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Where does the United Kingdom get its beef? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $1.8 billion of beef (243 thousand tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Ireland sold 76% of the total, followed by Poland (6%) and Australia (3%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 9th-largest importer of beef.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
243thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
9th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Ireland1.3Tonnes: 185,527USD per tonne: $7,23376%Land
Poland0.11Tonnes: 16,477USD per tonne: $6,9426.5%Sea
Australia0.06Tonnes: 5,728USD per tonne: $9,9893.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.05Tonnes: 7,264USD per tonne: $6,3162.6%Sea
Brazil0.04Tonnes: 7,406USD per tonne: $6,0532.5%Sea
Uruguay0.03Tonnes: 3,523USD per tonne: $9,3111.9%Sea
New Zealand0.03Tonnes: 4,240USD per tonne: $7,2471.7%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 1,720USD per tonne: $8,5580.83%Sea
Argentina0.01Tonnes: 904USD per tonne: $12,9430.66%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 2,107USD per tonne: $5,2040.62%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 1,600USD per tonne: $6,3810.58%Sea
Japan0.01Tonnes: 118USD per tonne: $71,8460.48%Air
Austria0.01Tonnes: 1,057USD per tonne: $5,5880.33%Sea
United States0.01Tonnes: 356USD per tonne: $16,5350.33%Sea
Paraguay0.01Tonnes: 638USD per tonne: $8,8420.32%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 1,178USD per tonne: $4,2620.28%Sea
Portugal< 0.01Tonnes: 729USD per tonne: $6,1470.25%Sea
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 842USD per tonne: $5,3060.25%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 952USD per tonne: $3,6850.2%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 236USD per tonne: $10,1780.14%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Ireland was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Ireland 1.3
  • Poland 0.11
  • Australia 0.06
  • Netherlands 0.05
  • Brazil 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Ireland0.241.3
Poland00.11
Australia0.030.06
Netherlands0.030.05
Brazil0.020.04

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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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