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Where does China get its poultry meat? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $2.7 billion of poultry meat (981 thousand tonnes), 7.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Brazil (49%), Russia (16%) and Thailand (16%). China was the world’s largest importer of poultry meat.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
981thousand tonnes
Share of world total
7.8%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil1.3Tonnes: 560,920USD per tonne: $2,36548.6%Sea
Russia0.43Tonnes: 144,429USD per tonne: $2,98015.8%Land
Thailand0.43Tonnes: 113,141USD per tonne: $3,76315.6%Sea
United States0.29Tonnes: 90,665USD per tonne: $3,19610.6%Sea
Belarus0.2Tonnes: 53,219USD per tonne: $3,7267.3%Sea
Uzbekistan0.05Tonnes: 12,471USD per tonne: $3,6941.7%Sea
Chile0.01Tonnes: 2,392USD per tonne: $3,1040.27%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 1,040USD per tonne: $1,9100.07%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 105USD per tonne: $8,8310.03%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 252USD per tonne: $3,2420.03%Sea
Kyrgyzstan< 0.01Tonnes: 1,359USD per tonne: $6000.03%Land
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 89USD per tonne: $3,6600.01%Sea
Kazakhstan< 0.01Tonnes: 154USD per tonne: $1,8590.01%Land
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 180USD per tonne: $1,0560.01%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 87USD per tonne: $1,7630.01%Land
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 86USD per tonne: $1,6640.01%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 74USD per tonne: $1,3740%Sea
Finland< 0.01Tonnes: 43USD per tonne: $1,9700%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $5,1630%Sea
Panama< 0.01Tonnes: 78USD per tonne: $8880%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2010

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

  • Brazil 1.3
  • Russia 0.43
  • Thailand 0.43
  • United States 0.29
  • Belarus 0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil< 0.011.3
Russia< 0.010.43
Thailand< 0.010.43
United States0.080.29
Belarus00.2

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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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