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Where does the Netherlands get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $2.4 billion of beef (370 thousand tonnes), 3.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (16%), Belgium (10%) and Ireland (10%). The Netherlands was the world’s 7th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Tonnes
370thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.5%
World rank
7th
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
Germany396Tonnes: 72,057USD per tonne: $5,50316.5%Land
Belgium re-exports247Tonnes: 42,179USD per tonne: $5,85910.3%Land
Ireland233Tonnes: 30,265USD per tonne: $7,6849.7%Sea
Poland185Tonnes: 35,504USD per tonne: $5,2197.7%Sea
Uruguay161Tonnes: 17,757USD per tonne: $9,0506.7%Sea
Argentina158Tonnes: 16,165USD per tonne: $9,7946.6%Sea
United States138Tonnes: 7,749USD per tonne: $17,7585.7%Sea
Brazil129Tonnes: 16,589USD per tonne: $7,7525.3%Sea
France128Tonnes: 25,049USD per tonne: $5,1085.3%Sea
Italy96Tonnes: 21,113USD per tonne: $4,5494%Sea
Spain82.9Tonnes: 15,261USD per tonne: $5,4293.4%Sea
United Kingdom71.7Tonnes: 11,158USD per tonne: $6,4263%Sea
Australia60.2Tonnes: 4,502USD per tonne: $13,3832.5%Sea
Austria53.2Tonnes: 10,178USD per tonne: $5,2262.2%Sea
Namibia47.4Tonnes: 6,941USD per tonne: $6,8302%Sea
Latvia38.7Tonnes: 6,418USD per tonne: $6,0291.6%Sea
Czechia30Tonnes: 6,241USD per tonne: $4,8001.2%Sea
New Zealand25Tonnes: 2,437USD per tonne: $10,2781%Sea
Hungary19.9Tonnes: 4,411USD per tonne: $4,5110.83%Sea
Lithuania18.5Tonnes: 3,836USD per tonne: $4,8100.77%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 1998

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

  • Germany 397
  • Belgium 247
  • Ireland 233
  • Poland 185
  • Uruguay 161

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany97397
Belgium102247
Ireland74.4233
Poland0.02185
Uruguay13.5161

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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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