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Who buys the Netherlands’ beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $3.2 billion of beef (416 thousand tonnes), 4.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (21%), France (17%) and Italy (12%). The Netherlands was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$3.2billion
Tonnes
416thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.6%
World rank
6th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany669Tonnes: 98,877USD per tonne: $6,77121.1%Land
France532Tonnes: 67,631USD per tonne: $7,87216.8%Sea
Italy388Tonnes: 49,447USD per tonne: $7,84612.2%Sea
Spain290Tonnes: 28,029USD per tonne: $10,3449.1%Sea
Portugal196Tonnes: 23,180USD per tonne: $8,4716.2%Sea
Denmark158Tonnes: 19,196USD per tonne: $8,2395%Sea
Belgium re-exports122Tonnes: 15,831USD per tonne: $7,7243.9%Land
Greece115Tonnes: 17,524USD per tonne: $6,5633.6%Sea
Sweden102Tonnes: 11,633USD per tonne: $8,7763.2%Sea
Croatia76Tonnes: 10,503USD per tonne: $7,2352.4%Sea
Czechia74Tonnes: 10,343USD per tonne: $7,1562.3%Sea
Austria68.8Tonnes: 8,467USD per tonne: $8,1302.2%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina60.2Tonnes: 11,038USD per tonne: $5,4571.9%Sea
United Kingdom45.9Tonnes: 7,264USD per tonne: $6,3161.5%Sea
Romania35.2Tonnes: 3,093USD per tonne: $11,3661.1%Sea
United States25.8Tonnes: 2,909USD per tonne: $8,8570.81%Sea
Hungary22.7Tonnes: 5,467USD per tonne: $4,1430.71%Sea
Poland16.7Tonnes: 3,025USD per tonne: $5,5280.53%Sea
Cyprus16.4Tonnes: 1,813USD per tonne: $9,0180.52%Sea
Malta14.9Tonnes: 1,515USD per tonne: $9,8310.47%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2011

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

  • Germany 669
  • France 532
  • Italy 388
  • Spain 290
  • Portugal 196

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany257669
France331532
Italy403388
Spain63.7290
Portugal49.9196

Sources and methodology

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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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