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Who buys Germany’s dog and cat food? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $3 billion of dog and cat food (1.1 million tonnes), 11.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were Poland (21%), Austria (10%) and the United Kingdom (9%). Germany was the world’s largest exporter of dog and cat food.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
1.1million tonnes
Share of world total
11.7%
World rank
1st
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
Poland608Tonnes: 208,569USD per tonne: $2,91320.5%Land
Austria292Tonnes: 102,308USD per tonne: $2,8529.9%Land
United Kingdom274Tonnes: 87,853USD per tonne: $3,1179.3%Sea
Czechia215Tonnes: 70,017USD per tonne: $3,0657.3%Land
France210Tonnes: 92,350USD per tonne: $2,2797.1%Land
Italy142Tonnes: 48,758USD per tonne: $2,9084.8%Sea
Switzerland141Tonnes: 36,089USD per tonne: $3,8964.8%Land
Netherlands re-exports113Tonnes: 69,244USD per tonne: $1,6393.8%Land
Hungary107Tonnes: 43,194USD per tonne: $2,4753.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports97.9Tonnes: 51,708USD per tonne: $1,8923.3%Land
Denmark92Tonnes: 27,424USD per tonne: $3,3563.1%Land
Spain91.9Tonnes: 30,705USD per tonne: $2,9943.1%Sea
United States59.6Tonnes: 7,901USD per tonne: $7,5382%Sea
Slovakia46.4Tonnes: 17,311USD per tonne: $2,6811.6%Sea
Romania33.1Tonnes: 21,079USD per tonne: $1,5701.1%Sea
Norway31.8Tonnes: 6,169USD per tonne: $5,1601.1%Sea
Croatia28.5Tonnes: 11,823USD per tonne: $2,4080.96%Sea
Sweden26.7Tonnes: 8,952USD per tonne: $2,9830.9%Sea
Ireland25.5Tonnes: 11,115USD per tonne: $2,2920.86%Sea
Finland24.7Tonnes: 8,123USD per tonne: $3,0410.83%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Poland has been its main destination since 2018

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

  • Poland 608
  • Austria 292
  • United Kingdom 274
  • Czechia 215
  • France 210

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Poland2.4608
Austria22.9292
United Kingdom31.7274
Czechia3.4215
France37.4210

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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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