The red meat situation for the last two decades can be summarized as follows : - growth of 3,3 per cent for sheep, - 1,6 per cent for cattle and 0,6 per cent for goat. Red meat prices are affected by feed availability and climatic conditions. Prices also depend on consumers' preferences, with lamb having the highest price, followed by beef and then goat meat. The quantity of red meat produced annually is based on calculations made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, whereas the quality and dressing percentages of the various categories are based on information from the Ministry of Supply. Per-capita annual consumption of red and white meat has also increased from 8 kg and 2 kg, respectively, in 1976 to 12 kg and 7 kg, respectively, in 1995. Sheep heads the list of imported and exported livestock, Awassi lambs being specially demanded from neighbouring countries. Self-sufficiency in red meat reached 95 per cent. in the late 1980s but it has probably decreased since then as the growth in domestic production has failed to keep pace with the rapid increase in the human population and in the demand for meat.