senegal 3.0            2.6            2.3
South Africa 2.3            2.7            2.4
United Arab Emirates 2.2            2.7            2.0
Japan 0.1            4.6            1.8
Côte d'Ivoire 2.9            2.2            1.9
Rest of world 69.0          65.5          56.3
Source: Tables 31 and 33.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 13
Table 9 – Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of sugar
(per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
Brazil 6.7              8.9           18.7
EC 18.1           17.5           14.7
Australia 10.6           11.2           12.6
Cuba 24.7           16.6              8.8
Thailand 8.4              9.9           10.7
South Africa 3.3              1.3              2.4
Mexico 1.5              0.3              1.9
Colombia 0.9              1.8              2.3
Poland 0.8              0.6              0.8
Hungary 0.1              0.1              0.2
Czech Republic -              0.3              0.2
Slovak Republic - 0.0              0.1
Romania 0.4              0.0              0.0
Rest of world 24.5           31.5           26.6
Imports
Russia -          13.8            9.2
Indonesia            0.7            1.0            4.2
United States            6.2            6.7            6.6
EC            6.3            6.0            5.1
Japan            6.6            6.2            4.8
Korea            3.9            4.2            3.9
Egypt            2.7            2.0            3.0
Malaysia            2.6            3.0            3.1
Canada            3.7            3.7            3.0
Nigeria            1.6            1.8            1.8
India            1.5            2.3            0.8
Morocco            1.1            1.3            1.5
Rest of world          63.1          51.1          52.9
Source:  Tables 35 and 37.G/AG/NG/S/11
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Table 10 –Average share of selected countries in  world export and import volume of skim milk
powder (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
Australia 6.8        13.3        18.3
EC (15) 41.5        30.8        25.2
New Zealand 13.5        13.5        14.6
Poland 4.6        10.9          9.2
United States 17.7          6.4          5.1
Canada 5.2          3.1          3.4
Czech Republic -          6.7          3.7
Slovak Republic -          1.0          0.6
Hungary 0.3          0.6          0.1
Switzerland 0.5          0.6          0.5
South Africa 0.3          0.8          0.2
Turkey 0.0          0.0          0.0
Rest of world 9.6        16.1        18.9
Imports
Mexico 11.1        10.6          9.4
Philippines 5.1          6.8          7.3
EC (15) 3.5          2.6          5.0
Malaysia 3.5          5.8          6.0
Japan 8.1          8.0          6.2
Nigeria 1.1          2.0          4.4
Thailand 3.2          5.1          4.8
Brazil 5.6          2.7          4.0
Indonesia 2.2          3.4          3.6
Singapore 2.1          2.5          2.6
Dominican Republic 1.3          2.0          1.9
Cuba 2.8          3.4          2.3
Rest of world 50.4        45.2        42.5
Source:  Tables 39 and 41.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 15
Table  11- Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of butter and
butter oil (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
New Zealand 25.9        26.9        34.3
EC (15) 54.8        32.2        24.6
Australia 4.6          8.0        11.9
Czech Republic -          3.2          3.1
Canada 0.2          0.9          1.4
Uruguay 1.1          0.6          1.3
United States 3.3        10.2          2.6
Hungary 0.5          0.7          0.2
South Africa 0.1          0.3          0.3
Norway 0.9          0.7          0.4
Slovak Republic -          0.1          0.1
Turkey 0.0          0.0          0.0
Romania 1.2          0.0          0.0
Rest of world 7.4        17.7        19.8
Imports
EC (15) 8.7          8.3        11.9
Russia -        23.0        22.3
United States 0.4          0.3          2.1
Egypt 7.5          5.5          6.0
Mexico 2.5          4.9          3.2
Estonia -          0.1          2.1
Morocco 2.2          3.5          2.9
Singapore 1.5          2.1          2.4
Jordan 1.7          2.7          2.3
United Arab Emirates 0.7          0.9          1.5
Brazil 2.0          1.3          1.9
Hong Kong, China 0.7          1.4          1.9
Rest of world 72.1        51.8        39.4
Source:  Tables 43 and 45.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 16
Table 12 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of cheese
(per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
EC (15) 53.7        51.7        42.2
New Zealand 12.2        12.9        17.3
Australia 8.0          8.9        12.4
Switzerland 7.8          6.8          5.1
United States 2.1          2.1          3.2
Canada 1.3          1.1          1.7
Norway 2.8          2.6          2.1
Czech Republic -          0.9          1.3
Hungary 1.6          1.5          1.1
Slovak Republic -          0.5          0.8
Bulgaria 2.8          2.1          0.6
Turkey 0.4          0.3          0.4
Cyprus 0.2          0.2          0.2
South Africa 0.0          0.0          0.1
Romania 0.9          0.2          0.0
Rest of world 6.2          8.4        11.4
Imports
Japan 13.3        15.4        15.5
United States 16.5        16.3        14.3
EC (15) 11.7        10.4          9.7
Mexico 1.3          3.1          2.2
Switzerland 3.2          3.4          2.8
Australia 2.6          2.9          2.8
Brazil 2.2          1.8          4.0
Canada 2.7          2.5          2.1
Philippines 1.0          1.3          1.4
Egypt 4.3          2.6          1.4
Kuwait 1.4          1.2          1.2
Korea 0.0          0.1          1.3
Rest of world 39.8        39.0        41.2
Source:  Tables 47 and 49.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 17
Table 13 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of whole milk
powder (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
EC (15) 66.8        54.5        44.7
New Zealand 18.1        24.4        25.4
Australia 6.5          6.4          9.6
United States 1.8          2.4          3.6
Czech Republic -          1.7          1.4
South Africa 0.1          0.5          0.7
Canada 1.1          0.6          0.4
Poland 0.0          0.3          0.3
Slovak Republic -          0.0          0.1
Brazil 0.0          0.1          0.1
Hungary 0.3          0.3          0.0
Switzerland 0.0          0.0          0.0
Turkey 0.0          0.0          0.0
Cyprus 0.0          0.0          0.0
Rest of world 5.2          9.7        13.6
Imports
Algeria        10.1        12.1          8.1
Brazil          3.4          4.1        12.8
Venezuela          7.0          6.3          6.1
Nigeria          0.6          1.9          5.3
Hong Kong, China          2.0          3.7          4.9
Mexico          9.2          4.8          3.4
Thailand          2.3          2.7          4.1
Malaysia          5.2          5.4          4.9
Philippines          4.3          3.4          3.4
Sri Lanka          3.4          2.7          3.2
Peru          2.8          2.3          2.6
United Arab Emirates          2.4          2.1          2.1
Rest of world        47.3        48.8        39.1
Source:  Tables 51 and 53.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 18
Table 14 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of bovine
meat (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
Australia        19.8        21.2        20.4
United States          8.8        11.8        15.8
EC (15)        24.9        23.8        17.1
New Zealand          8.9          8.3          8.6
Canada          2.5          3.4          5.8
Argentina          7.1          5.3          6.6
Brazil          6.4          5.4          3.7
Uruguay          3.4          2.0          3.4
Poland          1.6          0.5          0.9
Czech Republic            -          0.1          0.2
Hungary          1.2          0.6          0.4
South Africa          0.1          0.1          0.4
Slovak Republic            -          0.0          0.0
Colombia          0.3          0.0          0.0
Bulgaria          0.3          0.0          0.1
Norway          0.1          0.1          0.0
Cyprus          0.0          0.0          0.0
Romania          1.7          0.3          0.1
Turkey          0.0          0.0          0.0
Rest of world        13.1        16.5        16.3
Imports
United States        25.6        21.7        18.6
Japan        10.2        13.7        17.0
Russia            -        13.4        13.7
EC (15)        10.1          9.0          7.6
Mexico          0.8          3.1          3.1
Canada          3.8          5.2          4.7
Egypt          4.0          2.9          2.7
Korea          1.2          3.5          3.3
Chile          0.1          0.8          1.7
Malaysia          1.1          1.5          1.8
Brazil          5.7          1.7          2.3
Philippines          0.2          0.6          1.5
Rest of world        37.2        26.1        22.1
Source:  Tables 55 and 57.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 19
Table 15 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of pigmeat
(per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
EC (15)        29.1        34.6        32.0
United States          4.4          9.0        15.6
Canada        15.9        13.8        13.5
Poland          3.0          0.9          5.3
Hungary        11.7          5.7          4.6
Czech Republic            -          0.6          0.4
Romania          3.7          3.0          1.3
Cyprus          0.0          0.0          0.1
Bulgaria          4.5          0.6          0.4
Norway          0.3          0.1          0.1
South Africa          0.1          0.1          0.1
Slovak Republic            -          0.1          0.0
Rest of world        27.3        31.8        26.7
Imports
Japan        22.0        27.9        30.1
Russia            -        15.7        22.5
United States        30.1        17.9        11.3
Hong Kong, China          6.3          6.2          5.9
Mexico          2.2          5.4          3.4
Canada          1.0          1.4          2.1
Poland          1.2          3.5          2.0
Korea          0.2          1.0          2.5
Argentina          0.0          1.3          1.7
EC (15)          4.7          2.5          2.0
Romania          0.9          0.4          0.7
Hungary          0.1          1.0          1.1
Rest of world        31.2        19.4        14.5
Source:  Tables 59 and 61.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 20
Table 16 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of poultry
meat (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
United States         26.3               37.2            45.3
EC (15)         23.3               20.3            16.6
Brazil         15.2               15.5              9.6
Hong Kong, China          2.2                5.2              9.4
Thailand          6.4                6.5              3.5
Hungary         13.0                3.2              2.4
Poland          1.0                0.6              0.7
Bulgaria          1.8                0.5              0.2
South Africa          0.1                0.1              0.1
Turkey          0.1                0.1              0.1
Czech Republic            -                0.3              0.1
Romania          1.6                0.1              0.0
Slovak Republic            -                0.1              0.0
Cyprus          0.0                0.0              0.0
Norway          0.0                0.0              0.0
Rest of world          9.0               10.5            12.0
Imports
Hong Kong, China          7.4        13.1        17.0
Russia            -          9.2        19.5
Japan        15.9        16.7        13.7
Mexico          3.0          6.2          5.3
EC (15)          8.2          7.7          5.8
United Arab Emirates          3.1          2.7          2.2
Canada          2.2          2.3          1.8
Estonia            -          0.1          1.0
Singapore          3.0          2.5          1.6
Argentina          0.5          1.5          0.9
South Africa          1.3          1.5          1.7
Romania          0.7          1.3          0.5
Rest of world        54.7        37.1        29.0
Source:  Tables 63 and 65.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 21
Table 17 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import volume of oilseeds
(per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
United States          57.5          53.3          52.1
Brazil            9.5          10.4          13.0
Canada            8.5            9.4          10.3
Argentina            6.9          10.1            5.7
Paraguay            3.6            3.1            3.4
Australia            0.5            0.7            1.4
EC (15)            0.4            1.0            1.3
Hungary            0.5            0.8            0.6
Romania            0.0            0.0            0.1
Czech Republic             -            0.1            0.3
Slovak Republic             -            0.1            0.2
Poland            1.5            0.6            0.3
Bulgaria            0.1            0.2            0.2
South Africa            0.1            0.1            0.1
Colombia            0.0            0.0            0.0
Rest of world          10.9          10.2          10.9
Imports
EC (15)          44.9          43.4          40.2
Japan          21.1          19.5          15.8
China and Chinese Taipei            6.6            6.8          10.3
Mexico            4.7            7.6            8.4
Korea            3.4            3.5            3.4
Turkey            0.1            0.5            1.9
United States            1.0            1.6            1.9
Brazil            0.7            1.3            2.2
Thailand            0.1            0.3            1.2
Malaysia            1.2            1.6            1.2
Israel            1.4            1.4            1.2
Argentina            0.0            0.0            0.7
Rest of world          15.0          12.6          11.7
Source:   Tables 67 and 69.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 22
Table 18 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import value of fruit and
vegetables (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
United States 14.6         17.8        17.2
EC (15) 10.0         10.2        11.5
Turkey 5.7           4.9          5.1
Brazil 5.0           3.7          3.6
Canada 1.8           1.9          2.7
Chile 2.7           3.0          3.2
Costa Rica 1.3           1.7          2.1
South Africa 2.0           2.2          2.0
Poland 1.3           1.6          1.6
Australia 1.5           1.6          1.7
Philippines 1.5           1.5          1.3
Israel 2.5           1.6          1.3
Colombia 1.1           1.4          1.2
Hungary 1.7           1.4          1.1
Honduras 1.4           0.8          0.4
Czech Re public -           0.4          0.3
Bulgaria 1.2           0.3          0.3
Slovak Republic -           0.2          0.1
Cyprus 0.5           0.3          0.3
Switzerland 0.2           0.2          0.2
Venezuela 0.1           0.2          0.1
Romania 0.5           0.1          0.1
Norway 0.0           0.1          0.0
Rest of world 43.4         43.2        42.4
Imports
EC (15) 32.7           32.5           28.3
United States 17.0           15.2           16.8
Japan 10.0           11.2           11.5
Canada 6.5             6.1             5.7
Hong Kong, China 3.0             3.3             3.2
Switzerland 3.1             2.8             2.4
Brazil 0.9             1.0             1.9
Poland 0.2             0.7             1.1
