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BOVINE HIDES AND SKINS INCLUDING BUFFALOES |
SHEEP AND LAMBSKINS |
GOAT AND KIDSKINS |
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Livestock Numbers |
Share of global herd |
Ratio of output to livestock numbers |
Numerical output |
Average unit weights |
Livestock Numbers |
Share of global herd |
Ratio of output to livestock numbers |
Numerical output |
Average unit weights |
Livestock Numbers |
Share of global herd |
Ratio of output to livestock numbers |
Numerical output |
Average unit weights |
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|
Million Head |
(.......Percent.......) |
Million pieces |
Kg.wet salted |
Million Head |
(.......Percent.......) |
Million pieces |
Kg.dry |
Million Head |
(........Percent........) |
Million pieces |
Kg.dry |
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WORLD |
1 510.4 |
100.0 |
21.0 |
316.7 |
18.05 |
1 043.2 |
100.0 |
50.0 |
521.8 |
0.76 |
722.2 |
100.0 |
47.7 |
344.2 |
0.72 |
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Developing Countries 1/ |
1 180.5 |
78.2 |
16.8 |
197.9 |
15.55 |
662.0 |
63.5 |
49.2 |
325.9 |
0.61 |
689.6 |
95.5 |
47.4 |
326.9 |
0.71 |
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Latin America |
351.3 |
23.3 |
18.6 |
65.2 |
19.77 |
83.1 |
8.0 |
26.8 |
22.3 |
0.80 |
34.4 |
4.8 |
28.2 |
9.7 |
0.59 |
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Africa |
177.7 |
11.8 |
10.9 |
19.3 |
13.46 |
154.5 |
14.8 |
38.3 |
59.2 |
0.69 |
161.8 |
22.4 |
33.1 |
53.5 |
0.60 |
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Near East |
71.2 |
4.7 |
16.9 |
12.0 |
16.05 |
187.2 |
17.9 |
51.5 |
96.4 |
0.66 |
97.7 |
13.5 |
31.9 |
31.2 |
0.75 |
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Far East |
579.5 |
38.4 |
17.5 |
101.3 |
13.15 |
237.2 |
22.7 |
62.4 |
147.9 |
0.52 |
395.5 |
54.8 |
58.8 |
232.4 |
0.74 |
|
Developed Countries |
329.9 |
21.8 |
36.0 |
118.8 |
22.23 |
381.2 |
36.5 |
51.4 |
195.9 |
1.01 |
32.6 |
4.5 |
53.1 |
17.3 |
0.74 |
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North America |
111.5 |
7.4 |
36.9 |
41.1 |
24.72 |
7.9 |
0.8 |
51.9 |
4.1 |
0.89 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
50.0 |
0.7 |
1.00 |
|
Europe |
102.2 |
6.8 |
34.2 |
35.0 |
23.01 |
133.5 |
12.8 |
61.6 |
82.2 |
0.89 |
15.1 |
2.1 |
68.9 |
10.4 |
0.65 |
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Area of the Former Ussr |
61.0 |
4.0 |
43.1 |
26.3 |
19.10 |
48.5 |
4.6 |
56.7 |
27.5 |
0.70 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
31.9 |
2.3 |
0.91 |
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Oceania |
36.7 |
2.4 |
33.2 |
12.2 |
18.37 |
162.3 |
15.6 |
45.2 |
73.3 |
1.27 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
72.7 |
1.6 |
1.00 |
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Other developed |
18.6 |
1.2 |
22.6 |
4.2 |
22.16 |
29.1 |
2.8 |
30.2 |
8.8 |
0.99 |
6.7 |
0.9 |
34.3 |
2.3 |
0.79 |
1/ Figure shown may be slightly different from sum total due to
the existence of some "other developing countries" not shown separately.
2/ Without wool.
Notes to Table II
The most important factors determining output of raw hides and skins are the animal population, the off-take ratio and the weight per hide or skin. While developing countries hold over 78 percent of the world bovine herd they together produce about 63 percent of the world hide output on a numerical basis, an improvement over the situation in the mid-eighties. As the weight per hide on average is lower in developing countries, they accounted for 54 percent of total output. The widest disparity between bovine population and output of hides occurs in Africa which accounts for more than 11 percent of the world's cattle but for only 4.5 percent of hide output on a weight basis.
The situation is more favourable to developing countries with regard to sheepskins. They provide grazing for 63 percent of the global sheep flock and account for a similar proportion of the numbers of sheepskins produced globally. Again, however, the gap between output of sheepskins in the developing and developed countries widens when expressed in weight terms.
In the case of goatskins the respective shares of developing countries' flocks and output almost correspond at around 95 percent. However, there are considerable discrepancies in productivity in the goat flocks among developing countries, the off-take ratio varying between 28 and 72 percent.
