21. In New Zealand, the largest consumer of Worcestershire sauce per capita, it for many years relieved the monotony of a diet overladen with lamb. 22. India is both the largest consumer and the largest producer, supplying about one-sixth of worldwide demand for tea. 23. It said the real culprit is the United States, which is by far the largest consumer of drugs, creating a huge demand. 24. Japan is the largest consumer of metal in Asia and South Korea the third-largest after China. 25. Japan is the largest consumer of platinum and the second largest consumer of palladium behind the U.S. 26. Japan is the largest consumer of platinum and the second-largest consumer of palladium behind the U.S. 27. Last year it was the fifth largest consumer of copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc and tin, behind the U.S., Japan, China and Germany. 28. Penguin Putnam is the second largest consumer publisher, after Random House. 29. Prices surged this month amid expectations for strong demand from jewelers before the holiday gift-buying season and from the photographic industry, the largest consumer. 30. Recent attempts by Russia and Japan, the largest consumer of platinum and palladium, to negotiate new supply contracts have ended in failure, traders said. |