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Where does the United Kingdom get its dog and cat food? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $1.7 billion of dog and cat food (695 thousand tonnes), 6.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (16%), France (15%) and the Netherlands (13%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of dog and cat food.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
695thousand tonnes
Share of world total
6.7%
World rank
3rd
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
Germany274Tonnes: 87,853USD per tonne: $3,11716.1%Sea
France260Tonnes: 109,317USD per tonne: $2,37515.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports219Tonnes: 107,386USD per tonne: $2,04312.9%Sea
Poland191Tonnes: 96,759USD per tonne: $1,97611.3%Sea
Ireland168Tonnes: 120,941USD per tonne: $1,3929.9%Land
China133Tonnes: 18,731USD per tonne: $7,1007.8%Sea
Thailand80.2Tonnes: 20,604USD per tonne: $3,8934.7%Sea
Lithuania66.8Tonnes: 33,522USD per tonne: $1,9933.9%Sea
Hungary58.5Tonnes: 22,823USD per tonne: $2,5653.5%Sea
Austria48Tonnes: 11,221USD per tonne: $4,2812.8%Sea
Czechia37Tonnes: 12,393USD per tonne: $2,9882.2%Sea
Spain36.6Tonnes: 17,826USD per tonne: $2,0562.2%Sea
Denmark28.9Tonnes: 11,961USD per tonne: $2,4141.7%Sea
Italy18.1Tonnes: 4,638USD per tonne: $3,8961.1%Sea
United States18Tonnes: 3,417USD per tonne: $5,2781.1%Sea
Canada13.5Tonnes: 3,433USD per tonne: $3,9300.8%Sea
India12.5Tonnes: 1,064USD per tonne: $11,7840.74%Sea
Belgium re-exports8.2Tonnes: 5,494USD per tonne: $1,4850.48%Sea
Turkey7.5Tonnes: 1,665USD per tonne: $4,4800.44%Sea
Switzerland6.8Tonnes: 1,058USD per tonne: $6,4090.4%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Germany 274
  • France 260
  • Netherlands 219
  • Poland 191
  • Ireland 168

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany31.7274
France68.4260
Netherlands3.3219
Poland0191
Ireland24.5168

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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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