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Where does the United Kingdom get its poultry meat? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $2 billion of poultry meat (528 thousand tonnes), 5.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Poland (40%), the Netherlands (30%) and Ireland (5%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 4th-largest importer of poultry meat.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
528thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.8%
World rank
4th
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
Poland797Tonnes: 192,790USD per tonne: $4,13339.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports601Tonnes: 138,567USD per tonne: $4,33929.8%Sea
Ireland100Tonnes: 32,495USD per tonne: $3,0815%Land
Belgium re-exports94.8Tonnes: 35,494USD per tonne: $2,6714.7%Sea
Ukraine78.7Tonnes: 28,923USD per tonne: $2,7203.9%Sea
Germany68Tonnes: 17,173USD per tonne: $3,9603.4%Sea
Romania61.3Tonnes: 13,068USD per tonne: $4,6933%Sea
France44.1Tonnes: 13,551USD per tonne: $3,2532.2%Sea
Italy43.1Tonnes: 14,569USD per tonne: $2,9562.1%Sea
Brazil27.4Tonnes: 10,571USD per tonne: $2,5921.4%Sea
Spain23Tonnes: 9,042USD per tonne: $2,5491.1%Sea
Hungary20.3Tonnes: 7,402USD per tonne: $2,7471%Sea
Lithuania20.2Tonnes: 3,347USD per tonne: $6,0491%Sea
Thailand20.1Tonnes: 6,226USD per tonne: $3,2271%Sea
Chile7.1Tonnes: 1,964USD per tonne: $3,6100.35%Sea
Latvia4.6Tonnes: 1,056USD per tonne: $4,3160.23%Sea
Greece1.4Tonnes: 292USD per tonne: $4,6660.07%Sea
Bulgaria1.3Tonnes: 261USD per tonne: $5,0900.07%Sea
Argentina1.1Tonnes: 417USD per tonne: $2,6330.05%Sea
Portugal1Tonnes: 396USD per tonne: $2,6410.05%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Poland has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Poland 797
  • Netherlands 601
  • Ireland 100
  • Belgium 94.8
  • Ukraine 78.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Poland0.3797
Netherlands151601
Ireland38.2100
Belgium37.294.8
Ukraine078.7

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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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