It processes 70 percent of the nation's heart valves and 90 percent of vascular tissue.

Hong Kong's container port, for example, processes half of China's exports and 40 percent of its imports.

"The new company will process approximately 15 percent of the worldwide cocoa bean crop," Callebaut said.

At this time last year, the I.R.S. had received 64.7 million returns and processed 53.3 million, or 82 percent.

These refineries, which can process nearly 900,000 barrels a day, or 5 percent of American capacity, are likely to be out of commission for months.

Last year Canada processed 26 percent more cattle, in large part because of an expansion in slaughtering capacity.

Process 98 percent of all name checks within 30 days and process the remaining two percent within 90 days.

But by the end of the cold war, the agency was reportedly able to process only about 20 percent of all the intelligence it pulled in.

It processes 94.8 percent of all milk solids from dairy farms.

The city at one time processed 60 percent of the nation's sugar.