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Who buys the United States’ beef? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $8.9 billion of beef (936 thousand tonnes), 12.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were South Korea (24%), China (16%) and Japan (14%). The United States was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of beef.

Summary

Value
$8.9billion
Tonnes
936thousand tonnes
Share of world total
12.9%
World rank
3rd
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
South Korea2.2Tonnes: 221,657USD per tonne: $9,70124.2%Sea
China1.4Tonnes: 144,348USD per tonne: $10,00916.3%Sea
Japan1.2Tonnes: 183,874USD per tonne: $6,55913.6%Sea
Mexico1.1Tonnes: 107,393USD per tonne: $9,80811.9%Land
Taiwan0.7Tonnes: 60,295USD per tonne: $11,5587.8%Sea
Canada0.64Tonnes: 63,245USD per tonne: $10,0887.2%Land
Hong Kong re-exports0.36Tonnes: 27,415USD per tonne: $13,1564.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.14Tonnes: 7,749USD per tonne: $17,7581.6%Sea
Dominican Republic0.13Tonnes: 9,033USD per tonne: $14,0391.4%Sea
Indonesia0.08Tonnes: 11,464USD per tonne: $7,2290.93%Sea
Israel0.08Tonnes: 10,716USD per tonne: $7,3150.88%Sea
Guatemala0.08Tonnes: 9,204USD per tonne: $8,2910.86%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.06Tonnes: 4,968USD per tonne: $12,3030.69%Sea
Philippines0.06Tonnes: 14,067USD per tonne: $4,3160.68%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.05Tonnes: 4,256USD per tonne: $12,7270.61%Sea
Chile0.05Tonnes: 3,208USD per tonne: $15,1180.55%Sea
Bahamas0.04Tonnes: 2,897USD per tonne: $14,7870.48%Sea
Vietnam0.04Tonnes: 4,143USD per tonne: $9,8490.46%Sea
Italy0.04Tonnes: 2,870USD per tonne: $14,0010.45%Sea
Macao0.04Tonnes: 2,389USD per tonne: $16,0020.43%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

South Korea has been its main destination since 2018

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

  • South Korea 2.2
  • China 1.4
  • Japan 1.2
  • Mexico 1.1
  • Taiwan 0.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
South Korea0.352.2
China< 0.011.4
Japan1.91.2
Mexico0.11.1
Taiwan0.040.7

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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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