CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS FATS AND OILS, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND STOCKS - JANUARY 1997 M20K(97)-1 Issued February 27, 1997 Contact: Stephen Pope, 301-457-1165 Table 1A. SELECTED ITEMS OF FATS AND OIL CONSUMPTION, SEASONNALY ADJUSTED: 1995 TO 1997 (Millions of pounds) Edible oils consumed in-- Total Other inedible Year and month Baking or Salad or edible oils Total frying fats cooking oil Margarine products consumed Year to date 1997. 1,342.9 502.1 676.7 144.3 19.8 552.8 Year to date 1996. 1,182.4 442.8 549.3 159.2 31.1 437.6 1997 January. . . . . . . . 1,342.9 502.1 676.7 144.3 19.8 552.8 1996 Total . . . . . . . . 14,480.0 5,670.0 6,611.1 1,837.2 361.7 5,970.6 December. . . . . . . . 1,248.3 440.3 640.4 142.7 24.9 478.2 November. . . . . . . . 1,136.4 440.5 504.4 165.8 25.7 475.5 October. . . . . . . . 1,260.3 470.9 598.6 162.5 28.3 514.0 September. . . . . . . 1,221.4 460.5 574.0 155.5 31.4 495.0 August. . . . . . . . . 1,269.7 516.5 569.5 155.9 27.8 502.5 July. . . . . . . . . . 1,209.8 498.2 542.1 146.8 22.7 542.9 June. . . . . . . . . . 1,162.0 475.1 520.2 135.6 31.1 474.9 May. . . . . . . . . . 1,244.7 516.7 532.1 159.9 36.0 540.6 April. . . . . . . . . 1,213.2 492.4 530.8 155.1 34.9 544.9 March. . . . . . . . . 1,174.9 483.3 511.2 143.0 37.4 481.3 February. . . . . . . . 1,156.9 432.8 538.5 155.2 30.4 483.2 January. . . . . . . . 1,182.4 442.8 549.3 159.2 31.1 437.6 1995 Total. . . . . . . . 15,032.4 6,001.9 6,746.2 1,850.6 433.7 5,953.3 December. . . . . . . . 1,235.0 506.5 542.1 149.6 36.8 459.0 November. . . . . . . . 1,255.0 504.6 558.1 157.2 35.1 487.0 October. . . . . . . . 1,242.3 510.9 539.1 151.8 40.5 501.3 September. . . . . . . 1,244.5 495.6 554.1 155.7 39.1 486.1 August. . . . . . . . . 1,256.8 514.9 549.0 154.9 38.0 504.5 July. . . . . . . . . . 1,231.4 489.5 559.0 146.5 36.4 485.3 June. . . . . . . . . . 1,243.5 505.4 545.4 156.8 35.9 500.1 May. . . . . . . . . . 1,338.1 554.2 569.1 182.0 32.8 499.9 April. . . . . . . . . 1,224.3 461.0 575.4 150.3 37.6 491.9 March. . . . . . . . . 1,256.6 489.5 585.8 145.8 35.5 506.6 February. . . . . . . . 1,234.6 476.7 575.3 150.7 31.9 516.8 January. . . . . . . . 1,270.3 493.1 593.8 149.3 34.1 514.8 Table 1B. SELECTED ITEMS OF FATS AND OIL CONSUMPTION, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: 1995 TO 1997 (Millions of pounds) Edible oils consumed in-- Total Year and month Other inedible Baking or Salad or edible oils Total frying fats cooking oil Margarine products consumed Year to date 1997. 1,275.9 457.1 658.7 140.3 19.8 499.8 Year to date 1996. 1,163.1 449.5 524.3 158.2 31.1 451.9 1997 January. . . . . . . . . 1,275.9 457.1 658.7 140.3 19.8 499.8 1996 Total . . . . . . . . 14,800.2 5,904.3 6,717.7 1,816.5 361.7 6,128.6 December. . . . . . . . 1,301.3 494.3 619.4 162.7 24.9 508.2 November. . . . . . . . 1,292.4 507.5 595.4 163.8 25.7 496.5 October. . . . . . . . . 1,346.4 520.9 621.6 175.6 28.3 546.0 September. . . . . . . . 1,250.4 481.5 581.0 156.5 31.4 511.0 August. . . . . . . . . 1,334.7 558.5 596.5 151.9 27.8 531.5 July. . . . . . . . . . 1,144.8 467.2 530.1 124.8 22.7 518.9 June. . . . . . . . . . 1,159.0 472.1 523.2 132.6 31.1 496.9 May. . . . . . . . . . . 1,237.7 504.7 556.1 140.9 36.0 553.6 April. . . . . . . . . . 1,208.2 490.4 541.8 141.1 34.9 540.9 March. . . . . . . . . . 1,242.4 510.0 534.8 160.2 37.4 493.7 February. . . . . . . . 1,119.8 447.7 493.5 148.2 30.4 479.5 January. . . . . . . . . 1,163.1 449.5 524.3 158.2 31.1 451.9 1995 Total . . . . . . . . 15,056.3 6,031.3 6,744.4 1,846.9 433.7 6,101.1 December. . . . . . . . 1,225.8 494.0 521.0 174.0 36.8 477.8 November. . . . . . . . 1,297.9 531.1 549.1 182.6 35.1 503.8 October. . . . . . . . . 1,329.7 565.4 560.0 163.8 40.5 521.6 September. . . . . . . . 1,285.4 526.1 564.5 155.7 39.1 491.1 August. . . . . . . . . 1,290.1 542.3 561.6 148.2 38.0 524.8 July. . . . . . . . . . 1,165.2 462.0 547.0 119.8 36.4 487.4 June. . . . . . . . . . 1,258.0 510.9 555.4 155.8 35.9 519.4 May. . . . . . . . . . . 1,320.1 534.7 593.5 159.1 32.8 527.6 April. . . . . . . . . . 1,221.0 461.5 583.4 138.5 37.6 501.1 March. . . . . . . . . . 1,330.6 519.0 612.8 163.3 35.5 531.8 February. . . . . . . . 1,134.2 431.2 530.3 140.8 31.9 504.1 January. . . . . . . . . 1,198.3 453.1 565.8 145.3 34.1 510.6 Table 2. PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF EDIBLE AND INEDIBLE FATS (Thousands of pounds) January 1997 December 1996 Product 1/ Stocks, Stocks, end end Production of month Production of month Lard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) 16,243 (NA) 18,948 Edible tallow. . . . . . . . . . . 122,387 39,444 107,522 33,318 Inedible tallow and grease. . . . . 527,947 271,160 492,324 266,150 Inedible tallow. . . . . . . . . 294,270 168,827 272,946 170,136 Greases. . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,181 97,517 215,444 91,554 Inedible tallow and grease, n.s.k. 3,496 4,816 3,934 4,460 Meat meal and tankage. . . . . . . 489,379 (NA) 470,525 (NA) Meat and bone meal. . . . . . . . 379,626 52,338 359,970 47,009 Dry rendered tankage. . . . . . . 103,335 13,472 103,551 11,661 Meat meal and tankage, n.s.k. . . 6,418 (NA) 7,004 (NA) Feather meal. . . . . . . . . . . . 62,496 6,962 50,192 4,884 All other products 2/. . . . . . . 157,303 18,715 144,734 15,326 Crude tall oil. . . . . . . . . . . 124,126 173,033 114,510 182,385 Vegetable foots. . . . . . . . . . 20,617 8,245 23,225 8,374 N.s.k. Not specified by kind. NA Not available. 