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Where does South Korea get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, South Korea imported $3.7 billion of beef (462 thousand tonnes), 5.3% of the world total. The United States sold 59% of the total, followed by Australia (36%) and Canada (3%). South Korea was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$3.7billion
Tonnes
462thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.3%
World rank
3rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 19 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States2.2Tonnes: 221,657USD per tonne: $9,70158.7%Sea
Australia1.3Tonnes: 205,063USD per tonne: $6,36035.6%Sea
Canada0.1Tonnes: 12,927USD per tonne: $7,7002.7%Sea
New Zealand0.08Tonnes: 16,496USD per tonne: $5,0432.3%Sea
Mexico0.01Tonnes: 2,521USD per tonne: $5,5810.38%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 751USD per tonne: $5,3530.11%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 761USD per tonne: $5,0250.1%Sea
Uruguay< 0.01Tonnes: 437USD per tonne: $6,6820.08%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 76USD per tonne: $11,1980.02%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 463USD per tonne: $1,7660.02%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: 208USD per tonne: $3,6780.02%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 138USD per tonne: $2,7920.01%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $11,7920%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $7,7650%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $11,9270%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5,7960%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $7,0880%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $6,6000%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $12,0000%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2017

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

  • United States 2.2
  • Australia 1.3
  • Canada 0.1
  • New Zealand 0.08
  • Mexico 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.352.2
Australia0.181.3
Canada0.010.1
New Zealand0.060.08
Mexico00.01

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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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