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Where does Mexico get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Mexico imported $1.6 billion of beef (208 thousand tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. The United States sold 65% of the total, followed by Brazil (13%) and Canada (10%). Mexico was the world’s 10th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
208thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
10th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 10 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.1Tonnes: 107,393USD per tonne: $9,80865%Land
Brazil0.2Tonnes: 44,885USD per tonne: $4,51512.5%Sea
Canada0.16Tonnes: 18,313USD per tonne: $8,6639.8%Sea
Nicaragua0.15Tonnes: 26,549USD per tonne: $5,4789%Sea
Argentina0.05Tonnes: 9,284USD per tonne: $5,1683%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 787USD per tonne: $7,9930.39%Sea
Uruguay< 0.01Tonnes: 591USD per tonne: $5,4990.2%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 26USD per tonne: $64,3200.1%Air
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 479USD per tonne: $3,3040.1%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $5,9940.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

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

  • United States 1.1
  • Brazil 0.2
  • Canada 0.16
  • Nicaragua 0.15
  • Argentina 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.11.1
Brazil00.2
Canada< 0.010.16
Nicaragua< 0.010.15
Argentina00.05

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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