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Where does Chile get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Chile imported $1.5 billion of beef (277 thousand tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main sources were Paraguay (45%), Brazil (38%) and Argentina (11%). Chile was the world’s 11th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
277thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
11th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 14 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Paraguay659Tonnes: 128,615USD per tonne: $5,12445%Sea
Brazil553Tonnes: 115,310USD per tonne: $4,79337.7%Sea
Argentina167Tonnes: 24,140USD per tonne: $6,91811.4%Land
United States48.5Tonnes: 3,208USD per tonne: $15,1183.3%Sea
Uruguay25.9Tonnes: 3,621USD per tonne: $7,1501.8%Sea
Colombia10.4Tonnes: 2,095USD per tonne: $4,9820.71%Sea
Canada1.5Tonnes: 150USD per tonne: $9,9920.1%Sea
Germany0.13Tonnes: 24USD per tonne: $5,3970.01%Sea
Australia0.12Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $59,0870.01%Air
Peru0.11Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $11,9830.01%Land
China0.03Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $4,0410%Sea
Bolivia0.02Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $14,9130%Land
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $9,3920%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $17,4220%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Paraguay has been its main source since 2020

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Paraguay 659
  • Brazil 553
  • Argentina 167
  • United States 48.5
  • Uruguay 25.9

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Paraguay10.3659
Brazil0553
Argentina106167
United States0.1248.5
Uruguay7.925.9

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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