Mexico 0.5             1.0             0.9
United Arab Emirates 1.4             1.1             1.3
India 1.0             0.9             1.3
Singapore 1.6             1.8             1.5
Rest of world 22.1           22.4           24.1
Source:  Tables 71 and 73.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 23
Table 19 –Average share of selected countries in world export and import value of "other"
agricultural products (per cent)
Average
1986 – 1990Average
1991 – 1994Average
1995 – 1998
Exports
EC (15)           17.2           19.9           20.7
United States           16.2           17.7           15.8
Brazil              5.6              4.6              4.7
Malaysia              4.0              3.9              4.2
Canada              2.7              3.5              3.7
Argentina              2.4              2.7              3.1
Australia              5.0              4.0              3.7
China and Chinese Taipei              4.9              4.5              3.8
Indonesia              2.6              2.7              3.0
Hong Kong, China              2.2              3.1              2.4
India              1.7              1.5              1.8
Mexico              1.4              1.3              1.7
Colombia              2.2              1.6              1.6
Thailand              1.4              1.7              1.9
New Zealand              2.3              1.8              1.6
Turkey              1.2              1.2              1.2
Rest of world           27.2           24.2           25.1
Imports
EC(15)           26.4           21.9           20.3
United States           13.7           13.1           13.7
Japan           10.5           10.9              9.5
China and Chinese Taipei              3.9              4.4              5.6
Hong Kong, China              3.3              4.4              3.9
Canada              2.6              2.9              3.0
Russia                -              3.3              2.9
Mexico              1.0              2.1              1.7
Korea              2.8              3.1              2.8
Switzerland              2.2              2.2              1.9
Singapore              1.6              2.2              1.9
Poland              0.9              1.0              1.4
Turkey              0.8              1.1              1.5
Brazil              0.6              0.9              1.5
Saudi Arabia              1.4              1.2              1.0
Malaysia              0.6              0.9              1.0
Indonesia              0.6              1.0              1.1
Egypt              0.9              0.8              0.7
Rest of world           25.9           23.4           24.6
Source:  Tables 75 and 77.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 24
Section IV
Basic Tables and Charts
Pages
Agricultural products 25-26
Wheat and wheat flour 27-31
Coarse grains 32-36
Rice 37-41
Sugar 42-46
Skim milk powder 47-51
Butter and butter oil 52-56
Cheese 57-61
Whole milk powder 62-66Bovine meat 67-71
Pigmeat 72-76
Poultry meat 77-81
Oilseeds 82-86
Fruit and vegetables 87-91"Other" agricultural products 92-96G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 25Table 20 - Share of selected countries in the value of world exports of agricultural products (per cent)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States 19.9 20.9 21.0 21.0 19.9 20.4 20.5 19.3 18.8
EC (15) 16.6 17.8 18.0 18.5 17.9 17.9 17.6 17.6 17.7
Canada 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.7 5.0
Brazil 4.7 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.9 5.0
Australia 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.2 5.0 5.2 4.7
Argentina 2.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.8 4.1
China and Chinese Taipei 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.6 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.0
Malaysia 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.5
Thailand 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.4
Mexico 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.2
India 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.9
New Zealand 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 1.9
Indonesia 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.7
Turkey 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6
Hong Kong, China 1.4 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6
Colombia 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2
Rest of world                 26.1          23.1          23.1          22.0         23.2          23.4          23.4          23.4          23.8
World export value              100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(US, EC, Australia,China and Chinese
Taipei)46.8 49.0 49.0 49.8 48.0 47.2 47.5 46.3 45.1
Source:  Table 4.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 26Table 21  - Share of selected countries in the value of world imports of agricultural products (per cent)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15) 22.7 22.2 20.6 19.3 20.6 19.7 18.8 18.2 18.7
United States 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.6 11.0 10.3 11.1 12.1 12.9
Japan 11.6 12.6 12.3 12.8 13.4 12.5 12.3 11.3 10.7
China and Chinese Taipei 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.5 4.4 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.4
Canada 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.4
Russia - - 5.5 4.8 3.8 3.9 3.2 3.9 3.2
Hong Kong, China 2.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0
Mexico 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.5 1.6 2.2 2.3 2.6
Korea 2.4 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 2.9 2.1
Brazil 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8
Switzerland 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6
Saudi Arabia 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
Singapore 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.3
Poland 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.2
Egypt 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2
Indonesia 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.1
Malaysia 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1
Turkey 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1
Rest of world            30.6           27.8           25.0           25.4           24.2           25.2           25.2           25.8           27.2
World import value 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four importers
in 1986-90 (EC, US, Japan,
China and Chinese Taipei)50.1 50.1 47.8 47.2 49.3 48.1 47.4 46.4 46.7
Source:   Table 5.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 27Table 22 - Share of selected countries in world ex port volume of wheat and wheat flour (per cent)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)
United States       36.0        32.5         35.3         35.6         35.3         36.9         26.8         28.2         29.9          27.8
Canada         20.0        22.6         20.5         19.6         23.1         18.7         18.1         21.3         14.5          17.7
Australia         12.6          7.7            9.1         13.8            8.6         13.4         18.1         15.1         16.6          17.2
EC         19.3        19.7         21.6         20.7         17.5         13.5         17.2         13.2         14.2          13.9
Argentina           4.6         5.3            7.0            4.9            8.6            4.9         10.4            9.7            9 .1            9.6
Turkey           0.8          5.9            1.9            1.3            1.8            1.0            0.8            1.3            2 .9            1.4
Hungary           1.4          1.5            0.5            0.1            1.2            2.6            0.8            1.6            1.8            0.5
Romania           0.1          0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0            1.9            0.1            0.7            0.5            0.5
Czech Republic - - -            0.2            0.0            1.3            0.2            0.0            0.2  -
Mexico           0.1          0.0            0.0            0.0            0.1            0.5            0.1            0.4            0 .2  -
Bulgaria           0.2          0.0            0.3            0.0            0.4            1.0            0.0            0.3 -  -
Slovak Republic - - -            0.1            0.0            0.8            0.0            0.0            0.1  -
S o u t h  A f r i c a - ---------
Switzerland            0.0          0.0            0.0            0.0            0.0            0.0            0.0            0.0            0.0  -
Rest of world           5.2          4.9            4.1            4.0            3.9            7.2            7.8            8.9         10.6          11.4
World export
volume         100        100          100          100          100          100          100          100          100           100
Total of top five
exporters (US,Canada, Australia,EC, Argentina)92.5 87.7 93.5 94.6 93.1 87.3 90.5 87.5 84.2 86.2
Source:  Table 23.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 28
Chart 1 - Share in world export volume of  wheat and wheat flour, 1986-2000 (per cent):
Top five exporters in 1999/2000
0481216202428323640
Average
1986/87-
1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/2000
(forecast)United States Canada Australia EC  ArgentinaG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 29Table 23 - Export volume of wheat and wheat flour (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)Basis for Inclusion
United States 34,684 35,061 37,148 32,941 32,417 33,382 26,522     28,000     28,900       29,000 Reduction commitment
Canada 19,229 24,378 21,609 18,169 21,279 16,915 17,906     21,100     14,000       18,500 Reduction commitment
Australia 12,174 8,283 9,526 12,771 7,900 12,105 17,943     15,000     16,100       18,000 Significant exporter
EC 18,589 21,278 22,746 19,124 16,098 12,190 17,005     13,100     13,700       14,500 Reduction commitment
Argentina 4,463 5,734 7,322 4,500 7,869 4,444 10,280       9,600       8,800       10,000 Other
Turkey 730 6,373 2,031 1,163 1,666 881 783       1,300       2,800         1,500 Reduction commitment
Hungary 1,322 1,602 500 131 1,079 2,352 773       1,600       1,700            500 Reduction commitment
Romania 124 10 0 0 0 1,707 109          700          500            500 Reduction commitment
Czech Re public - - - 196 41       1,132 191             29          172  - Reduction commitment
Mexico 85 0 0 2 97 451 109          417          154  - Reduction commitment
Bulgaria 215 25 300 11 339 895 20          330 - - Reduction commitment
Slovak Republic - - - 84 35 696 39             36          120  - Reduction commitment
S o u t h  A f r i c a - --------- Reduction commitment
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0               0               0  - Reduction commitment
Rest of world 5,057 5,283 4,349 3,707 3,614 6,556 7,779 8,800 10,300 11,900 Reduction commitment
World Total96,373 108,002 105,231 92,506 91,922 90,532 99,100     99,200     96,800     104,400
Notes:
(1) Volumes are in wheat equivalent;  International Grains Council (IGC) data include wheat, wheat flour and durum (grain and se molina);  FAO data include wheat and flour.
(2) Data for the Czech Re public, Mexico, the Slovak Republic and Switzerland are from FAO;  data for all other countries and world totals (incl. CIS int ra-trade) are from IGC.
(3) From 1989/90, IGC reports exports of flour from South Africa under processed secondary trade.
(4) IGC data are for July/June years.  FAO data are on a calendar year basis, with 1986 data accorded to 1986/87, 1987 to 1987/8 8 and so forth.
(5) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Sources:
(1) FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.
(2) International Grains Council (1999), "World Grain Statistics 1997/98".
(3) International Grains Council (30 March 2000), "Grain Market Report".G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 30Table 24 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of wheat and wheat flour (per cent)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)
Brazil 2.1 4.9 5.5 6.2 7.1 6.2          5.9 5.9 7.5 6.5
Egypt 7.2 5.4 5.9 6.4 6.7 7.0          7.1 7.3 7.6 6.4
Japan 5.7 5.4 5.6 6.5 6.2 6.3          5.9 5.7 5.9 5.6
EC 2.3 1.1 1.2 1.8 2.0 3.1          2.5 3.7 3.6 3.8
Korea 3.6 4.1 3.8 6.4 4.5 2.6          3.4 3.6 5.0 3.4
Indonesia 1.9 2.3 2.5 3.2 3.6 3.9          4.2 3.7 3.3 2.7
Morocco 1.6 1.4 2.8 2.6 1.3 2.6          1.7 2.7 2.7 2.7
Mexico 0.6 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.5 1.7          1.9 2.2 2.6 2.4
Philippines 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.2          2.1 1.9 2.4 2.3
Pakistan 1.3 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1          3.0 3.6 3.1 2.1
United States 0.4 0.9 1.4 2.6 2.2 1.3          1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8
Bangladesh 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.3          0.8 0.9 2.2 1.3
Rest of world 70.2 68.7 64.7 56.8 58.7 59.7        59.5 56.7 52.2 58.9
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100         100 100 100 100
Total of top five
importers in 1986/87-90/91 (Egypt, Japan,
Korea, EC, Brazil)20.9 20.9 22 27.3 26.5 25.2 24.8 26.2 29.6 25.7
Source:  Table 25.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 31Table 25 - Import volume of wheat and wheat flour (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)
Brazil         1,997         5,297         5,827         5,774         6,534         5,634         5,875         5,900         7,300         6,800
Egypt         6,962         5,809         6,224         5,887         6,203         6,322         7,035         7,200         7,400         6,700
Japan         5,489         5,828         5,911         5,979         5,730         5,681         5,862         5,700         5,700         5,800
EC         2,169         1,198         1,216         1,628         1,823         2,832         2,504         3,700         3,500         4,000
Korea         3,464         4,428         4,008         5,902         4,091         2,384         3,342         3,600         4,800         3,600
Indonesia         1,795         2,518         2,649         2,924         3,329         3,550         4,124         3,700         3,200         2,800
Morocco         1,563         1,556         2,897         2,448         1,181         2,335         1,645         2,700         2,600         2,800
Mexico            616            784         1,322         1,809         1,386         1,561         1,900         2,200         2,500         2,500
Philippines         1,261         1,680         1,987         2,211         1,976         1,961         2,100         1,900         2,30 0         2,400
Pakistan         1,255         2,310         2,613         2,085         2,024         1,903         3,003         3,600         3,000         2,200
United States            411            950         1,488         2,377         2,022         1,133         1,925         1,900         1,900         1,900
Bangladesh         1,758         1,449         1,054            982         1,690         1,179            820            900         2, 100         1,400
Rest of world       67,633       74,195       68,035       52,500       53,933       54,057 58,965       56,200       50,500       61,500
World Total 96,373 108,002 105,231 92,506 91,922 90,532 99,100       99,200       96,800    104,400
Notes:
(1) Volumes are in wheat equivalent; data include wheat, wheat flour and durum (grain and semolina).
