Whey: top exporters and importers (2024)

1. United States$768 million · 14.6%
2. Germany$678 million · 12.9%
3. New Zealand$591 million · 11.3%
4. Netherlands$531 million · 10.1%
   re-exports
5. France$495 million · 9.4%
6. Ireland$235 million · 4.5%
7. Poland$205 million · 3.9%
8. Italy$161 million · 3.1%
9. Denmark$155 million · 3%
10. Canada$125 million · 2.4%
11. Argentina$118 million · 2.3%
12. Austria$112 million · 2.1%
13. Spain$111 million · 2.1%
14. Belgium$88 million · 1.7%
    re-exports
15. Belarus$75 million · 1.4%
16. United Kingdom$72 million · 1.4%
17. Finland$68 million · 1.3%
18. Australia$68 million · 1.3%
19. Turkey$65 million · 1.2%
20. Lithuania$63 million · 1.2%

The United States went from 11.4% to 14.6% of world exports of whey

In 2024, the United States accounted for 14.6% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 38.9%. HHI: 791 out of 10,000; equivalent to 13 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Countries where the United States sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

• Mexico: 89.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Mexico on the United States
• Canada: 86.2% of its purchases · Dependence of Canada on the United States
• Dominican Republic: 71.3% of its purchases · Dependence of the Dominican Republic on the United States
• El Salvador: 78.1% of its purchases · Dependence of El Salvador on the United States
• Costa Rica: 72.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Costa Rica on the United States
• Ecuador: 89.6% of its purchases · Dependence of Ecuador on the United States
• Honduras: 80.7% of its purchases · Dependence of Honduras on the United States
• Nicaragua: 76.5% of its purchases · Dependence of Nicaragua on the United States

1. China$798 million · 15.2%
2. United States$457 million · 8.7%
3. Netherlands$447 million · 8.5%
   re-exports
4. Germany$243 million · 4.6%
5. Indonesia$206 million · 3.9%
6. South Korea$177 million · 3.4%
7. France$157 million · 3%
8. United Kingdom$153 million · 2.9%
9. Denmark$151 million · 2.9%
10. Italy$143 million · 2.7%
11. Japan$134 million · 2.6%
12. Mexico$113 million · 2.2%
13. Philippines$110 million · 2.1%
14. Malaysia$110 million · 2.1%
15. Egypt$105 million · 2%
16. Thailand$103 million · 2%
17. Poland$98 million · 1.9%
18. Spain$97 million · 1.9%
19. Belgium$91 million · 1.7%
    re-exports
20. Canada$88 million · 1.7%

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Products in the same chapter

• Cheese
• Milk powder and condensed milk
• Fresh milk and cream
• Butter
• Yogurt and fermented milk
• Eggs
• Honey
• Shelled eggs and egg yolks

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

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.