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Who buys Australia’s sheep and goat meat? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $3.8 billion of sheep and goat meat (699 thousand tonnes), 42.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (30%), China (16%) and the United Arab Emirates (6%). Australia was the world’s largest exporter of sheep and goat meat.

Summary

Value
$3.8billion
Tonnes
699thousand tonnes
Share of world total
42.2%
World rank
1st
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 States1.1Tonnes: 129,030USD per tonne: $8,74229.6%Sea
China0.6Tonnes: 191,891USD per tonne: $3,10515.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.22Tonnes: 36,192USD per tonne: $6,0705.8%Sea
South Korea0.2Tonnes: 28,595USD per tonne: $7,0465.3%Sea
Malaysia0.17Tonnes: 39,372USD per tonne: $4,3114.5%Sea
Iran0.16Tonnes: 28,828USD per tonne: $5,3794.1%Sea
Kuwait0.12Tonnes: 16,359USD per tonne: $7,6383.3%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.12Tonnes: 25,971USD per tonne: $4,7893.3%Sea
Japan0.12Tonnes: 16,945USD per tonne: $7,2743.2%Sea
Canada0.12Tonnes: 15,165USD per tonne: $7,5883%Sea
United Kingdom0.1Tonnes: 18,057USD per tonne: $5,8082.8%Sea
Qatar0.08Tonnes: 13,689USD per tonne: $6,1612.2%Sea
Papua New Guinea0.08Tonnes: 24,595USD per tonne: $3,3732.2%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.07Tonnes: 14,521USD per tonne: $4,6971.8%Sea
Jordan0.05Tonnes: 8,703USD per tonne: $5,9331.4%Sea
Taiwan0.05Tonnes: 9,951USD per tonne: $4,7031.2%Sea
Iraq0.04Tonnes: 11,027USD per tonne: $3,8701.1%Sea
Oman0.04Tonnes: 9,346USD per tonne: $3,9400.97%Sea
Brunei0.03Tonnes: 1,309USD per tonne: $25,9760.89%Sea
Bahrain0.03Tonnes: 6,194USD per tonne: $4,1940.68%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • United States 1.1
  • China 0.6
  • United Arab Emirates 0.22
  • South Korea 0.2
  • Malaysia 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.061.1
China< 0.010.6
United Arab Emirates0.020.22
South Korea0.010.2
Malaysia0.010.17

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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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