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Where does Germany get its dog and cat food? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $2.4 billion of dog and cat food (900 thousand tonnes), 9.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Poland (25%), Switzerland (11%) and France (10%). Germany was the world’s largest importer of dog and cat food.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Tonnes
900thousand tonnes
Share of world total
9.7%
World rank
1st
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
Poland608Tonnes: 243,088USD per tonne: $2,49924.8%Land
Switzerland263Tonnes: 105,732USD per tonne: $2,49210.8%Land
France256Tonnes: 106,228USD per tonne: $2,41110.5%Land
Netherlands re-exports250Tonnes: 116,709USD per tonne: $2,14210.2%Land
China248Tonnes: 32,879USD per tonne: $7,54810.1%Sea
Austria181Tonnes: 53,283USD per tonne: $3,4017.4%Land
Czechia136Tonnes: 45,123USD per tonne: $3,0105.6%Land
Thailand125Tonnes: 22,930USD per tonne: $5,4305.1%Sea
Hungary76.3Tonnes: 42,282USD per tonne: $1,8053.1%Sea
Spain46.6Tonnes: 22,950USD per tonne: $2,0301.9%Sea
Lithuania41.8Tonnes: 21,008USD per tonne: $1,9911.7%Sea
Norway37.3Tonnes: 21,098USD per tonne: $1,7701.5%Sea
United Kingdom36.4Tonnes: 22,004USD per tonne: $1,6561.5%Sea
Italy29Tonnes: 10,837USD per tonne: $2,6781.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports22Tonnes: 7,255USD per tonne: $3,0290.9%Land
Ireland19.6Tonnes: 6,976USD per tonne: $2,8030.8%Sea
Sweden16.6Tonnes: 6,305USD per tonne: $2,6300.68%Sea
Denmark14Tonnes: 4,310USD per tonne: $3,2450.57%Land
Canada11.1Tonnes: 2,802USD per tonne: $3,9540.45%Sea
India9.7Tonnes: 2,258USD per tonne: $4,2860.4%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Poland has been its main source since 2017

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

  • Poland 608
  • Switzerland 263
  • France 256
  • Netherlands 250
  • China 248

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Poland0.13608
Switzerland47.6263
France119256
Netherlands94.7250
China0.1248

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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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