1/ Data for production are rendered fats only. Those for end-of-months stocks include rendered and refined fats. 2/ Includes poultry fat and by-products meal, blood meal, and raw products for pet food. Table 3A. TOTAL QUANTITY OF CONSUMPTION OF FATS AND OILS IN EDIBLE AND INEDIBLE PRODUCTS (Thousands of pounds) January December Product 1997 1996 Consumption in edible products 1/. . . 1,275,850 1,301,369 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . . . 457,085 494,274 Salad or cooking oil. . . . . . . . . . . . 658,682 619,447 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,322 162,745 Other edible products 2/. . . . . . . . . . 19,761 24,903 Consumption in inedible products 1/. . 499,796 508,195 Soap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,039 42,740 Paint and varnish . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,908 6,209 Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207,917 214,628 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . . 14,047 12,934 Lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,188 8,848 Fatty acids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,082 170,111 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . . 47,615 52,725 1/ Includes hydrogenated fats (vegetable and animal) and other fats and oils in process. 2/ Includes confectioner's fats. Table 3B. TOTAL CONSUMPTION OF FATS AND OILS IN EDIBLE AND INEDIBLE PRODUCT (Thousands of pounds) Edible products Inedible products Product 1/ January December January December 1997 1996 1997 1996 All oils. . . . . . . . . . 1,275,850 1,301,369 499,796 508,195 Cottonseed. . . . . . . . . . . 50,546 44,260 (D) (D) Soybean. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063,998 1,068,186 23,187 24,891 Corn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,241 58,933 9 9 Peanut. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,694 12,541 65 55 Tall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 111,479 98,833 Safflower seed. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 51 49 Palm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 6,256 6,809 Coconut. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,636 8,207 34,308 39,741 Linseed. . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 6,674 6,142 Inedible tallow. . . . . . . . . - - 274,894 287,218 Tung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 934 2,081 Castor. . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 3,744 4,555 Palm kernel. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Rapeseed. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,974 23,227 (D) (D) Edible tallow. . . . . . . . . . 27,062 26,563 16,702 13,001 Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,079 22,538 8,442 11,080 Sunflower. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) (D) (D) Vegetable oil foots. . . . . . . - - 6,112 8,383 Fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 186 317 Other fats and oils. . . . . . . (D) (D) 1,928 1,731 - Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 1/ Includes hydrogenated fats (vegetable and animal) and other fats and oils in process. 2/ Includes confectioner's fats. Table 4. PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND FACTORY AND WAREHOUSE STOCKS OF SELECTED FATS AND OILS (Thousands of pounds) Product Product description January December code 1997 1996 Cottonseed oil: 20742 11 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 85,184 82,151 Consumption: 20741 11 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,777 85,099 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. (D) (D) 20742 11 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,546 44,260 20742 11 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . 23,347 24,134 20742 11 Salad or cooking oil. . . . . . . . . 25,319 17,910 20742 11 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20742 11 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20742 11 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 123,474 106,011 20741 11 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,980 34,989 20742 11 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,494 71,022 Soybean oil: 20751 21 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 975,013 1,025,667 Consumption: 20751 11 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003,837 1,059,837 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. 1,087,185 1,093,077 20751 21 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063,998 1,068,186 20751 21 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . 366,009 399,135 20751 21 Salad or cooking oil. . . . . . . . . 559,846 510,766 20751 21 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,647 151,695 20751 21 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . 4,496 6,590 20751 22 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,187 24,891 20751 22 Soap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20751 22 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . 3,235 3,342 20751 22 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . 9,326 7,941 20751 22 Fatty acids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20751 22 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . 8,543 9,486 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,172,393 2,027,133 20751 11 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,929,683 1,805,107 20751 21 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242,710 222,026 Corn oil: 20460 65 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 65,180 79,596 Consumption: 20460 61 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,334 84,658 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. 