美国农业部已对1997年世界各国肉类总产量作出预测:1997年,包括美国、中国、巴西、法国、德国、意大利、荷兰、西班牙、阿根廷、加拿大、墨西哥、澳大利亚等51个国家和地区红肉产量将达1.285亿t,略高于1996年修订后的估计产量1.278亿t。在这一总产量中,居前10位的国家及产量分别为:中国4310万t,美国2013万t,巴西673万t,德国 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made predictions on the total meat production of all countries in the world in 1997: 1997, including 51 countries and regions such as the United States, China, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. Meat production will reach 128.5 million tonnes, which is slightly higher than the estimated production of 127.8 million tonnes as revised in 1996. In this total output, the top 10 countries and production are: China’s 43.1 million t, the United States 2013 million t, Brazil’s 6.73 million t, Germany