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Where does Germany get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $2.5 billion of beef (359 thousand tonnes), 3.7% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (26%), Poland (13%) and Argentina (11%). Germany was the world’s 6th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
359thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.7%
World rank
6th
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-exports669Tonnes: 98,877USD per tonne: $6,77126.3%Land
Poland326Tonnes: 61,568USD per tonne: $5,30212.8%Land
Argentina292Tonnes: 25,459USD per tonne: $11,46011.4%Sea
Austria274Tonnes: 45,727USD per tonne: $5,98810.7%Land
France240Tonnes: 34,900USD per tonne: $6,8809.4%Land
Ireland151Tonnes: 16,913USD per tonne: $8,9485.9%Sea
Belgium re-exports138Tonnes: 20,244USD per tonne: $6,8265.4%Land
Italy101Tonnes: 12,216USD per tonne: $8,2674%Sea
Denmark72.1Tonnes: 14,113USD per tonne: $5,1112.8%Land
Spain56.8Tonnes: 7,791USD per tonne: $7,2952.2%Sea
Brazil49.1Tonnes: 5,063USD per tonne: $9,7081.9%Sea
Uruguay46.8Tonnes: 3,767USD per tonne: $12,4151.8%Sea
United States22.3Tonnes: 1,663USD per tonne: $13,4060.87%Sea
Australia19.8Tonnes: 696USD per tonne: $28,4240.78%Sea
New Zealand13.2Tonnes: 849USD per tonne: $15,5410.52%Sea
Paraguay10.8Tonnes: 1,018USD per tonne: $10,6520.43%Sea
Japan10.3Tonnes: 153USD per tonne: $67,2270.4%Air
United Kingdom9.8Tonnes: 1,340USD per tonne: $7,2940.38%Sea
Lithuania7.5Tonnes: 1,394USD per tonne: $5,3940.3%Sea
Romania7.4Tonnes: 1,159USD per tonne: $6,3430.29%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2001

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

  • Netherlands 669
  • Poland 326
  • Argentina 292
  • Austria 274
  • France 240

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands257669
Poland0.15326
Argentina262292
Austria24274
France349240

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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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