Table 2

Brazil Soybean and soybean oil production, exports, and consumption.

1989–1991

2000–2002

Soybean production (Mt)

19,629,093

37,580,396

Soybean oil production (Mt)

2,679,413

4,467,667

Soybean oil exports (Mt)

732,659

1,556,142

Calories available from soybean oil/cap/day

326

258

Calories available from all vegetable oils/cap/day

371

319

Soybean oil as percentage of calories available from all vegetable oils (%)

88

81

Urban household consumption of soybean oil (% of total daily calorie consumption)

11.4

10.1

Source: based on data from FAOSTAT 2005 [42,145,146]. The numbers represent 3 year averages around 1990 and 2001

Source of household consumption statistics: IBGE 2004 [147]. Note that FAO data suggests a clear decline in calories available for consumption of soybean oil, whereas household consumption statistics show a very slight decline in percentage consumed. The explanation of this trend is not clear. It is not clear whether the urban bias of the household consumption statistics can explain this discrepancy. Household statistics also do not account for food consumed away from home

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