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Who buys Canada’s live cattle? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $1.7 billion of live cattle (450 thousand tonnes), 14.8% of the world total. The United States bought 100% of the total, followed by Barbados (0%) and South Korea (0%). Canada was the world’s largest exporter of live cattle.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
450thousand tonnes
Share of world total
14.8%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 6 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.7Tonnes: 449,319USD per tonne: $3,75699.9%Land
Barbados< 0.01Tonnes: 170USD per tonne: $4,0680.04%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 107USD per tonne: $3,9640.03%Sea
Romania< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $3,4680%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4,0710%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $26,0000%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 1.7
  • Barbados < 0.01
  • South Korea < 0.01
  • Romania < 0.01
  • Poland < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.881.7
Barbados0< 0.01
South Korea< 0.01< 0.01
Romania0< 0.01
Poland< 0.01< 0.01

Sources and methodology

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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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