(2) Data are for July/June years.(3) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Sources:
(1) International Grains Council (1999), "World Grain Statistics 1997/98".
(2) International Grains Council (30 March 2000), "Grain Market Report".G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 32Table 26 - Share of selected countries in worl d export volume of coarse grains (per cent)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)
United States     61.2 54.9 59.9 48.7 63.4 72.5 56.5 51.9 55.0 53.2
EC       9.9 9.2 10.5 10.5 8.6 4.1 9.3 4.7 9.5 11.3
Argentina       5.4 7.5 7.2 6.4 6.5 6.8 12.3 15.2 11.4 10.8
Canada       5.9 5.2 3.8 6.9 5.2 4.7 5.7 4.3 3.4 3.4
Australia       2.9 2.5 3.3 5.6 2.5 4.0 4.7 3.4 5.0 3.3
South Africa       1.9 0.5 0.0 2.0 3.7 0.6 3.2 1.9 1.4 0.5
Hungary       0.2 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 2.3 - -
Turkey       0.1 1.3 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.9 - -
Romania       0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 -
Slovak Republic - - - 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 -
Mexico       0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 -
Venezuela       0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 -
Czech Republic - - - 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 -
Brazil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 -
Rest of world     12.2 16.3 14.1 18.7 8.0 5.8 6.5 14.4 13.1 17.4
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top five
exporters (US, EC,Argentina, Canada,Australia)85.3 79.2 84.7 78.0 86.2 92.2 88.5 79.5 84.3 82.1
Source:  Table 27.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 33Chart 2 - Share in world export volume of coarse grains, 1986-2000 (per cent):
Top five exporters in 1999/2000
01020304050607080
Average
1986/87-
1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/2000
(forecast)United States EC  Argentina Canada AustraliaG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 34Table 27 - Export volume of coarse grains (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986/87-
1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)Basis for Inclusion
United States 54,992 50,894 53,159 39,610 57,355 66,376  52,282  44,500       52,500       54,100 Reduction commitment
EC 8,914 8,493 9,343 8,508 7,820 3,793     8,564     4,000         9,100       11,500 Reduction commitment
Argentina 4,867 6,924 6,348 5,210 5,871 6,246  11,412  13,000       10,900       11,000 Significant exporter
Canada 5,282 4,781 3,345 5,578 4,735 4,290     5,262     3,700         3,200         3,500 Reduction commitment
Australia 2,634 2,339 2,959 4,590 2,242 3,682     4,354     2,900         4,800         3,400 Other
South Africa 1,701 481 13 1,665 3,389 546     2,997     1,600         1,300            500 Reduction commitment
Hungary 135 2,491 390 18 552 574        489     1,950 - - Reduction commitment
Turkey 113 1,184 591 650 971 6        230        800 - - Reduction commitment
Romania        230             1             8             3             7        206        357        345            436 - Reduction com mitment
Slovak Republic - - - 169 171 178 8 60 341 - Reduction commitment
Mexico 6 57 19 48 36 83          79        132            231 - Reduction commitment
Venezuela 1             1           22           50           44         123           49           10           84 - Reduction commitment
Czech Re public - - - 49 43 122             8          11              57 - Reduction commitment
Brazil             0             0             1             4             5           12         352         358           24 - Reduction  commitment
Rest of world 10,961 15,106 12,551 15,214 7,251 5,330 6,057 12,332 12,528 17,700
World Total 89,836 92,752 88,748 81,366 90,492 91,567  92,500  85,700       95,500     101,700
Notes:
(1) Volumes include:  barley, maize, sorghum, oats, rye, millet, triticale and mixed grains.
(2) Data for Brazil, the Czech Re public, Mexico, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Venezuela are from FAO; data for all other countries and world totals (incl. C IS intra-trade) are
                from IGC.
(3) IGC data are for July/June years.  FAO data are on a calendar year basis, with 1986 data accorded to 1986/87, 1987 to 1987/88 and so forth.
(4) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Sources:
(1) FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.
(2) International Grains Council (1999), "World Grain Statistics 1997/98".
(3)    International Grains Council (3 0 March 2000), "Grain Market Report".G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 35Table 28 - Share of selected countries in worl d import volume of coarse grains (per cent)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)
Japan 23.9 22.6 24.4 26.2 23. 3 21.6 22.5 24.3 21.0 19.5
Korea 6.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 9.8 11.3 9.6 9.1 7.6 8.8
Mexico 5.7 6.6 5.7 4.8 6.5 8.9 6.9 8.3 9.0 8.8
Egypt 1.8 1.5 1.9 2.7 3.2 2.6 3.4 3.6 4.1 4.0
EC 4.4 3.5 2.7 3.5 4.2 5.7 3.3 2.6 3.9 2.9
United States 1.3 2.1 1.1 5.3 3.7 2.6 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.9
Malaysia 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.2
Colombia - 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 1.8 1.8
Brazil 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.4 2.2 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.8
Morocco 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.8 1.7
Venezuela 1.0 0.6 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3
Israel 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.3
Rest of world 52.4 52.3 50.7 43.7 40.6 39.0 42.2 39.4 41.0 43.1
World Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top five
importers in 1986/87
–1990/91 (Japan,Korea, Mexico, EC,Egypt)           41.8          40.6          41.1          43.3          47.0          50.1          45.7          47.9          45.6          44.0
Source:   Table 29.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 36 Table 29 - Import volume of coarse grains (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
(estimate)1999/00
(forecast)
Japan       21,492       20,943       21,633       21,294       21,072       19,800       20,847        20,800        20,100       19,800
Korea         5,409         5,903         5,675         4,960         8,845       10,391         8,896          7,800          7,300         9 ,000
Mexico         5,154         6,157         5,049         3,865         5,848         8,131         6,398          7,100          8,600         8,900
Egypt         1,631         1,399         1,687         2,182         2,908         2,401         3,105          3,100          3,900         4,100
EC         3,928         3,254         2,360         2,874         3,783         5,180         3,025          2,200          3,700         3,000
United States         1,148         1,961            958         4,273         3,333         2,424         2,846          2,800          2,900         3,000
Malaysia         1,067         1,533         1,670         1,605         2,150         2,332         2,560          2,100          2,300         2,200
Colombia - 433 620 798 900 1263 1669          1,900          1,700         1,800
Brazil            737            892            986         1,114         2,000            647            650          1,000          1,500         1,800
Morocco            201            443            836            526            732            874            679              700          1,70 0         1,700
Venezuela            915            534         1,095         1,213            981         1,259         1,275          1,400          1,400         1,300
Israel         1,102            827         1,142         1,115         1,240         1,152         1,517          1,000          1,200         1,300
Rest of world 47,051 48,473 45,037 35,547 36,700 35,713 39,033 33,800 39,200 43,800
World total 89,836 92,752 88,748 81,366 90,492 91,567       92,500        85,700        95,500    101,700
Notes:
(1) Volumes include:  barley, maize, sorghum, oats, rye, millet, triticale and mixed grains.
(2) Data are for July/June years.
(3) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Sources:
(1) International Grains Council (1999), "World Grain Statistics 1997/98".
(2) International Grains Council (30 March 2000), "Grain Market Report".G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 37Table 30 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of rice (per cent)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Thailand 39.2 35.1 33.9 31. 5 28.6 28.6 28.2 28.1 23.1
India 3.1 5.5 3.8 4.8 5.2 22.7 13.0 10.8 17.4
Vietnam 5.4 8.4 12.8 10.9 11.7 9.2 18.1 18.0 13.8
China and Chinese
Taipei6.4 6.6 6.8 9.5 9.6 1.1 1.8 5.1 13.8
United States 20.2 18.2 14.3 16.9 16.6 14.3 13.6 11.6 11.3
Pakistan 8.6 9.8 10.0 6.5 5.8 8.6 8.3 8.9 7.2
Uruguay 2.1 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.4 2.1 3.1 3.3 2.4
EC (15) 2.8 3.5 2.8 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.2
Venezuela 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3
Czech Republic - - - 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
Indonesia 0.4 0.0 0.3 2.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak Republic - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Romania - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Colombia 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world 11.6 10.0 12.8 12.7 17.2 11.6 11.9 11.9 9.6
World export volume         100         100         100         100         100         100         100         100         100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(Thailand, US, Pakistan,China and Chinese
Taipei)       74.4        69.7        64.9        64.4        60.6        52.5        51.9        53.7        55.2
Source:   Table 31.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 38
Chart 3 - Share in world export volume of rice, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top five exporters in 1998
010203040
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998Thailand India Vietnam China and Chinese Taipei United StatesG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 39Table 31 - Export volume of rice (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
Thailand       4,912       4,333       5,151       4,989       4,859       6,198       5,454       5,567       6,356 Significant exporter
India         384         678         580         768         891       4,913       2,512       2,134       4,800 Other
Vietnam         678       1,033       1,946       1,722       1,983       1,988       3,500       3,575       3,800 Other
China and
Chinese Taipei        795         818       1,034       1,507       1,630         236         357       1,010       3,792 Other
United States       2,532       2,243       2,164       2,680       2,822       3,084       2,640       2,296       3,113 Reduction commitment
Pakistan       1,079       1,205       1,512       1,032         984       1,852       1,601       1,767       1,972 Significant exporter
Uruguay         265         270         328         505         408         462         603         649         659 Reduction commitment
EC (15)         353         434         433         187         250         300         302         367         322 Reduction commitment
Venezuela             1             0           54           78           70           77           51           73           81 Reductio n commitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -             4             7           17           16           13           16 Reduction commitment
Indonesia           55             1           42         351         169             0             0             0             2 Reducti on commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             0             0             1             5             6             2 Reduction commitment
Romania            -             0             1             1             0             2             3             0             1 Redu ction commitment
Colombia           18           85             0             4             2             0             0             0             0 Reduction commitment
Rest of world       1,448       1,236       1,941       2,014       2,917       2,507       2,309       2,362       2,654
World Total     12,519     12,336     15,187     15,842     16,992     21,638     19,353     19,819     27,570
Notes:
(1) Includes paddy, husked, milled and broken rice.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT St atistics Database" from the Internet .G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 40Table 32 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of rice (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Bangladesh 2.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 4.8 5.0 1.0 10.1
Philippines 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.3 4.2 4.0 8.4
Indonesia 0.7 1.4 4.2 0.2 3.8 15.2 10.4 1.9 7.3
Brazil 3.7 8.1 4.0 4.7 5.9 4.2 3.8 4.6 5.0
Nigeria 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.4 1.7 4.1 3.8
EC (15) 7.3 6.3 5.4 5.4 6.7 3.8 4.5 5.1 3.3
Malaysia 2.3 3.4 3.1 2.6 2.0 2.1 2.8 3.6 2.5
Senegal 3.0 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.3 2.1
South Africa 2.3 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.3 3.2 2.0
United Arab Emirates 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.9 2.0 2.6 2.2 1.3 1.9
Japan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 15.3 0.1 2.2 3.2 1.9
Côte d'Ivoire 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.6 1.5 1.9 1.5 2.6 1.8
Rest of world 69.0 66.5 70.6 70.8 55.5 58.1 56.8 63.0 49.8
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90(EC, Brazil, Côted'Ivoire, Senegal)16.9 20.4 14.4 15.3 16.3 12.1 12.5 14.5 12.2
Source:   Table 33.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 41Table 33 - Import volume of rice (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Bangladesh           286           16           18           21           63         996      1,038         179      2,635
Philippines           182             0             1         202             2         263         867         722      2,200
Indonesia             87         171         610           24         630      3,158      2,150         348      1,895
Brazil           439         960         584         701         987         871         792         816      1,305
Nigeria           289         296         350         350         350         300         346         731      1,000
EC (15)           870         753         784         804      1,122         795         921         903         860
Malaysia           274         400         444         389         341         428         578         640         658
Senegal           356         399         374         385         348         441         559         402         557
South Africa           269         375         362        385         431         466         482         580         520
United Arab
Emirates          267         281         362         577         336         541         447         240         500
Japan             18           18           18         108      2,536           29         445         569         499
Côte d'Ivoire           348         318         343         387         253         404         314         470         470
Rest of world        8,191      7,910    10,230    10,510      9,228    12,045    11,742    11,251    13,002
World total       11,875    11,896    14,479    14,843    16,627    20,737    20,681    17,852    26,101
Notes:
(1) Includes paddy, husked, milled and broken rice.
