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Cured and smoked meat: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in cured and smoked meat totaled $5.5 billion (956 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were Italy (22%), Spain (15%) and the Netherlands (15%); the top importers were the United Kingdom (17%), France (11%) and the Netherlands (10%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 21%.

Summary

World trade
$5.5billion
Tonnes
956thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$5,802
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. Italy$1.2 billion · 22%
  2. Spain$836 million · 15.1%
  3. Netherlands$814 million · 14.7%
    re-exports
  4. Brazil$493 million · 8.9%
  5. Germany$420 million · 7.6%
  6. United States$272 million · 4.9%
  7. Denmark$245 million · 4.4%
  8. Thailand$218 million · 3.9%
  9. Belgium$161 million · 2.9%
    re-exports
  10. Canada$146 million · 2.6%
  11. France$106 million · 1.9%
  12. Austria$103 million · 1.9%
  13. Poland$81 million · 1.5%
  14. Ireland$68 million · 1.2%
  15. Switzerland$49 million · 0.88%
  16. Hungary$44 million · 0.8%
  17. United Kingdom$40 million · 0.72%
  18. Montenegro$27 million · 0.49%
  19. Croatia$20 million · 0.35%
  20. Portugal$18 million · 0.33%

Top importers

  1. United Kingdom$965 million · 17.4%
  2. France$588 million · 10.6%
  3. Netherlands$572 million · 10.3%
    re-exports
  4. Germany$460 million · 8.3%
  5. United States$414 million · 7.5%
  6. Belgium$226 million · 4.1%
    re-exports
  7. Italy$173 million · 3.1%
  8. Canada$163 million · 2.9%
  9. Denmark$148 million · 2.7%
  10. Spain$128 million · 2.3%
  11. Ireland$120 million · 2.2%
  12. Austria$102 million · 1.8%
  13. Poland$98 million · 1.8%
  14. Portugal$91 million · 1.6%
  15. Switzerland$79 million · 1.4%
  16. Sweden$78 million · 1.4%
  17. Mexico$63 million · 1.1%
  18. Romania$62 million · 1.1%
  19. Czechia$62 million · 1.1%
  20. Japan$57 million · 1%

Trend

Who sells it

Italy has been the top exporter since 2009

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

  • Italy 1.2
  • Spain 0.84
  • Netherlands 0.81
  • Brazil 0.49
  • Germany 0.42

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
Italy0.231.2
Spain0.050.84
Netherlands0.380.81
Brazil0.010.49
Germany0.080.42

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 40% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $5,802

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$4,158
1996$4,031
1997$3,098
1998$2,677
1999$2,935
2000$3,006
2001$3,339
2002$3,200
2003$3,751
2004$4,268
2005$4,395
2006$4,479
2007$4,662
2008$4,753
2009$5,271
2010$4,381
2011$4,899
2012$4,764
2013$4,954
2014$4,869
2015$4,227
2016$4,165
2017$4,366
2018$4,983
2019$4,722
2020$4,769
2021$5,059
2022$5,214
2023$5,580
2024$5,802

What it includes

  • 0210 · Cured and smoked meat

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Sources and methodology

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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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