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Where does France get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $2 billion of beef (273 thousand tonnes), 2.9% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (27%), Ireland (17%) and the United Kingdom (14%). France was the world’s 8th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
273thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.9%
World rank
8th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports532Tonnes: 67,631USD per tonne: $7,87226.6%Sea
Ireland337Tonnes: 46,319USD per tonne: $7,27916.9%Sea
United Kingdom271Tonnes: 34,748USD per tonne: $7,78513.5%Sea
Germany198Tonnes: 26,426USD per tonne: $7,4989.9%Land
Poland182Tonnes: 27,183USD per tonne: $6,7119.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports180Tonnes: 25,936USD per tonne: $6,9249%Land
Spain125Tonnes: 22,435USD per tonne: $5,5576.2%Land
Italy94.8Tonnes: 12,863USD per tonne: $7,3664.7%Land
Austria30.2Tonnes: 3,269USD per tonne: $9,2481.5%Sea
Brazil5.6Tonnes: 1,148USD per tonne: $4,8740.28%Sea
Japan5.3Tonnes: 68USD per tonne: $78,9940.27%Air
Portugal4.9Tonnes: 870USD per tonne: $5,6290.24%Sea
Uruguay4.8Tonnes: 807USD per tonne: $6,0060.24%Sea
Romania4.6Tonnes: 401USD per tonne: $11,4990.23%Sea
Denmark4.6Tonnes: 477USD per tonne: $9,5820.23%Sea
United States3.2Tonnes: 276USD per tonne: $11,5850.16%Sea
Argentina3.2Tonnes: 135USD per tonne: $23,5240.16%Sea
Luxembourg3Tonnes: 398USD per tonne: $7,5530.15%Land
Iran2.6Tonnes: 428USD per tonne: $6,0140.13%Sea
Turkey2.5Tonnes: 199USD per tonne: $12,4890.12%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2002

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

  • Netherlands 532
  • Ireland 337
  • United Kingdom 271
  • Germany 198
  • Poland 182

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands331532
Ireland258337
United Kingdom371271
Germany330198
Poland0.01182

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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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