(2)          For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT St atistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 42Table 34 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of sugar (per cent)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Brazil 6.7 5.9 7.1 10.3 12.0 18.5 15.0 18.0 23.3
EC 18.1 17.8 15.6 19.9 17.0 15.9 11.9 14.1 17.1
Australia 10.6 9.0 9.1 11.8 15.0 13.5 12.1 12.2 12.6
Cuba 24.7 24.8 19.1 12.5 10.6 7.6 10.8 9.8 6.9
Thailand 8.4 10.5 11.7 8.2 9.1 11.4 13.0 11.8 6.6
South Africa 3.3 3.3 0.8 0.2 1.1 1.1 2.7 2.7 2.9
Mexico 1.5 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.0 2.2 2.7
Colombia 0.9 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.1
Poland 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.5 1.6 1.0
Hungary 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4
Czech Republic - - - 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2
Slovak Republic - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
Romania 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world 24.5 25.7 33.9 34.2 31.5 28.4 29.6 24.6 24.1
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top five
exporters 1986-90(Cuba, EC Australia,
Thailand, Brazil)68.5 68.0 62.6 62.7 63.7 66.9 62.8 65.9 66.5
Source:   Table 35.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 43Chart 4 - Share in world export volume of sugar, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top five exporters in 1998
0510152025
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Brazil EC Australia Cuba ThailandG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 44Table 35 - Export volume of sugar (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
Brazil 1,854 1,613 2,273 3,008 3,616 6,299 5, 309 6,586 8,675 Reduction commitment
EC 5,031 4,862 4,983 5,832 5,097 5,414 4,209 5,152 6,357 Reduction commitment
Australia 2,947 2,456 2,907 3,445 4,506 4,594 4,288 4,462 4,691 Significant exporter
Cuba 6,892 6,767 6,085 3,662 3,188 2,603 3, 830 3,582 2,569 Significant exporter
Thailand 2,337 2,863 3,719 2,401 2,720 3,887 4,628 4,317 2,444 Significant exporter
South Africa 929 897 255 52 318 390 972 984 1,087 Reduction commitment
Mexico 418 253 7 0 96 255 696 797 1,022 Reduction commitment
Colombia 258 293 515 658 724 862 826 888 774 Reduction commitment
Poland 220 230 151 122 200 5 174 569 369 Reduction commitment
Hungary 34 22 144 0 1 49 12 45 133 Reduction commitment
Czech Republic - - - 99 95 52 33 145 89 Reduction commitment
Slovak Republic - - - 0 0 1 2 20 60 Reduction commitment
R o m a n i a 1 0 8 00500112 R e d u c t i o n  c o m m i t m e n t
Rest of world 6,822 7,006 10,811 10,024 9,449 9,667 10,512 8,964 8,991
World Total 27,849 27,262 31,850 29,308 30,010 34,078 35,492 36,512 37,263
Notes:
(1) Centrifugal sugar in terms of raw sugar.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   International Sugar Organization, "Sugar Yearbook", several issues.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 45Table 36 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of sugar (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Russia - - 16.7 17.3 7.5 9.3 9.3 8.1 10.1
Indonesia 0.7 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.5 2.0 3.4 5.3 5.9
United States 6.2 9.0 6.6 6.2 5.3 4.8 8.2 8.0 5.5
EC 6.3 6.5 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.9
Japan 6.6 7.2 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.3
Korea 3.9 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.7
Egypt 2.7 2.8 1.5 1.7 1.9 3.1 2.0 3.7 3.1
Malaysia 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.9
Canada 3.7 3.6 3.3 4.0 3.8 3.0 3.6 2.9 2.7
Nigeria 1.6 1.6 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.6
India 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 0.6 0.0 0.6 1.8
Morocco 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6
Rest of world 63.1 59.8 48.3 47.4 49.9 57.1 52.9 51.2 50.8
World import
volume100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters in 1992(Russia, US, Japan,EC)- -         35.0         35.5         24.5         24.5         27.7         25.9         24.8
Source:  Table 37.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 46 Table 37 - Import volume of sugar (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Russia - -         5,144         5,063         2,248         3,186         3,275         2,985         3,732
Indonesia 198            331            425            263            148            688        1,206         1,977         2,199
United States 1,714         2,354         2,045         1,829         1,603         1,637         2,870         2,953         2,056
EC 1,748         1,709         1,786         1,713         1,834         1,787         1,868         1,883         1,814
Japan 1,824         1,895         1,823         1,794         1,700         1,789         1,708         1,757         1,604
Korea 1,069         1,160         1,229         1,188         1,274         1,311         1,402         1,437         1,378
Egypt 737            736            465            504            566         1,076            718         1,357         1,162
Malaysia 724            719            901            898            982         1,057         1,114         1,163         1,065
Canada 1,017            957         1,015         1,162         1,149         1,025         1,260         1,067         1,009
Nigeria 440            409            697            551            461            443            602            645            961
India 418 0 0 0         2,654            215 0            216            670
Morocco 293            280            406            416            455            478            513            603            590
Rest of world 17,400       15,714       14,899       13,885       15,008       19,584       18,562       18,966       18,836
World Total 27,581       26,264       30,835       29,266       30,082       34,276       35,098       37,009       37,076
Notes:
(1)  Centrifugal sugar in terms of raw sugar.
(2)  For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   International Sugar Organization, "Sugar Yearbook", several issues.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 47Table 38 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of skim milk powder (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Australia 6.8 13.2 10.1 12.7 17.4 15.0 20.7 17.0 21.5
EC (15) 41.5 32.7 38.9 33.7 17.5 31.7 23.7 26.1 18.0
New Zealand 13.5 17.1 13.2 10.3 14.0 11.7 13.3 16.9 17.0
Poland 4.6 6.1 11.7 13.4 11.7 8.3 8.0 10.4 10.3
United States 17.7 5.0 7.2 8.1 5.2 5.0 1.9 5.8 7.5
Canada 5.2 4.1 2.8 1.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 2.8 3.5
Czech Republic - - - 7.3 6.1 4.5 4.5 2.7 2.8
Slovak Republic - - - 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7
Hungary 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
Switzerland 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3
South Africa 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world 9.6 17.6 14.8 9.5 22.7 18.4 22.4 17.4 17.9
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters 1986-90(EC, US, NewZealand, Australia)79.6 68.0 69.3 64.7 54.0 63.4 59.7 65.8 63.9
Source:   Table 39.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 48
Chart 5 - Share in world export volume of skim milk powder, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top five exporters in 1998
051015202530354045
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998Australia EC (15) New Zealand Poland United StatesG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 49Table 39 - Export volume of skim milk powder (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
Australia           76         115         105         119         167         177         198         183         210 Reduction commitment
EC (15)         463         285         406         316         167         375         227         282         175 Reduction commitment
New Zealand         151         149         138           96         134         138         127         183         166 Significant exporter
Poland           51           53         122         126         112           98           77         112         101 Reduction commitment
United States         198           44           75           76           49           60           19           62           73 Reduction commitment
Canada           58           36           30           17           34           44           35           30           34 Reduction commitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -           69           58           54           44           29           27 Reduction commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -           12             8             8             6             4             7 Reduction commitment
Hungary             4           16             3             2             3             3             0             0             3 Reduction commitment
Switzerland             5           10             7             7             0             6             8             5             3 Reduction commitment
South Africa             3           10             3             9             7             3             2             1             2 Reduction commitment
Turkey             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Reduction commitment
Rest of world         107         153         154           90         218         218         214         188         174
World total       1,116         871 1,043         938         958      1,184         956      1,080         975
Notes:
(1) The product is referred to as dry skim cow milk in the FAOSTAT database.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source: FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 50Table 40 - Share of selected countries in worl d import volume of skim milk powder (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Mexico 11.1 3.6 13.0 15.2 9.7 8.0 9.8 10.9 9.1
Philippines 5.1 7.1 6.8 6.1 7.3 7.8 6.5 8.1 6.9
EC (15) 3.5 2.1 1.6 2.9 3.7 3.6 4.9 6.0 5.8
Malaysia 3.5 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.4 6.0 6.2 5.3
Japan 8.1 10.9 8.6 5.9 7.1 7.7 5.8 6.0 5.1
Nigeria 1.1 2.7 2.3 2.1 0.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.8
Thailand 3.2 4.7 5.6 4.2 5.9 6.0 5.2 3.8 4.0
Brazil 5.6 4.8 1.0 2.4 2.6 4.0 5.3 3.1 3.3
Indonesia 2.2 3.6 3.5 2.9 3.6 4.5 3.5 3.4 2.9
Singapore 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.1 3.0 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.6
Dominican Republic 1.3 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1
Cuba 2.8 4.0 2.4 3.6 3.4 3.0 2.0 2.2 1.7
Rest of world 50.4        45.9        44.9        45.1        45.0        40.2        42.5        41.4        46.3
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90(Mexico, Japan, Brazil,Philippines)30.0 26.3 29.4 29.5 26.7 27.5 27.3 28.2 24.4
Source:   Table 41.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 51Table 41 - Import volume of skim milk powder (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Mexico         136           38         145         190         118         106         127         133         103
Philippines           63           76           75           76           88         104           84           98           78
EC (15)           43           23           18           36           44           48           63           73           65
Malaysia           42           61           67           72           72           86           78           75           60
Japan         100         117           96           73           86         103           75           73           57
Nigeria           14           29           26           26           11           55           55           55           55
Thailand           40           51           62           52           72           80           67           46           46
Brazil           69           51           11           30           32           53           69           38           37
Indonesia           27           38           39           37           44           61           46           41           33
Singapore           25           27           28           26           36           41           32           29           29
Dominican Republic           15           27           20           22           24           22           24           24           24
Cuba           34           43           27           45           41           40           27           27           19
Rest of world         618         493         499         563         547         536         552         502         522
World import
volume     1,227       1,074       1,112       1,249       1,214       1,334       1,298       1,213       1,126
Notes:
(1) The product is referred to as dry skim cow milk in the FAOSTAT database.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 52Table 42 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of butter and butter oil (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
New Zealand 25.9 22.7 26.1 26.0 33.0 29.2 31.7 36.4 39.5
EC (15) 54.8 49.5 31.3 25.3 23.5 26.7 25.4 25.2 20.9
Australia 4.6 6.5 6.3 8.2 11.0 10.2 11.2 13.4 12.5
Czech Republic - - - 3.9 2.6 3.3 3.6 2.6 3.1
Canada 0.2 1.6 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.8 2.0 1.3 1.5
Uruguay 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.9 1.5
United States 3.3 4.1 11.8 14.2 10.2 4.8 2.8 1.8 1.1
Hungary 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4
South Africa 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3
Norway 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2
Slovak Republic - - - 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Romania 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world7.4 12.2        21.5        19.2        17.6        23.1        21.1        16.7        18.8
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters 1986-90(EC, New Zealand,Australia, US)88.6 82.9 75.6 73.6 77.6 70.9 71.2 76.8 74.0
Source:   Table 43.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 53Chart 6 - Share in world export volume of butter and butter oil, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
0510152025303540455055
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998New Zealand EC (15) Australia Czech RepublicG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 54 Table 43 - Export volume of butter and butter oil (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
New Zealand         219         176         213         221         256         234         238         315         316 Significant expor ter
EC (15)         465         384         255         215         183         214         191         218         167 Reduction commitment
Australia           39           51           51           70           86           82           84         116         100 Reduction co mmitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -           33           20           26           27           22           25 Reduc tion commitment
Canada             2           12           10             6             2             6           15           12           12 Reduction  commitment
Uruguay             9             5             1             3           10             6           10           16           12 Reducti on commitment
United States           28           32           96         121           79           38           21           16             9 Reduct ion commitment
