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Where does the United States get its sheep and goat meat? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $1.5 billion of sheep and goat meat (166 thousand tonnes), 17% of the world total. Australia sold 74% of the total, followed by New Zealand (26%) and Chile (0.6%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of sheep and goat meat.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
166thousand tonnes
Share of world total
17%
World rank
1st
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
Australia1.1Tonnes: 129,030USD per tonne: $8,74273.6%Sea
New Zealand0.39Tonnes: 35,460USD per tonne: $11,04325.5%Sea
Chile0.01Tonnes: 1,010USD per tonne: $8,5410.56%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 279USD per tonne: $7,1970.13%Land
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 71USD per tonne: $17,3160.08%Land
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 74USD per tonne: $11,5340.06%Sea
Uruguay< 0.01Tonnes: 132USD per tonne: $4,6240.04%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 74USD per tonne: $3,2910.02%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $16,2420.01%Sea
Iceland< 0.01Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $4,7940%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $4,6740%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $8,7180%Sea
Norway< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $13,4860%Sea
Cyprus< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $11,1270%Sea
Bermuda< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $34,7920%Sea
Dominican Republic< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $8,5180%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $13,7000%Sea
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $6,1250%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4,0450%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Australia 1.1
  • New Zealand 0.39
  • Chile 0.01
  • Mexico < 0.01
  • Canada < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia0.061.1
New Zealand0.040.39
Chile< 0.010.01
Mexico< 0.01< 0.01
Canada< 0.01< 0.01

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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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