39,250 58,942 20460 65 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,241 58,933 20460 65 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . 5,462 4,370 20460 65 Salad or cooking oil. . . . . . . . . 29,328 45,966 20460 65 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,451 8,597 20460 65 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . - - Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 160,783 154,337 20460 61 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,377 100,435 20460 65 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,406 53,902 Peanut oil: 20762 57 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 10,476 10,903 Consumption: 20762 52 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,801 11,257 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. 11,759 12,596 20762 57 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,694 12,541 20762 57 Salad or cooking oil. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 57 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 59 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 65 55 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 94,967 88,384 20762 52 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,948 85,576 20762 57 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,019 2,808 Tall oil: 28612 93 Production of refined oil 3/. . . . . . . . (D) (D) Consumption: 28612 91 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 28612 99 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,479 98,833 28612 99 Soap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 28612 99 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 28612 99 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . 1,736 1,402 28612 99 Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 325 28612 99 Fatty acids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,181 79,224 28612 99 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 179,472 191,307 28612 91 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,033 182,385 28612 91 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,439 8,922 Safflower Oil: 20762 33 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 2,697 2,694 Consumption: 20762 31 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797 2,795 Selected edible and inedible products 2/ . (D) (D) 20762 33 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 33 Salad or cooking oil . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 33 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 39 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 51 49 20762 39 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 39 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 39 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . 25 23 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 38,831 40,241 20762 31 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,748 39,119 20762 33 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083 1,122 Palm oil: 20762 47 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . (D) (D) Consumption: 20762 46 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 41 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. (D) (D) 20762 41 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 41 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 41 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 41 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,256 6,809 20762 41 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 62,664 r/70,885 20762 46 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,210 8,677 20762 47 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,454 r/62,208 Coconut oil: 20762 23 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 23,237 28,340 Consumption: 20762 21 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,347 29,748 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. 43,944 47,948 20762 23 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,636 8,207 20762 23 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 23 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 22 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 34,308 39,741 20762 22 Soap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,739 6,859 20762 22 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 22 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . 187 r/226 20762 22 Lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 22 Fatty acids . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 22 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . 9,420 15,508 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 147,425 125,943 20762 21 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,081 69,939 20762 21 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,344 56,004 Linseed oil: Consumption: 20761 13 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20761 22 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,674 6,142 20761 22 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478 r 942 20761 22 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . 