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Who buys France’s live cattle? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $1.6 billion of live cattle (394 thousand tonnes), 14.2% of the world total. Italy bought 74% of the total, followed by Spain (15%) and Morocco (4%). France was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of live cattle.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
394thousand tonnes
Share of world total
14.2%
World rank
2nd
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
Italy1.2Tonnes: 296,955USD per tonne: $4,04574.2%Land
Spain0.25Tonnes: 57,690USD per tonne: $4,27915.2%Land
Morocco0.06Tonnes: 12,226USD per tonne: $4,9583.7%Sea
Greece0.02Tonnes: 4,536USD per tonne: $4,4911.3%Sea
Tunisia0.02Tonnes: 4,689USD per tonne: $4,2561.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 2,536USD per tonne: $5,0510.79%Sea
Poland0.01Tonnes: 2,546USD per tonne: $3,6950.58%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 3,273USD per tonne: $2,7410.55%Land
Libya0.01Tonnes: 1,731USD per tonne: $4,8450.52%Sea
Lebanon0.01Tonnes: 1,661USD per tonne: $3,8940.4%Sea
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 1,346USD per tonne: $4,4400.37%Land
Senegal< 0.01Tonnes: 655USD per tonne: $6,3890.26%Sea
Bulgaria< 0.01Tonnes: 729USD per tonne: $4,4190.2%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 1,047USD per tonne: $2,9440.19%Land
Serbia< 0.01Tonnes: 420USD per tonne: $4,0890.11%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina< 0.01Tonnes: 269USD per tonne: $5,4350.09%Sea
Uzbekistan< 0.01Tonnes: 154USD per tonne: $4,2210.04%Sea
Croatia< 0.01Tonnes: 118USD per tonne: $5,3170.04%Sea
Hungary< 0.01Tonnes: 285USD per tonne: $2,0380.04%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 184USD per tonne: $2,5570.03%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Italy 1.2
  • Spain 0.25
  • Morocco 0.06
  • Greece 0.02
  • Tunisia 0.02

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy0.881.2
Spain0.280.25
Morocco0.010.06
Greece0.010.02
Tunisia00.02

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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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