Hungary             4           12             4             4             1             3             1             0             3 Redu ction commitment
South Africa             1             2             2             4             2             1             3             2             3 Reduction commitment
Norway             8             7             6             8             3             4             2             3             2 Redu ction commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             2             0             0             1             1             1 Reduction commitment
Turkey             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Redu ction commitment
Romania           10             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Redu ction commitment
Rest of world          63           95         175         164         137         185         158         145         150
World Total        849         776         814         851         778         801         750         867         800
Notes:
(1) Includes butter, butter oil (anhydrous butterfat) and ghee.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 55Table 44 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of butter and butter oil (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15) 8.7 8.6 6.5 8.3 10.1 9.5 14.0 12.0 12.7
Russia - - 21.2 25.9 21.3 30.3 18.5 26.0 12.6
United States 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.7 6.1
Egypt 7.5 3.5 5.8 5.7 7.0 6.1 7.4 5.2 5.4
Mexico 2.5 4.8 5.2 4.7 5.1 2.5 2.7 3.4 4.2
Estonia - - 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.2 3.3 3.7
Morocco 2.2 3.2 3.7 3.0 4.1 2.7 4.1 2.3 2.5
Singapore 1.5 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.4
Jordan 1.7 2.5 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.2
United Arab Emirates 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.4 2.1 1.6 2.1
Brazil 2.0 1.6 0.6 1.0 1.9 2.6 1.8 1.0 2.1
Hong Kong, China 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.2 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.9
Rest of world 72.1 71.6 49.1 44.5 41.7 37.9 40.5 37.5 42.2
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1992(Russia, EC, Egypt,Mexico)- - 38.7 44.6 43.4 48.5 42.5 46.6 34.8
Source:   Table 45.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 56Table 45 - Import volume of butter and butter oil (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)           78           68           49           71           72           75           95           87           83
Russia           -           -         161         224         151         241         126         190           83
United States             3             2             2             2             2             1             5           13           4 0
Egypt           67           28           44           49           50           49           50           38           35
Mexico           23           38           40           40           36           20           19           25           27
Estonia           -           -             0             1             1             4             8           24           24
Morocco 20 25 28 26 29 22 28 16 16
Singapore           14           16           17           16           17           19           17           16           16
Jordan 16 20 23 22 19 22 15 15 15
United Arab Emirates             6             7             7             8             7             3           14           12           14
Brazil           18           13             5             9           14           21           12             7           14
Hong Kong, China             6             7             9           10           17           16           15           11           12
Rest of world         652         565         373         384         297         302         276         273         277
World import
volume        904         789         760         864         712         795         682         728         657
Notes:
(1) Includes butter, butter oil (anhydrous butterfat) and ghee.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 57Table 46 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of cheese (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15) 53.7 54.5 51.2 52.6 48.7 47.3 45.7 40.6 36.0
New Zealand 12.2 12.1 12.7 12.9 13.8 15.6 15.3 18.9 19.0
Australia 8.0 7.5 8.2 9.2 10.5 10.7 12.0 12.0 14.8
Switzerland 7.8 7.2 7.6 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.6
United States 2.1 1.6 2.1 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3
Canada 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.9 2.4
Norway 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.2
Czech Republic - -            - 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6
Hungary 1.6 2.2 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1
Slovak Republic -            -            - 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6
Bulgaria 2.8 2.8 2.6 1.4 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4
Turkey 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
Cyprus 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
South Africa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Romania 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Rest of world 6.2 7.4 9.1 7.6 9.5 9.2 10.7 12.0 13.3
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters 1986-90
(EC, New Zealand,
Australia, Switzerland)81.6 81.3 79.7 81.0 79.0 79.5 78.1 76.3 74.4
Source:   Table 47.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 58
Chart 7 - Share in world export volume of cheese, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
0510152025303540455055
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998EC (15) New Zealand Australia SwitzerlandG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 59Table 47 - Export volume of cheese (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
EC (15)         426         464         434         495         485         512         514         508         443 Reduction commitment
New Zealand           97         103         107         121         138         169         173         236         233 Significant expo rter
Australia           63           64           69           86         105         116         135         150         182 Reduction commi tment
Switzerland           62           61           65           60           59           64           57           61           56 Reductio n commitment
United States           17           14           17           19           25           32           36           40           41 Reduct ion commitment
Canada           10           12           11             9             9           14           15           23           29 Reduction c ommitment
Norway           23           23           27           22           22           23           23           24           27 Reduction com mitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -           16           16           12           14           18           20 Reduc tion commitment
Hungary           13           18           12           12           10           12           13           12           13 Reduction co mmitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             8             9           10           11           10             7 R eduction commitment
Bulgaria           22           24           22           13           16           11             6             7             5 Reductio n commitment
Turkey             3             2             2             3             4             5             4             6             4 Redu ction commitment
Cyprus             1             1             1             2             2             2             2             3             3 Redu ction commitment
South Africa             0             0             0             0             0             1             1             2             1 Reduction commitment
Romania             7             1             2             2             1             1             0             1             0 Red uction commitment
Rest of world           49           63           77           72           95           99         121         150         163
World total         794         852         847         941         996       1,083       1,126       1,251       1,229
Notes:
(1) Includes cheese, whey cheese and processed cheese.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source: FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 60Table 48 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of cheese (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Japan 13.3 15.1 16.0 15.7 15.1 14.8 15.1 15.7 16.5
United States 16.5 15.4 16.6 16.8 16.2 14.5 14.2 13.1 15.3
EC (15) 11.7 10.8 11.1 10.1 9.5 7.8 9.1 10.2 11.6
Mexico 1.3 1.8 2.8 3.4 4.2 1.5 1.9 2.4 3.0
Switzerland 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7
Australia 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.5
Brazil 2.2 2.3 0.3 0.9 3.6 8.4 3.1 2.6 2.1
Canada 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1
Philippines 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3
Egypt 4.3 3.4 2.7 2.2 2.3 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.3
Kuwait 1.4 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
Korea 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.4 1.8 1.2
Rest of world 39.8        40.7        38.4        39.4        37.6        40.3        43.3        42.2        39.1
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90(US, Japan, EC, Egypt)45.8 44.7 46.4 44.8 43.1 38.7 39.8 40.4 44.6
Source:   Table 49.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 61Table 49 - Import volume of cheese (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Japan         102 124         128         136         143         157         164         171         183
United States         126         127         133         146         154         154         155         143         171
EC (15)           89           89           89           88           91           84           99         112         129
Mexico           10           15           22           30           40           16           21           26           34
Switzerland           24           28           28           30           30           30           31           31           31
Australia           20           23           25           26           27           28           34           31           28
Brazil           16           19             3             8           34           89           34           29           24
Canada           21           21           22           22           22           21           23           24           24
Philippines             8             9           11           11           14           15           15           17           14
Egypt           33           28           22           19           22           17           15           16           14
Kuwait           11             6           10           12           13           12           13           14           14
Korea             0             0             0             0             3           11           15           19           13
Rest of world         305         335         308         342         357         429         471         462         436
World import
volume        765         821         802         869         950       1,064       1,089       1,093       1,115
Notes:
(1) Includes cheese, whey cheese and processed cheese.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 62Table 50 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of whole milk powder (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15) 66.8 62.5 55.1 54.0 47.8 46.2 46.9 43.8 42.4
New Zealand 18.1 23.1 24.7 24.5 25.0 24.7 24.3 26.7 25.7
Australia 6.5 5.9 6.2 6.6 6.7 8.2 9.6 10.0 10.6
United States 1.8 0.9 2.7 3.5 2.4 5.0 1.5 3.7 3.7
Czech Republic - - - 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4
South Africa 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6
Canada 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.3
Poland 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Slovak Republic - - - 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
Brazil 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1
Hungary 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cyprus 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world 5.2 6.3 9.0 7.8 14.5 13.1 13.8 12.7 14.7
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(EC, New Zealand,Australia, US)93.2 92.4 88.7 88.6 81.9 84.2 82.4 84.3 82.3
Source:  Table 51.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 63Chart 8 - Share in world export volume of whole milk powder, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
010203040506070
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998EC (15) New Zealand Australia United StatesG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 64Table 51 - Export volume of whole milk powder (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
EC (15)         584         623         576         578         587         595         538         569         589 Reduction commitment
New Zealand         158         231         259         262         306         318         278         347         358 Significant expor ter
Australia           57           59           65           71           82         105         110         130         147 Reduction comm itment
United States           16             9           28           38           29           65           18           49           51 Reduc tion commitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -           18           22           18           19           16           20 Reduc tion commitment
South Africa             1             5             3             4             8             9             9             8             8 Reduction commitment
Canada             9             5             7             6             7             3             6             9             5 Redu ction commitment
Poland             0             0             8             2             5             4             4             4             4 Redu ction commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             1             0             0             0             1             3 Reduction commitment
Brazil             0             0             1             4             0             0             5             1             1 Redu ction commitment
Hungary             3             4             4             2             1             1             1             0             1 Red uction commitment
Switzerland             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Reduction commitment
Turkey             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Redu ction commitment
Cyprus             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Redu ction commitment
Rest of world           45           63           95           84         178         169         158         165         205
World total         873         997      1,046      1,070      1,227      1,288      1,146      1,299      1,391
Notes:
(1) The product is referred to as dry whole cow milk in the FAOSTAT database.