2,226 r/2,567 20761 22 Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20761 22 Fatty acids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20761 22 All other inedible products. . . . . . . (D) (D) Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 47,523 49,199 20761 13 Crude 4/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,924 32,460 20761 33 Refined 5/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,599 16,739 Inedible tallow and grease: Consumption: 20771 12 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274,894 287,218 20771 12 Soap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,143 17,393 20771 12 Feed 6/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,487 199,120 20771 12 Inedible tallow. . . . . . . . . . . . 80,200 89,463 20771 12 Greases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,287 109,657 20771 12 Inedible tallow and greases n.s.k.. . - - 20771 12 Lubricants and similar oils. . . . . . . 6,762 6,617 20771 12 Fatty acids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,755 61,627 20771 12 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . 2,747 2,461 20771 12 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 271,160 266,150 20771 12 Inedible tallow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,827 170,136 20771 12 Greases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,517 91,554 20771 12 Inedible tallow and greases n.s.k.. . . . 4,816 4,460 Tung oil: Consumption: 20762 65 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 934 2,081 20762 65 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . . 218 219 20762 65 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 65 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 65 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,839 2,373 Castor oil: Consumption: 20762 12 Inedible products 2/ . . . . . . . . . . . 3,744 4,555 20762 12 Soap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 12 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 12 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . 141 r/143 20762 12 Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 r/166 20762 12 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . 2,729 2,878 20762 12 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,703 31,755 Palm kernel oil: 20762 45 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . (D) (D) Consumption: 20762 45 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) Selected edible and inedible products . . 13,992 17,370 20762 45 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 45 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 49 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 54,205 39,877 Rapeseed oil: 20762 72 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . 8,523 13,650 Consumption: 20762 72 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,695 13,932 20762 71 Selected edible and inedible products . . (D) (D) 20762 72 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,974 23,227 20762 72 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 72 Salad or cooking oil . . . . . . . . . 15,007 14,096 20762 72 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 72 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . - - 20762 72 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 72,857 79,288 20762 72 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,731 61,966 20762 22 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,126 17,322 Edible tallow: Consumption: 20110 41 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. 43,764 39,564 20110 41 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,062 26,563 20110 41 Baking or frying fats. . . . . . . . . 26,519 26,013 20110 41 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/ 7/ 20110 41 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20110 41 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . 16,702 13,001 20110 41 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 39,444 33,318 Lard: Consumption: 20115 15 Selected edible and inedible products 2/. . 26,521 33,618 20115 15 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,079 22,538 20115 15 Baking and frying fats . . . . . . . . . 16,748 20,880 20115 15 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/ 7/ 20115 15 Other edible products. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20115 15 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,442 11,080 20115 15 Lubricants and similar oils. . . . . . . 1,139 1,007 20115 15 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . 7,303 10,073 20115 15 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,243 18,948 Sunflower oil: 20762 82 Production of refined oil 1/. . . . . . . . (D) (D) Consumption: 20762 84 In refining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) Selected edible and inedible products 2/. 6,468 8,018 20762 84 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 89 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 169,828 149,842 20762 82 Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,704 143,103 20762 84 Refined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,124 6,739 Vegetable oil foots: 20773 13 Consumption in inedible products 2/. . . . . 6,112 8,383 20773 13 Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,246 7,543 20773 13 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . . 866 840 20773 13 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,245 8,374 Fish oil, including mammal oil other than sperm: Production of crude fish oil. . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) 20773 69 Consumption in inedible products 2/. . . . . 186 317 20773 69 Paint and varnish. . