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Who buys Australia’s beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $9.2 billion of beef (1.4 million tonnes), 13.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (31%), China (16%) and Japan (15%). Australia was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$9.2billion
Tonnes
1.4million tonnes
Share of world total
13.4%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States2.8Tonnes: 379,341USD per tonne: $7,43930.6%Sea
China1.5Tonnes: 219,278USD per tonne: $6,92816.5%Sea
Japan1.4Tonnes: 249,479USD per tonne: $5,49914.9%Sea
South Korea1.3Tonnes: 205,063USD per tonne: $6,36014.2%Sea
Indonesia0.38Tonnes: 114,141USD per tonne: $3,3644.2%Sea
Taiwan0.24Tonnes: 32,271USD per tonne: $7,4062.6%Sea
Thailand0.18Tonnes: 20,367USD per tonne: $8,9372%Sea
Canada0.18Tonnes: 27,133USD per tonne: $6,6112%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.16Tonnes: 13,690USD per tonne: $11,8821.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.15Tonnes: 16,891USD per tonne: $8,7871.6%Sea
Vietnam0.14Tonnes: 26,545USD per tonne: $5,2251.5%Sea
Philippines0.11Tonnes: 33,743USD per tonne: $3,3321.2%Sea
Malaysia0.08Tonnes: 14,271USD per tonne: $5,6160.87%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.08Tonnes: 5,738USD per tonne: $13,7010.85%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.08Tonnes: 4,987USD per tonne: $15,5920.84%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.06Tonnes: 4,502USD per tonne: $13,3830.65%Sea
United Kingdom0.06Tonnes: 5,728USD per tonne: $9,9890.62%Sea
New Zealand0.04Tonnes: 6,980USD per tonne: $5,7650.44%Sea
Qatar0.03Tonnes: 1,804USD per tonne: $14,8750.29%Sea
Germany0.02Tonnes: 696USD per tonne: $28,4240.21%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 2.8
  • China 1.5
  • Japan 1.4
  • South Korea 1.3
  • Indonesia 0.38

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.432.8
China< 0.011.5
Japan1.21.4
South Korea0.181.3
Indonesia0.020.38

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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