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Where does Japan get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $3.1 billion of beef (526 thousand tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (44%), the United States (39%) and New Zealand (6%). Japan was the world’s 4th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$3.1billion
Tonnes
526thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
4th
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
Australia1.4Tonnes: 249,479USD per tonne: $5,49944.2%Sea
United States1.2Tonnes: 183,874USD per tonne: $6,55938.8%Sea
New Zealand0.2Tonnes: 33,464USD per tonne: $6,0306.5%Sea
Canada0.17Tonnes: 33,307USD per tonne: $5,2485.6%Sea
Mexico0.08Tonnes: 13,419USD per tonne: $5,9742.6%Sea
Uruguay0.04Tonnes: 6,602USD per tonne: $5,7371.2%Sea
Poland0.02Tonnes: 2,892USD per tonne: $6,1550.57%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 872USD per tonne: $6,0680.17%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 743USD per tonne: $5,5580.13%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 537USD per tonne: $6,5450.11%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 118USD per tonne: $10,4980.04%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 53USD per tonne: $13,6620.02%Sea
Argentina< 0.01Tonnes: 45USD per tonne: $10,5660.02%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 97USD per tonne: $4,6100.01%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 27USD per tonne: $13,0610.01%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 21USD per tonne: $11,8280.01%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 53USD per tonne: $3,7900.01%Sea
Panama< 0.01Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $5,5710%Sea
Nicaragua< 0.01Tonnes: 14USD per tonne: $4,4800%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $6,9550%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Australia 1.4
  • United States 1.2
  • New Zealand 0.2
  • Canada 0.17
  • Mexico 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia1.21.4
United States1.91.2
New Zealand0.10.2
Canada0.030.17
Mexico< 0.010.08

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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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