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Who buys New Zealand’s beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, New Zealand exported $2.7 billion of beef (479 thousand tonnes), 3.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (43%), China (24%) and Japan (8%). New Zealand was the world’s 9th-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
479thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.9%
World rank
9th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.1Tonnes: 182,277USD per tonne: $6,30442.9%Sea
China0.65Tonnes: 147,177USD per tonne: $4,41424.2%Sea
Japan0.2Tonnes: 33,464USD per tonne: $6,0307.5%Sea
Canada0.14Tonnes: 26,581USD per tonne: $5,1945.2%Sea
Taiwan0.09Tonnes: 14,666USD per tonne: $6,1923.4%Sea
South Korea0.08Tonnes: 16,496USD per tonne: $5,0433.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.03Tonnes: 4,240USD per tonne: $7,2471.2%Sea
Philippines0.03Tonnes: 10,273USD per tonne: $2,8241.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.03Tonnes: 2,437USD per tonne: $10,2780.93%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.02Tonnes: 2,437USD per tonne: $10,1340.92%Sea
Indonesia0.02Tonnes: 6,824USD per tonne: $3,2880.84%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.02Tonnes: 4,222USD per tonne: $5,1290.81%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.02Tonnes: 1,724USD per tonne: $11,8370.76%Sea
Thailand0.02Tonnes: 3,450USD per tonne: $5,7850.74%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.02Tonnes: 1,827USD per tonne: $10,3600.71%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 849USD per tonne: $15,5410.49%Sea
Malaysia0.01Tonnes: 2,284USD per tonne: $4,4130.38%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 1,931USD per tonne: $4,5320.33%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 559USD per tonne: $15,5850.32%Sea
French Polynesia0.01Tonnes: 1,094USD per tonne: $7,7420.32%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • United States 1.1
  • China 0.65
  • Japan 0.2
  • Canada 0.14
  • Taiwan 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.41.1
China< 0.010.65
Japan0.10.2
Canada0.090.14
Taiwan0.050.09

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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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