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Where does Italy get its live cattle? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Italy imported $1.6 billion of live cattle (395 thousand tonnes), 13.6% of the world total. France sold 77% of the total, followed by Slovenia (4%) and Czechia (3%). Italy was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of live cattle.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
395thousand tonnes
Share of world total
13.6%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
France1.2Tonnes: 296,955USD per tonne: $4,04577.4%Land
Slovenia0.06Tonnes: 17,284USD per tonne: $3,5323.9%Land
Czechia0.05Tonnes: 15,672USD per tonne: $3,1563.2%Sea
Croatia0.05Tonnes: 14,666USD per tonne: $3,0802.9%Sea
Germany0.04Tonnes: 10,248USD per tonne: $3,9142.6%Sea
Ireland0.04Tonnes: 9,431USD per tonne: $3,9032.4%Sea
Austria0.03Tonnes: 7,728USD per tonne: $4,0642%Land
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 4,617USD per tonne: $3,9531.2%Sea
Poland0.02Tonnes: 3,700USD per tonne: $4,1731%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 4,156USD per tonne: $3,6700.98%Sea
Hungary0.01Tonnes: 4,186USD per tonne: $3,2920.89%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 1,855USD per tonne: $3,3830.4%Sea
Lithuania0.01Tonnes: 1,498USD per tonne: $3,8470.37%Sea
Romania< 0.01Tonnes: 892USD per tonne: $4,0610.23%Sea
Slovakia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,174USD per tonne: $2,9550.22%Sea
Estonia< 0.01Tonnes: 715USD per tonne: $3,9890.18%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 202USD per tonne: $3,8320.05%Sea
Latvia< 0.01Tonnes: 69USD per tonne: $3,5090.02%Sea
Greece< 0.01Tonnes: 29USD per tonne: $4,9410.01%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 29USD per tonne: $3,2310.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

France was its main source throughout the period

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

  • France 1.2
  • Slovenia 0.06
  • Czechia 0.05
  • Croatia 0.05
  • Germany 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France0.881.2
Slovenia00.06
Czechia< 0.010.05
Croatia< 0.010.05
Germany0.050.04

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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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