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Who buys Ireland’s beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ireland exported $2.9 billion of beef (390 thousand tonnes), 4.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United Kingdom (46%), France (12%) and Italy (8%). Ireland was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$2.9billion
Tonnes
390thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.2%
World rank
8th
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
United Kingdom1.3Tonnes: 185,527USD per tonne: $7,23346.3%Land
France0.34Tonnes: 46,319USD per tonne: $7,27911.6%Sea
Italy0.24Tonnes: 23,982USD per tonne: $10,0378.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.23Tonnes: 30,265USD per tonne: $7,6848%Sea
Germany0.15Tonnes: 16,913USD per tonne: $8,9485.2%Sea
Sweden0.14Tonnes: 20,802USD per tonne: $6,9015%Sea
Spain0.07Tonnes: 12,564USD per tonne: $5,5762.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.07Tonnes: 5,768USD per tonne: $11,8262.4%Sea
Portugal0.05Tonnes: 6,733USD per tonne: $7,6711.8%Sea
Switzerland0.05Tonnes: 3,147USD per tonne: $15,5761.7%Sea
Denmark0.04Tonnes: 4,843USD per tonne: $8,1041.4%Sea
Czechia0.03Tonnes: 3,195USD per tonne: $8,4730.93%Sea
Canada0.02Tonnes: 3,339USD per tonne: $6,4560.74%Sea
Philippines0.02Tonnes: 8,027USD per tonne: $2,4650.68%Sea
Poland0.02Tonnes: 2,275USD per tonne: $7,7380.61%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.01Tonnes: 2,923USD per tonne: $5,0290.51%Sea
Malta0.01Tonnes: 971USD per tonne: $9,0460.3%Sea
Slovakia0.01Tonnes: 1,028USD per tonne: $8,2990.29%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 1,051USD per tonne: $7,5270.27%Sea
United States0.01Tonnes: 1,194USD per tonne: $4,4140.18%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United Kingdom has been its main destination since 1996

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

  • United Kingdom 1.3
  • France 0.34
  • Italy 0.24
  • Netherlands 0.23
  • Germany 0.15

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United Kingdom0.241.3
France0.260.34
Italy0.090.24
Netherlands0.070.23
Germany0.040.15

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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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