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Who buys Canada’s beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $3.2 billion of beef (431 thousand tonnes), 4.7% of the world total. The United States bought 81% of the total, followed by Japan (5%) and Mexico (5%). Canada was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$3.2billion
Tonnes
431thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.7%
World rank
5th
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 States2.6Tonnes: 344,605USD per tonne: $7,56280.8%Land
Japan0.17Tonnes: 33,307USD per tonne: $5,2485.4%Sea
Mexico0.16Tonnes: 18,313USD per tonne: $8,6634.9%Sea
South Korea0.1Tonnes: 12,927USD per tonne: $7,7003.1%Sea
Vietnam0.06Tonnes: 8,042USD per tonne: $7,1991.8%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.03Tonnes: 2,465USD per tonne: $11,3780.87%Sea
Israel0.02Tonnes: 1,852USD per tonne: $8,5400.49%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.01Tonnes: 1,370USD per tonne: $8,1380.35%Sea
Taiwan0.01Tonnes: 1,238USD per tonne: $8,9610.34%Sea
Colombia0.01Tonnes: 1,080USD per tonne: $7,7980.26%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 357USD per tonne: $20,5240.23%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 417USD per tonne: $16,3720.21%Sea
Macao0.01Tonnes: 461USD per tonne: $13,1580.19%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 321USD per tonne: $17,1210.17%Sea
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 1,015USD per tonne: $4,9490.16%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 589USD per tonne: $8,0760.15%Sea
Kuwait< 0.01Tonnes: 490USD per tonne: $5,5880.08%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 228USD per tonne: $6,8750.05%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 150USD per tonne: $9,9920.05%Sea
Saint Pierre and Miquelon< 0.01Tonnes: 164USD per tonne: $8,7230.04%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 2.6
  • Japan 0.17
  • Mexico 0.16
  • South Korea 0.1
  • Vietnam 0.06

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.362.6
Japan0.030.17
Mexico< 0.010.16
South Korea0.010.1
Vietnam00.06

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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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