(2)  For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 65Table 52 - Share of selected countries in worl d import volume of whole milk powder (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Algeria        10.1        10.8        11.8        14.0        12.1          6.3          6.7          7.8        11.4
Brazil          3.4          4.7          2.3          3.4          5.9        18.3        11.5          9.5        11.4
Venezuela          7.0          8.8          6.1          4.4          5.9          5.6          6.6          4.8          7.2
Nigeria          0.6          1.5          1.4          2.9           -          5.0          5.9          5.5          5.0
Hong Kong, China          2.0          2.2          3.0          3.1          6.4          4.6          5.5          5.3          4.3
Mexico          9.2          2.0          7.7          5.0          4.6          2.4          3.2          3.9          4.0
Thailand          2.3          2.0          2.8          2.9          3.3          3.5          5.0          4.3          3.9
Malaysia          5.2          4.6          5.5          5.8          5.9          4.6          5.3          6.2          3.8
Philippines          4.3          3.2          3.4          3.1          3.8          2.9          3.6          3.7          3.5
Sri Lanka          3.4          3.6          2.9          2.5          1.9          2.6          3.5          3.5          3.2
Peru          2.8          1.3          1.9          2.7          3.3          2.5          3.3          2.6          2.1
United Arab Emirates          2.4          2.2          2.2          2.1          1.9          3.1          1.5          1.8          2. 0
Rest of world        47.3        53.1        49.0        48.2        44.9        38.7        38.6        41.2        38.1
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90
(Algeria, Mexico,Venezuela, Malaysia)      31.0        26.2        31.2        29.1        28.6        18.9        21.8        22.7        26.5
Source:   Table 53.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 66Table 53 - Import volume of whole milk powder (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Algeria           83         101         104         119         112           75           68           83         134
Brazil           28           44           20           29           55         217         116         101         134
Venezuela           58           82           54           37           55           66           66           52           84
Nigeria             5           14           12           25            -           59           59           59           59
Hong Kong, China           16           21           26           26           59           55           56           56           50
Mexico           76           19           68           42           43           29           32           42           47
Thailand           19           18           25           25           31           41           50           46           46
Malaysia           43           43           48           49           55           54           53           66           45
Philippines           36           30           30           27           35           34           36           40           41
Sri Lanka           28           34           26           21           18           31           35           37           37
Peru           23           12           16           23           30           30           33           28           25
United Arab Emirates           20           21           19           18           18           37           15           19           2 4
Rest of world         389         498         430         410         416         460         390         441         446
World import
volume        822         937         877         851         928       1,187       1,009       1,070       1,171
Notes:
(1) The product is referred to as dry whole cow milk in the FAOSTAT database.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 67Table 54 - Share of selected countries in worl d export volume of bovine meat (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Australia        19.8        20.9        20.7        22.2        21.0        20.5        19.4        19.6        22.1
United States          8.8        10.9        11.5        11.4        13.5        15.0        15.8        15.7        16.8
EC (15)        24.9        27.1        25.3        22.4        20.8        19.3        19.4        17.2        12.8
New Zealand          8.9          8.1          8.2          8.3          8.4          8.2          9.3          8.1          8.9
Canada          2.5          2.2          3.1          3.9          4.3          4.2          5.6          6.1          7.3
Argentina          7.1          6.3          4.4          4.5          6.2          8.6          6.6          6.7          4.6
Brazil          6.4          4.3          6.0          6.4          5.0          3.5          3.6          3.3          4.6
Uruguay          3.4          2.0          2.0          1.7          2.4          2.3          3.5          3.9          3.9
Poland          1.6          0.7          0.5          0.4          0.4          0.5          0.7          0.8          1.7
Czech Republic           -           -           -          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.2          0.3
Hungary          1.2          1.2          1.1          0.6          0.6          0.4          0.5          0.5          0.2
South Africa          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.5          0.6          0.4          0.1
Slovak Republic           -           -           -          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.1
Colombia          0.3          0.5          0.2          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.1
Bulgaria          0.3          0.0          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.2          0.1          0.1
Norway          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Cyprus          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Romania          1.7          0.3          0.3          0.4          0.3          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.0
Turkey          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Rest of world        13.1        15.2        16.4        17.4        16.7        16.6        14.7        17.3        16.6
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters 1986-90(EC, Australia, NewZealand, US)       62.3        67.1        65.7        64.2        63.8        63.0        63.8        60.5        60.6
Source:  Table 55.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 68
Chart 9 - Share in world export volume of bovine meat, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top five exporters in 1998
051015202530
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998Australia United States EC (15) New Zealand CanadaG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 69Table 55 - Export volume of bovine meat (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
Australia         761         971      1,011      1,059      1,053      1,043         954      1,103      1,192 Significant exporter
United States         337         505         562         541         676         760         777         883         909 Reduction commi tment
EC (15)         958      1,255      1,232      1,065      1,044         983         955         969         691 Reduction commitment
New Zealand         341         377         398         395         422         415         458         457         480 Significant expor ter
Canada           96         104         152         185         216         212         276         342         394 Other
Argentina         273         290         215         214         311         436         325         380         249 Other
Brazil         245         197         294         303         251         178         177         185         246 Reduction commitment
Uruguay         131           95           98           82         121         116         172         222         209 Other
Poland           63           32           25           18           21           26           36           45           89 Reduction com mitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -             7             4             6             6           13           17 R eduction commitment
Hungary           46           56           53           31           32           22           22           28           12 Reduction co mmitment
South Africa             5             4             3             5             2           26           27           24             5 R eduction commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             2             3             1             2             2             4 Reduction commitment
Colombia           10           25             8             2             1             3             2             1             4 Redu ction commitment
Bulgaria           11             0             5             2             1             3             8             3             3 Red uction commitment
Norway             2             3             6             3             1             1             0             2             2 Redu ction commitment
Cyprus             0             1             0             0             0             0             1             1             1 Redu ction commitment
Romania           65           13           16           17           13             7             3             2             1 Reductio n commitment
Turkey             1             0             1             1             0             0             1             1             0 Redu ction commitment
Rest of world         505         706         798         831         839         842         723         975         895
World total       3,848      4,633      4,877      4,762      5,011      5,078      4,925      5,640      5,403
Notes:
(1) Bovine meat (referred to as "meat, bovine" in the FAOSTAT database) in carcass weight equivalent, including sausages, prepar ations but excluding live
               animals and offal.(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 70Table 56 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of bovine meat (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States        25.6        23.3        22.7        21.7        19.6        15.9        18.0        18.3        21.9
Japan        10.2        11.3        12.1        15.2        16.0        17.8        17.2        15.8        17.3
Russia           -           -        13.9        14.3        12.0        12.9        12.3        17.5        12.0
EC (15)        10.1          9.6          9.7          8.4          8.5          8.2          8.1          7.2          7.1
Mexico          0.8          3.4          3.4          2.6          3.1          1.1          2.0          3.4          5.6
Canada          3.8          4.9          4.5          5.6          5.6          5.0          4.7          4.4          4.5
Egypt          4.0          2.6          2.5          3.0          3.3          3.1          2.5          2.5          2.7
Korea          1.2          4.2          3.8          2.8          3.2          3.9          3.9          3.5          2.1
Chile          0.1          0.3          0.8          1.0          1.1          1.3          1.7          1.9          1.8
Malaysia          1.1          1.6          1.4          1.4          1.5          1.7          1.9          1.7          1.6
Brazil          5.7          2.3          2.1          0.6          1.8          2.6          2.9          2.1          1.6
Philippines          0.2          0.3          0.4          0.5          1.0          1.2          1.6          1.7          1.4
Rest of world        37.2        36.2        22.6        22.9        23.5        25.3        23.2        20.0        20.5
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1992 (US,Russia, Japan, EC)- -        58.4        59.6        56.1        54.8        55.6        58.7        58.3
Source:   Table 57.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 71Table 57 - Import volume of bovine meat (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States         956       1,013       1,070       1,006         977         776         880         999       1,129
Japan         382         491         570         707         797         870         840         862         891
Russia            -            -         656         664         601         629         598         959         615
EC (15)         375         416         457         390         424         400         394         393         364
Mexico           29         147         158         121         152           53           97         186         290
Canada         143         213         214         261         277         245         228         243         232
Egypt         149         114         118         138         163         151         121         134         137
Korea           45         183         181         131         161         191         190         191         107
Chile             3           12           36           46           53           66           81         105           94
Malaysia           41           69           67           67           75           85           95           95           84
Brazil         213         100         101           29           88         127         144         114           81
Philippines             8           13           19           23           50           59           79           92           70
Rest of world      1,388       1,572       1,066       1,062       1,173       1,235       1,130       1,095       1,052
World total      3,734     4,342     4,712     4,646     4,992     4,887    4,876     5,469     5,145
Notes:
(1) Bovine meat (referred to as "meat,bovine" in the FAOSTAT data base) in carcass weight equivalent, including sausages, prepara tions but excluding live 
animals and offal.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 72Table 58 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of pigmeat (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)        29.1        30.5        28.0        36.5        40.8        32.4        29.6        31.2        34.7
United States          4.4          6.3        10.6          9.6          9.7        13.3        15.0        16.3        17.3
Canada        15.9        12.7        17.1        14.5        11.8        13.6        13.0        13.8        13.8
Poland          3.0          0.6          0.8          0.7          1.2          3.2          5.0          7.2          5.4
Hungary        11.7        11.6          5.0          3.8          2.9          3.4          5.2          5.2          4.3
Czech Republic           -           -           -          0.9          0.4          0.2          0.2          0.4          0.9
Romania          3.7          2.1          2.8          3.3          3.8          1.5          1.3          2.1          0.3
Cyprus          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1
Bulgaria          4.5          1.2          0.7          0.2          0.3          0.3          0.6          0.5          0.1
Norway          0.3          0.1          0.4          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.2          0.0
South Africa          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.0
Slovak Republic           -           -           -          0.2          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.0
Rest of world        27.3        35.0        34.5        30.0        28.8        31.9        29.9        22.8        23.1
World export volume         100         100         100         100         100         100         100         100         100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(EC, Canada, Hungary,Bulgaria)       61.2        55.9        50.8        55.0        55.9        49.7        48.4        50.7        52.8
Source: Table 59.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 73Chart 10 - Share in world export volume of pigmeat, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
051015202530354045
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998EC (15) United States Canada PolandG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 74Table 59 - Export volume of pigmeat (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
EC (15)         462         576         437         691         945         783         791         860      1,000 Reduction commitment
United States           70         119         165         182         224         322         400         450         499 Reduction comm itment
Canada         253         240         267         275         274         328         347         380         397 Significant exporter
Poland           47           12           13           13           28           77         134         199         155 Reduction commit ment
Hungary         185         219           78           72           67           83         139         143         123 Reduction commitm ent
Czech Republic            -            -            -           17             9             5             5           11           25 Re duction commitment
Romania           59           39           44           63           87           37           35           58             9 Reduction c ommitment
Cyprus             0             0             0             2             2             1             2             2             2 Redu ction commitment
Bulgaria           72           22           10             4             7             6           16           15             1 Reducti on commitment
Norway             5             2             6             3             1             1             1             5             1 Redu ction commitment
South Africa             2             2             2             2             1             1             2             2             1 Reduction commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             3             2             1             1             2             1 Reduction commitment
Rest of world         434         661         537         568         667         772         800         628         666
World total       1,590      1,890      1,559      1,895      2,315      2,418      2,674      2,757      2,880
Notes:
(1)  Pigmeat (referred to as "meat of pig" in the FAOSTAT database) in carcass weight equivalent, including bacon, ham, sausage s, preparations of pigmeat but
       excluding live animals and offal.
(2)  For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 75Table 60 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of pigmeat (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Japan        22.0        26.3        33.6        27.4        25.4        32.7        36.3        26.8        25.5
Russia           -           -          8.0        19.9        17.8        21.9        20.8        27.4        19.8
United States        30.1        20.5        18.4        18.0        15.3        12.4        11.0        10.7        11.3
Hong Kong, China          6.3          6.8          6.7          5.2          6.3          5.6          5.0          5.8          7.1
Mexico          2.2          4.2          6.0          5.1          6.2          2.5          2.5          3.2          5.3
Canada          1.0          1.1          1.2          1.4          1.6          1.5          1.9          2.4          2.5
Poland          1.2          2.2          2.7          3.3          5.2          2.3          1.8          1.5          2.5
Korea          0.2          1.6          0.4          0.3          1.5          2.1          2.2          3.1          2.4
Argentina          0.0          0.5          1.7          1.6          1.5          1.1          1.7          1.8          2.3
EC (15)          4.7          3.4          3.9          1.7          1.5          1.2          2.5          2.3          2.0
Romania          0.9          0.7          0.8          0.1          0.2          0.4          0.1          0.3          2.0
Hungary          0.1          0.0          0.5          1.0          2.2          1.6          0.6          0.9          1.5
Rest of world        31.2        32.5        16.1        14.9        15.2        14.5        13.7        13.8        15.8
World import volume         100         100         100         100         100         100         100         100         100
Total of top four
importers in 1992(Japan; US; Russia;
Hong Kong, China)- - 66.6 70.6 64.7 72.7 73.0 70.7 63.7
Source:   Table 61.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 76Table 61 - Import volume of pigmeat (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Japan         320         435         516         496         538         768         901         705         701
Russia            -            -         122         360         379         514         516         719         544
United States         438         340         283         326         324         292         273         281         311
Hong Kong, China           92         112         102           95         133         132         124         153         194
Mexico           33           70           93           93         132           60           62           84         144
Canada           15           18           19           25           34           36           48           64           70
