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Who buys Germany’s beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $1.7 billion of beef (268 thousand tonnes), 2.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (23%), Italy (16%) and France (12%). Germany was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
268thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.5%
World rank
13th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports396Tonnes: 72,057USD per tonne: $5,50323.2%Land
Italy276Tonnes: 43,594USD per tonne: $6,33616.2%Sea
France198Tonnes: 26,426USD per tonne: $7,49811.6%Land
Austria153Tonnes: 21,751USD per tonne: $7,0449%Land
Spain152Tonnes: 20,301USD per tonne: $7,5028.9%Sea
Denmark134Tonnes: 18,344USD per tonne: $7,3007.8%Land
Sweden53.6Tonnes: 7,612USD per tonne: $7,0353.1%Sea
Hungary41.2Tonnes: 5,710USD per tonne: $7,2142.4%Sea
Poland40Tonnes: 8,243USD per tonne: $4,8542.3%Land
Greece36.8Tonnes: 5,673USD per tonne: $6,4792.2%Sea
Switzerland33.4Tonnes: 5,473USD per tonne: $6,1072%Land
Czechia31.5Tonnes: 5,764USD per tonne: $5,4621.8%Land
Portugal17.5Tonnes: 1,692USD per tonne: $10,3631%Sea
Romania16.7Tonnes: 1,819USD per tonne: $9,1960.98%Sea
Belgium re-exports16.5Tonnes: 2,921USD per tonne: $5,6450.96%Land
Croatia14.1Tonnes: 2,103USD per tonne: $6,7140.83%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina11.9Tonnes: 2,864USD per tonne: $4,1400.69%Sea
Luxembourg11.5Tonnes: 1,598USD per tonne: $7,2130.67%Land
Finland10.7Tonnes: 1,575USD per tonne: $6,8210.63%Sea
Norway10.6Tonnes: 1,926USD per tonne: $5,4830.62%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2011

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

  • Netherlands 397
  • Italy 276
  • France 198
  • Austria 153
  • Spain 152

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands97397
Italy254276
France330198
Austria43.5153
Spain9.1152

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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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