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Where does Italy get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $2.7 billion of beef (378 thousand tonnes), 3.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Poland (18%), France (14%) and the Netherlands (14%). Italy was the world’s 5th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
378thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.9%
World rank
5th
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
Poland496Tonnes: 81,516USD per tonne: $6,08918.3%Sea
France391Tonnes: 53,569USD per tonne: $7,30614.5%Land
Netherlands re-exports388Tonnes: 49,447USD per tonne: $7,84614.3%Sea
Germany276Tonnes: 43,594USD per tonne: $6,33610.2%Sea
Spain271Tonnes: 40,388USD per tonne: $6,70410%Sea
Ireland241Tonnes: 23,982USD per tonne: $10,0378.9%Sea
Brazil151Tonnes: 24,017USD per tonne: $6,3015.6%Sea
Denmark79.7Tonnes: 10,017USD per tonne: $7,9592.9%Sea
Belgium re-exports68.3Tonnes: 9,428USD per tonne: $7,2412.5%Sea
Argentina67.2Tonnes: 6,849USD per tonne: $9,8162.5%Sea
Uruguay58.2Tonnes: 7,891USD per tonne: $7,3752.2%Sea
Austria46.2Tonnes: 7,301USD per tonne: $6,3291.7%Land
United States40.2Tonnes: 2,870USD per tonne: $14,0011.5%Sea
Lithuania24.6Tonnes: 4,410USD per tonne: $5,5780.91%Sea
United Kingdom21.1Tonnes: 2,286USD per tonne: $9,2330.78%Sea
Croatia18.7Tonnes: 2,695USD per tonne: $6,9420.69%Sea
Paraguay13.3Tonnes: 2,161USD per tonne: $6,1570.49%Sea
Australia12.4Tonnes: 958USD per tonne: $12,9250.46%Sea
Slovenia9.1Tonnes: 1,434USD per tonne: $6,3770.34%Land
Canada6.8Tonnes: 417USD per tonne: $16,3720.25%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Poland has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Poland 496
  • France 391
  • Netherlands 388
  • Germany 276
  • Spain 271

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Poland0.82496
France384391
Netherlands403388
Germany254276
Spain38.7271

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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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