Poland           17           37           42           59         111           53           44           40           69
Korea             3           26             7             6           33           50           56           81           67
Argentina             0             9           26           29           32           26           42           48           62
EC (15)           68           56           61           32           32           29           62           61           55
Romania           14           12           12             1             4           10             3             7           54
Hungary             2             0             7           17           47           38           14           24           40
Rest of world         455         538         248         269         324         340         340         363         434
World total     1,455       1,654       1,538       1,808       2,122       2,348       2,484       2,630       2,747
Notes:
(1) Pigmeat (referred to as "meat of pig" in the FAOSTAT database ) in carcass weight equivalent, including bacon, ham, sausages,  preparations of pigmeat but
              excluding live animals and offal.(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:    FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 77Table 62 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of poultry meat (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States        26.3        32.4        34.4        36.1        42.7        45.6        45.1        46.8        43.7
EC (15)        23.3        21.9        20.7        21.3        18.2        18.2        15.5        16.1        16.9
Brazil        15.2        15.3        15.7        17.4        13.9          9.7        10.7          7.2        10.9
Hong Kong, China          2.2          4.7          4.5          5.6          5.7          7.3        10.1          9.9        10.0
Thailand          6.4          8.2          7.8          5.9          5.0          4.3          3.5          3.4          2.8
Hungary        13.0          5.7          3.1          2.6          2.3          2.4          2.3          2.5          2.3
Poland          1.0          0.8          0.9          0.5          0.4          0.4          0.5          0.8          1.0
Bulgaria          1.8          0.6          0.7          0.5          0.3          0.3          0.2          0.2          0.2
South Africa          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.3          0.1          0.0          0.1          0.1          0.1
Turkey          0.1          0.0          0.1          0.0          0.3          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1
Czech Republic           -           -           -          0.3          0.2          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1
Romania          1.6          0.1          0.0          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Slovak Republic           -           -           -          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.0
Cyprus          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Norway          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Rest of world          9.0        10.3        12.1          9.3        10.6        11.3        11.8        12.8        11.9
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(US, EC, Brazil,Hungary)       77.7        75.3        73.9        77.4        77.1        76.0        73.6        72.5        73.8
Source:  Table 63.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 78
Chart 11 - Share in world export volume of poultry meat, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
05101520253035404550
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998United States EC (15) Brazil Hong Kong, ChinaG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 79Table 63 - Export volume of poultry meat (thousand metric tonnes )
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
United States         434         686         844      1,091      1,540      2,075      2,433      2,615      2,553 Reduction commitment
EC (15)         384         464         508         643         658         827         836         898         988 Reduction commitment
Brazil         250         323         384         526         501         443         575         400         638 Reduction commitment
Hong Kong, China           37           99         111         170         205         334         543         553         584 Other
Thailand         105         173         190         178         182         195         187         191         166 Significant exporter
Hungary         213         122           75           77           82         110         125         141         134 Reduction commitme nt
Poland           17           17           21           15           15           18           28           44           59 Reduction com mitment
Bulgaria           29           13           16           16           10           13           12           12             9 Reduction commitment
South Africa             2             2             3             8             4             2             3             5             9 Reduction commitment
Turkey             2             0             1             1           13             5             6             7             7 Reduc tion commitment
Czech Republic            -            -            -           10             6             6             6             4             4 Reduction commitment
Romania           26             1             1             3             5             1             1             2             1 Redu ction commitment
Slovak Republic            -            -            -             2             3             3             2             1             1 Reduction commitment
Cyprus             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Redu ction commitment
Norway             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0             0 Redu ction commitment
Rest of world         149         217         298         281         383         516         637         717         696
World total       1,647      2,117      2,453      3,021      3,607      4,548      5,395      5,590      5,848
Notes:
(1) Product referred to as "meat of poultry" in FAOSTAT database, in ready-to-cook equivalent.  Includes meat of chicken, ducks , geese, turkey, other birds, foie gras
and excludes live birds.(2)  For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 80Table 64 - Share of selected countries in wo rld import volume of poultry meat (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Hong Kong, China          7.4        10.4        12.5        13.3        15.0        16.2        17.2        16.4        18.2
Russia           -           -          2.4          6.6        16.2        20.1        17.7        23.1        16.9
Japan        15.9        18.0        18.3        16.1        15.2        14.7        14.7        12.3        13.2
Mexico          3.0          4.9          6.1          7.1          6.5          4.7          4.7          5.5          6.2
EC (15)          8.2          9.0          8.5          7.4          6.6          4.9          6.6          5.5          6.1
United Arab Emirates          3.1          2.9          2.8          2.8          2.5          2.3          2.3          2.0          2. 3
Canada          2.2          2.4          2.5          2.5          2.0          1.6          1.7          1.8          2.3
Estonia           -           -          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.2          0.3          1.6          1.6
Singapore          3.0          2.7          2.6          2.4          2.3          1.6          1.8          1.5          1.4
Argentina          0.5          0.2          1.8          1.9          1.8          0.5          0.7          0.9          1.3
South Africa          1.3          1.1          1.7          1.0          2.1          2.5          1.3          1.8          1.3
Romania          0.7          1.5          1.1          1.4          1.2          0.6          0.1          0.3          1.1
Rest of world        54.7        46.9        39.7        37.5        28.6        30.0        30.9        27.3        28.2
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90
(Japan; EC; Hong Kong,
China; United ArabEmirates)       34.6        40.3        42.1        39.5        39.3        38.2        40.8        36.3        39.7
Source:   Table 65.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 81Table 65 - Import volume of poultry meat (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Hong Kong, China         118         222         299         363         498         697         771         833         887
Russia            -            -           56         179         538         864         791       1,173         826
Japan         255         383         437         436         505         630         659         625         646
Mexico           48         104         146         192         215         202         212         277         300
EC (15)         131         192         204         201         220         212         294         281         296
United Arab Emirates           50           61           67           75           82         100         105         100         111
Canada           36           51           60           69           67           68           75           89         111
Estonia            -            -             0             1             4             9           15           79           79
Singapore           49           57           63           66           77           69           80           77           70
Argentina             8             4           44           52           58           22           31           48           65
South Africa           20           24           40           27           71         107           60           89           62
Romania           11           32           27           37           38           26             4           16           53
Rest of world         878         999         949       1,020         949       1,290       1,385       1,382       1,376
World total       1,605       2,130       2,392       2,718       3,324       4,296       4,481       5,070       4,882
Notes:
(1) Product referred to as "meat of poultry" in FAOSTAT database, in ready-to-cook equivalent.  Includes meat of chicken, ducks,  geese, turkey, other birds, foie
gras and excludes live birds.
(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 82Table 66 - Share of selected countries in world export volume of oilseeds (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States        57.5        54.3        57.7        55.0        46.9        55.5        57.1        54.3        42.6
Brazil          9.5          6.0        10.4        11.4        13.4          8.1          7.8        16.7        18.2
Canada          8.5          7.7          7.4          9.6        12.5        12.2          8.3          8.9        11.9
Argentina          6.9        14.6        10.0          7.5          8.9          8.4          6.2          1.6          7.2
Paraguay          3.6          3.1          2.4          3.7          3.0          3.0          3.1          3.4          4.2
Australia          0.5          0.6          0.7          0.7          0.8          0.6          1.3          1.4          2.3
EC (15)          0.4          0.2          1.0          1.8          1.0          0.9          1.3          1.4          1.7
Hungary          0.5          0.6          0.6          1.0          0.8          0.8          0.8          0.5          0.4
Romania          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.0          0.0          0.1          0.1          0.4
Czech Republic           -           -           -          0.1          0.2          0.3          0.4          0.3          0.2
Slovak Republic           -           -           -          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.2          0.2
Poland          1.5          1.7          0.8          0.1          0.0          0.9          0.1          0.0          0.2
Bulgaria          0.1          0.1          0.3          0.3          0.2          0.4          0.2          0.2          0.1
South Africa          0.1          0.1          0.0          0.1          0.1          0.1          0.2          0.1          0.1
Colombia          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0
Rest of world        10.9        11.0          8.7          8.7        12.1          8.9        13.0        11.0        10.4
World export volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(US, Brazil, CanadaArgentina)       82.5        82.6        85.5        83.4        81.6        84.2        79.4        81.5        79.8
Source:  Table 67.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 83Chart 12 - Share in world export volume of oilseeds, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
051015202530354045505560
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998United States Brazil Canada ArgentinaG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 84Table 67 - Export volume of oilseeds (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
United States       18,834      18,328      20,755      20,230      18,944      23,847      26,613      27,168      21,753 Significant ex porter
Brazil        3,111        2,026        3,733        4,190        5,404        3,498        3,649        8,340        9,276 Significant e xporter
Canada        2,795        2,608        2,649        3,522        5,044        5,229        3,867        4,440        6,068 Reduction com mitment
Argentina        2,275        4,910        3,591        2,748        3,611        3,595        2,892           786        3,670 Significa nt exporter
Paraguay        1,184        1,054           865        1,369        1,194        1,273        1,460        1,688        2,122 Other
Australia           171           194           242           252           305           274           592           708        1,175 Ot her
EC (15)           126             62           366           654           400           366           607           687           888 Re duction commitment
Hungary           155           218           218           357           319           328           371           259           205 Red uction commitment
Romania               2               4               6             20             17             12             25             47           194 Reduction commitment
Czech Republic             -             -             -             43             96           111           173           133           115 Reduction commitment
Slovak Republic             -             -             -             47             48             47             59             96             87 Reduction commitment
Poland           499           566           280             38               8           371             52               3             86 Reduction commitment
Bulgaria             24             39           106           118             74           152           106             77             62 Reduction commitment
South Africa             24             22             17             22             58             29             91             65             50 Reduction commitment
Colombia               1               7               4               1               1               1               1               0               0 Reduction commitment
Rest of world        3,558        3,699        3,125        3,194        4,905        3,800        6,086        5,509        5,334
World Total      32,757      33,736      35,956      36,804      40,428      42,933      46,645      50,005      51,085
Notes:
(1)  For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:  FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 85Table 68 - Share of selected countries in world import volume of oilseeds (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)        44.9        43.7        44.3        43.0        42.5        47.0        40.4        35.6        38.6
Japan        21.1        20.5        19.4        20.6        17.8        16.3        16.5        15.6        14.8
China and Chinese
Taipei         6.6          6.8          6.5          7.2          6.6          6.9          8.7        11.8        13.4
Mexico          4.7          6.5          7.7          8.1          8.1          6.6          9.0          8.7          9.0
Korea          3.4          3.5          3.8          3.4          3.4          3.6          3.6          3.5          3.1
Turkey          0.1          0.2          0.5          0.8          0.7          1.4          1.9          1.9          2.3
United States          1.0          1.3          1.1          1.5          2.3          1.6          1.8          2.2          2.0
Brazil          0.7          0.9          1.4          0.4          2.4          2.0          2.2          3.0          1.7
Thailand          0.1          0.1          0.5          0.2          0.3          0.5          1.0          1.8          1.3
Malaysia          1.2          1.8          1.6          1.5          1.4          1.3          1.1          1.1          1.2
Israel          1.4          1.4          1.2          1.4          1.6          1.2          1.1          1.3          1.2
Argentina          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0          1.6          0.9
Rest of world        15.0        13.3        12.1        11.9        13.0        11.7        12.8        12.0        10.5
World import volume 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90(EC, Japan, China andChinese Taipei, Mexico)       77.2        77.4        77.9        78.9        75.0        76.7        74.6        71.7        75.8
Source:   Table 69.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 86Table 69 - Import volume of oilseeds (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)       14,742       14,487       16,426       15,456       17,221       20,922       17,976       17,505       19,262
Japan        6,915        6,777        7,204        7,417        7,214        7,253        7,325        7,679        7,371
China and Chinese
Taipei       2,177        2,240        2,419        2,582        2,662        3,055        3,859        5,788        6,662
Mexico        1,532        2,150        2,861        2,907        3,274        2,934        3,997        4,297        4,499
Korea        1,109        1,173        1,406        1,210        1,383        1,595        1,615        1,702        1,528
Turkey             35             75           169           279           266           616           825           913        1,133
United States           328           416           425           542           913           728           820        1,076        1,01 7
Brazil           231           313           501           153           974           891           957        1,469           841
Thailand             18             31           176             67           114           225           438           879           64 6
Malaysia           390           605           583           552           552           559           467           535           613
Israel           444           466           446           509           630           533           498           635           582
Argentina               1               2               3               3               4               4               6           801           472
Rest of world        4,920        4,390        4,481        4,281        5,283        5,233        5,689        5,893        5,261
World total       32,843       33,124       37,102       35,956       40,490       44,550       44,473       49,173       49,888
Notes:
(1) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 87Table 70 - Share of selected countries in world export value of fruit and vegetables (per cent)
Average 1986-90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States 14.6 17.3 17.4 18.4 18.0 17.0 17.0 17.6 17.3
EC (15) 10.0 9.9 9.4 10.1 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.6 11.9
Turkey 5.7 5.3 4.5 4.8 5.1 4.9 4.9 5.5 5.3
Brazil 5.0 3.6 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.4 4.0 3.2 3.7
Canada 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.3
Chile 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.2
Costa Rica 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1
South Africa 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.0
Poland 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7
Australia 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.6
Philippines 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3
Israel 2.5 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.2
Colombia 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Hungary 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0
Honduras 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Czech Re public - - - 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Bulgaria 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Slovak Republic - - - 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Cyprus 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Switzerland 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Venezuela 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Romania 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Norway 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rest of world 43.4 43.5 44.2 42.7 42.3 43.4 42.9 41.8 41.6