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20773 69 Resins and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20773 69 Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 48 20773 69 Other inedible products. . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20773 69 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . (NA) (NA) Other fats and oils: 20762 81 Consumption in selected edible and inedible products 2/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 81 Edible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20762 81 Inedible products. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,928 1,731 20762 81 Stocks, end of month. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692 1,160 - Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. r/ Revised by 5 percent of more from previously published data. NA Not available. 1/ Production of refined oils covers only once-refined oils. Degummed soybean oil is reported as crude oil. 2/ Includes hydrogenated fats (vegetable and animal) and other fats and oils in process. (For example, refined cottonseed includes stocks of stearin). 3/ The use of whole or crude tall oil in the distillation or fractionation process is reported as consumed in fatty acids, and use in the acid refining process is reported as consumed in refining. The production represents refined tall oil and distilled tall oil containing less than 90 percent free fatty acids not including resin acids. 4/ Includes raw and boiled linseed oil. 5/ Includes linseed oil other than raw and boiled. 6/ Consumption in feed is reported by renderers and fat reprocessors as shipments for consumption of inedible tallow and grease for use in livestock and poultry feed. Data are not collected regarding other oils provided for or consumed in animal feed. 7/ 1,444 thousand pounds of lard and edible tallow consumed in margarine for January 1997 and 1,769 thousand pounds for December 1996. Table 5. PRODUCTION AND PRODUCERS' AND WAREHOUSE STOCKS OF SELECTED FATS AND OILS PRODUCTS (Thousands of pounds) January 1997 December 1996 Producers' Producers' Product description and and Product Pro- warehouse Pro- warehouse code duction stocks duction stocks Baking or frying fats (including shortening). . 455,343 85,761 492,244 80,747 20791 13 100% vegetable oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,027 77,660 444,863 76,085 20791 15 100% animal fat or blends of vegetable oil and animal fats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,316 8,101 47,381 4,662 Salad and cooking oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656,123 111,970 616,716 129,557 20791 61 Soybean salad and cooking oil. . . . . . . . . 557,689 60,281 508,499 83,870 20791 69 Other salad and cooking oil. . . . . . . . . . 98,434 51,689 108,217 45,687 20792 01 Margarine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,622 49,454 222,271 43,936 28414 11 Glycerin, crude (100% basis) 1/. . . . . . . . . 28,033 59,893 29,541 57,094 28414 41 Glycerin, refined (all grades, 100% basis). . . 28,427 10,522 29,382 13,411 28992 10 Fatty acids (all grades). . . . . . . . . . . . 140,044 95,515 146,964 87,213 1/ 28,539 thousand pounds consumed in refining for January 1997 and 29,508 thousand pounds consumed in refining for December 1996. Table 6. WAREHOUSE STOCKS OF SELECTED FATS AND OILS AND FATS AND OILS PRODUCTS (Thousands of pounds) Product January December code Product description 1997 1996 20115 15 Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20700 00 Cottonseed and soybean oil (all grades except salad or cooking oil). . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20771 13 Tallow, inedible, including inedible animal stearin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,496 64,375 20771 14 Grease (other than wool grease). . . . . . . . 6,867 6,625 20791 61 Soybean salad and cooking oil. . . . . . . . . (D) (D) 20791 69 Other salad and cooking oil. . . . . . . . . . - - 20791 19 Baking or frying fats, including shortening . . (D) (D) Note: Includes all stocks reported on Census Form M20H, which covers public warehouses, port terminals, and warehouses of companies producing fats and oil products, except wholesale branches of meat packers. Does not include stock held at retail stores, bakeries, restaurants, or private warehouses of retail and wholesale distributors. Does not include stocks reports on Census Forms M20J, M20M, and M20N, which cover crushing mills, refineries, and certain consuming establishments. - Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Table 7. Supply and Distribution of Selected Fats and Oils: December 1996 (Millions of kilograms) Imports Exports of Product description for domestic Apparent Beginning Quantity consump- Ending merchan- consump- stock produced tion 1/ stock dise 2/ tion 3/ Cottonseed oil: Crude . . . 12.1 52.6 - 15.8 0.0 48.9 Refined . . 30.7 37.2 - 32.2 3.6 32.1 Soybean oil: Crude . . . 386.2 668.6 - 818.8 74.6 161.4 Refined . . 84.7 465.3 - 100.7 2.5 446.8 Corn oil: Crude . . . 13.2 94.4 - 45.5 12.6 49.5 Refined . . 14.3 36.1 - 24.4 0.3 25.7 Edible tallow . . . . . . 14.9 48.8 (NA) 15.1 8.9 (NA) Inedible tallow . . . . . 73.3 123.8 (NA) 77.2 50.8 (NA) - Represents zero. NA Not available. 1/ Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 146, U.S. Imports for Consumption. 2/ Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, U.S. Exports. 3/ Source: Apparent consumption represents new domestic supply and is derived by subtracting exports from the total of manufacturer's production plus imports, and adjusting for changes in stocks.