What are U.S. exports and imports of live rabbits/hares and rabbit/hare products?
Exports The US exports small amounts of live rabbits, rabbit meat, and furskins as shown in the table below. The total value of US exports of rabbit products, especially rabbit furskins, appears to be highly variable from year to year. The specific countries receiving these exports of live rabbits or rabbit products from the US varies from year to year as well. The quantities of US exports of rabbit meat accounted for 2.1% of world exports in 1998 and 3.4% of world exports in 1997. US exports of live rabbits in 1998 accounted for 1.7% of world exports and 2.3% of world exports in 1997. In 1999, 58,835 rabbits or hares were exported, with 98% going to Canada. The remaining 2% were exported to Japan, United Kingdom, Philippines and Belgium. For frozen or fresh rabbit/hare meat, the top five countries receiving US exports in 1999 were Greece, Philippines, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Japan. The top 5 countries receiving US exports of raw rabbit/hare furskins in 1999 were South Korea, Hong Kon