World export value 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four exporters in
1986-90 (EC, US, Turkey Brazil)35.3 36.1 35.5 36.9 37.8 36.6 37.1 38.0 38.1
Source:  Table 71.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 88
Chart 13 - Share in world export value of fruit and vegetables, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
05101520
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
United States EC (15) Turkey BrazilG/AG/NG/S/11
Page 89Table 71 -  Export value of fruit and vegetables (million US dollars)
Average 1986 –
19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Basis for Inclusion
United States         3,774         5,757        6,097         6,374         7,104         7,502         7,741         7,875         7,7 20 Significant exporter
EC (15)         2,576         3,309        3,286         3,514         4,471         4,989         5,107         5,185         5,301 Redu ction commitment
Turkey         1,458         1,749        1,570         1,670         2,003         2,179         2,216         2,468         2,348 Reduc tion commitment
Brazil         1,299         1,201        1,449         1,234         1,367         1,487         1,825         1,427         1,666 Reduc tion commitment
Canada            466            560           598            684            828         1,037         1,140         1,239         1,459 Reduction commitment
Chile            685            987        1,137         1,042         1,171         1,375         1,569         1,388         1,435 Sign ificant exporter
Costa Rica            334            508          606            510            754            942            944            971            928 Significant exporter
South Africa            506            756           846            807            762            901            778            921            901 Reduction commitment
Poland            324            495           600            539            647            710            692            712            779 Reduction commitment
Australia            383            508           563            616            646            656            847            866            719 Reduction commitment
Philippines            399            495           504            600            572            581            630            610            575 Significant exporter
Israel            642            682           576            525            532            693            615            535            540 Reduction commitment
Colombia            276            485           493            482            543            497            506            537            521 Reduction commitment
Hungary            439            551           453            420            539            532            523            463            443 Reduction commitment
Honduras            365            359           325            274            154            158            194            180            196 Significant exporter
Czech Re public                -                -               -            137            138            138            148            137            109 Reduction commitment
Bulgaria            305             47             99            100            147            133            134            112            101 Reduction commitment
Slovak Republic                -              - -               55              77              65              59              49              91 Reduction commitment
Cyprus            126            144           118               99            112            171            142              75              81 Reduction commitment
Switzerland               59              71             77               73              87            105              80              61              69 Reduction commitment
Venezuela               32              50             55               65              53              50              49              59              55 Reduction commitment
Romania            135              48             41               50              62              61              74              78              54 Reduction commitment
Norway                 8              16             19               17              22              17              16              1 5              12 Reduction commitment
Rest of world       11,204       14,482      15,438       14,811       16,733       19,190       19,521       18,680       18,568 Reducti on commitment
World total       25,792       33,259      34,951       34,699       39,523       44,170       45,547       44,643       44,671
Notes:     For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 90Table 72 - Share of selected countries in world import value of fruit and vegetables (per cent)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15) 32.7 36.5 34.2 29.9 29.7 29.9 29.5 26.7 27.2
United States 17.0 15.4 14.7 15.9 14.9 14.9 16.3 17.2 18.7
Japan 10.0 10.4 10.3 11.8 12.3 12.4 11.6 11.0 10.9
Canada 6.5 6.6 5.9 6.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 6.0 6.1
Hong Kong, China 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.1
Switzerland 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.3
Brazil 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.9
Poland 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.4
Mexico 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3
United Arab Emirates 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3
India 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.2
Singapore 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.2
Rest of world 22.1 19.0 23.3 23.1 23.9 24.1 24.2 24.8 23.5
World import value 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
importers in 1986-90(EC, US, Japan, Canada)66.2 68.9 65.1 64.2 62.5 62.7 62.9 60.9 62.9
Source:   Table 73.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 91Table 73 - Import value of fruit and vegetables (million US dollars)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)          10,605          14,757          15,287          12,291          13,964          15,156          15,456          13,692          13,892
United States             5,526             6,235             6,589             6,547             6,994             7,548             8,572             8,847             9,544
Japan             3,237             4,189             4,608             4,867             5,783             6,294             6,091             5,648             5,535
Canada             2,093             2,653             2,634             2,673             2,595             2,762             2,863             3,062             3,103
Hong Kong, China                959             1,310             1,423             1,411             1,523             1,614             1,642             1,725             1,564
Switzerland             1,004             1,241             1,222             1,130             1,290             1,318             1, 270             1,147             1,169
Brazil                277                412                313                371                647             1,001                880             1,041                981
Poland                  57                257                278                285                312                391                483                593                726
Mexico                175                235                342                411                661                325                417                505                646
United Arab Emirates                446                433                489                417                617                63 4                654                652                638
India                333                273                346                416                523                560                585                895                637
Singapore                527                740                775                798                814                872                872                789                613
Rest of world             7,180             7,681          10,448             9,501          11,245          12,208          12,670          12,710          11,965
World total          32,418          40,416          44,754          41,118          46,967          50,682          52,455          51 ,307          51,012
Notes:
(1) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 92Table 74 - Share of selected countries in the value of wo rld exports of "other" agricultural products (per cent)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)             17.2 19.6 19.5 20.6 19.9 20.3 20.8 20.6 20.9
United States             16.2 18.5 18.1 17.4 17.1 16.2 15.3 15.6 16.1
Brazil               5.6 4.4 4.2 4.4 5.1 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.6
Malaysia               4.0 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.2 3.8 4.3
Canada               2.7 3.2 3.6 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.7 4.2
Argentina               2.4 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.5 3.5
Australia               5.0 4.2 4.6 4.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.5
China and Chinese Taipei               4.9 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.4
Indonesia               2.6 2.5 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.8
Hong Kong, China               2.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.0
India               1.7 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.9
Mexico               1.4            1.3               1.1               1.4               1.3               1.7               1.5               1.7               1.8
Colombia               2.2            1.7               1.6               1.4               1.8               1.6               1.4               1.8               1.7
Thailand               1.4            1.6               1.7               1.7               1.9               2.3               2.2               1.6               1.6
New Zealand               2.3               1.9               1.9               1.8               1.6               1.7               1.7               1.7               1.4
Turkey               1.2               1.4               1.0               1.3               1.1               1.1               1.3               1.2               1.1
Rest of world             27.2             23.9             24.3             23.4             24.9             25.1             25.3             24.9             25.1
World export value
("other"agricultural
products)             100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four
exporters in 1986-90(EC, US, Brazil,Australia)            44.0 46.7 46.4 46.6 45.6 44.7 44.6 45.2 45.1
Source:  Table 75.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 93Chart 14 - Share in world export value of "other" agricultural products, 1986-98 (per cent):
Top four exporters in 1998
0510152025
Average
1986-901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998EC (15) United States Brazil Malaysia Note: Products included are agricultural products other than cereals,
 sugar, butter/butter oil, skim milk powder, whole milk powder, cheese, bovine meat, pigmeat, poultry meat, oilseeds, and fruit and vegetables.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 94Table 75 -  Export value of "other" agricultural products (million US dollars)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC (15)        17,606        22,168        23,538        25,174        29,402        34,476        36,822        37,606        35,958
United States        16,587        20,894        21,847        21,258        25,154        27,512        27,047        28,505        27, 725
Brazil          5,755          4,997          5,039          5,408          7,564          7,892          8,291          9,186          7,854
Malaysia          4,129          4,110          4,610          4,664          6,206          7,885          7,463          6,985          7,444
Canada          2,718          3,617          4,386          4,955          4,698          5,314          6,401          6,816          7,197
Argentina          2,491          3,308          3,272          3,226          3,861          4,924          4,697          6,323          5,976
Australia          5,173          4,729          5,561          4,973          5,074          5,983          6,789          7,396          5,970
China and Chinese Taipei          4,975          5,286          5,315          5,308          6,562          6,888          6,893          6,868          5,822
Indonesia          2,685          2,811          3,047          3,242          4,477          5,158          5,506          5,761          4,754
Hong Kong, China          2,204          3,487          3,925          3,748          4,366          4,540          4,680          4,22 6          3,470
India          1,782          1,780          1,825          2,153          1,945          2,679          3,344          3,097          3 ,289
Mexico          1,414          1,509          1,383          1,672          1,886          2,821          2,585          3,133          3,133
Colombia          2,214          1,894          1,899          1,735          2,715          2,661          2,449          3,247          2,959
Thailand          1,390          1,774          2,075          2,120          2,833          3,824          3,965          2,857          2,711
New Zealand          2,333          2,159          2,297          2,207          2,365          2,862          3,017          3,163          2,436
Turkey          1,188          1,564          1,178          1,597          1,567          1,864          2,229          2,278          1,925
Rest of world        27,852        27,036        29,348        28,529        36,767        42,593        44,673        45,465        43, 171
 World Total ("other"
agricultural products)     102,496      113,122      120,544      121,969      147,443      169,875      176,850      182,911      171,792
World Total (all
agricultural products)   190,768   213,454   229,685   227,191   262,681  304,748  323,396   323,910 305,482
Notes:
(1)  Products included are agricultural products other than cereals, sugar, butter/butter oil, skim milk powder, whole milk pow der, cheese, bovine meat, pigmeat, poultry meat, oilseeds,
and fruit and vegetables.
(2)  For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 95Table 76  - Share of selected countries in the value of wo rld imports of  "other" agricultural products (per cent)
Average
1986 – 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC(15) 26.4 23.4 21.5 20.7 22.1 21.1 20.3 19.6 20.0
United States 13.7 13.0 13.4 13.6 12.4 12.2 13.4 14.3 15.1
Japan             10.5             11.6             11.0             10.7             10.4             10.1               9.8               9.1               8.8
China and Chinese Taipei               3.9               4.3               4.2               3.8               5.2               5.9               5.8               5.8               5.0
Hong Kong, China               3.3               4.5               4.7               4.3               4.3               4.0               4.1               3.9               3.5
Canada               2.6               2.8               2.8               3.0               3.0               2.7               2.8               3.1               3.4
Russia                 -                 -               2.9               3.5               3.5               3.4               2.5               3.0               2.8
Mexico               1.0               1.8               2.1               2.2               2.2               1.4               1.5               1.9               2.2
Korea               2.8               3.3               3.1               3.0               3.0               3.1               3.2               2.9               2.0
Switzerland               2.2               2.4               2.3               2.1               2.0               1.9               1.9               1.7               1.9
Singapore               1.6               2.1               2.2               2.4               2.2               2.0               1. 9               2.0               1.6
Poland               0.9               0.6               1.0               1.0               1.2               1.3               1.4               1.4               1.5
Turkey               0.8               1.1               1.1               1.3               1.0               1.4               1.4               1.6               1.4
Brazil               0.6               0.7               0.7               1.1               1.1               1.5               1.5               1.6               1.4
Saudi Arabia               1.4               1.7               1.1               1.2               0.8               1.0               0.9               1.0               1.0
Malaysia               0.6               0.8               0.8               0.9               1.0               1.0               1.1               1.0               1.0
Indonesia               0.6               0.9               1.0               1.0               1.0               1.1               1. 3               1.2               0.8
Egypt               0.9               0.8               0.8               0.7               0.7               0.7               0.7               0.7               0.8
Rest of world             25.9             24.2             23.3             23.4             22.9             24.1             24.3             24.2             25.8
World import value 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total of top four importers
in 1986-90 (EC; US; Japan;
China and Chinese Taipei)            54.5             52.3             50.1             48.8             50.1             49.3             49.3             48. 8             48.9
Source:   Table 77.G/AG/NG/S/11
Page 96Table 77 - Import value of "other" agricultural products (million US dollars)
Average
1986 - 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
EC(15)        29,452        28,019        27,237        26,477        33,376        37,477        36,375        36,159        35,298
United States        15,272        15,588        17,047        17,314        18,711        21,656        23,944        26,340        26, 584
Japan        11,767        13,812        13,954        13,660        15,702        17,957        17,557        16,751        15,560
China and Chinese Taipei          4,351          5,120          5,279          4,848          7,761        10,436        10,352        10,714          8,797
Hong Kong, China          3,721          5,340          5,900          5,542          6,459          7,127          7,359          7,20 4          6,182
Canada          2,883          3,347          3,579          3,793          4,461          4,749          4,992          5,682          6,056
Russia                 -                 -          3,674          4,453          5,300          6,085          4,558          5,513          4,970
Mexico          1,143          2,114          2,688          2,775          3,274          2,406          2,761          3,426          3,843
Korea          3,161          3,947          3,877          3,821          4,448          5,585          5,684          5,292          3 ,443
Switzerland          2,505          2,846          2,885          2,673          3,028          3,395          3,425          3,166          3,325
Singapore          1,833          2,524          2,802          3,121          3,343          3,531          3,490          3,712          2,908
Poland          1,024              680          1,266          1,330          1,830          2,258          2,455          2,629          2,633
Turkey              933          1,373          1,426          1,710          1,494          2,561          2,577          2,906          2,521
Brazil              624              872              863          1,447          1,732          2,618          2,719          2,962          2,388
Saudi Arabia          1,603          2,001          1,426          1,589          1,213          1,805          1,584          1,859          1,847
Malaysia              708              967          1,063          1,127          1,443          1,725          2,007          1,860          1,748
Indonesia              703          1,073          1,268          1,239          1,528          2,011          2,368          2,212          1,407
Egypt          1,024              997          1,001              916          1,083          1,276          1,313          1,266          1,397
Rest of world        28,876        28,955        29,549        29,938        34,500        42,871        43,545        44,655        45, 491
World Total ("other"
agricultural products)     111,583      119,576      126,785      127,774      150,688      177,528      179,064      184,307      176,399
World Total (all
agricultural products)213,834       235,252       255,240       248,025       281,952       328,751       340,537       338,485       323,450
Notes:
(1) Products included are agricultural products other than cereals, sugar, butter/butter oil, skim milk powder, whole milk powde r, cheese, bovine meat, pigmeat, poultry meat,
oilseeds, and fruit and vegetables.(2) For further comments see cover note, particularly paragraphs 19 and 20.
Source:   FAO (1999), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from the Internet.
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