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Meat and poultry market

Meat and poultry market: discover the most recent information empowered by an Ai-driven market research tool. Datasets contain trade, production, consumption, companies, market prices, imports, exports, and market size. There is a breakdown by country, including Russia, EU, the Middle East, China, Latin America, the U.K., Africa, and the U.S. Market trends and outlook to 2030 are also featured in the reports.

Meat and Poultry - World's Largest Markets

Rating	Country
1	China
2	United States
3	Brazil
4	Russia
5	Mexico

In value terms, China led the market, alone. The second position in the ranking was occupied by the United States. It was followed by Brazil.

In China, the meat and poultry market remained relatively stable over the period from 2018-2020. In the other countries, the average annual rates were as follows: the United States (+1.9% per year) and Brazil (+4.8% per year).

Meat And Poultry Prices

Lowest Prices - FOB - Top Exporters

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	USD per ton			CAGR, 2018-2020
Poland	2705	2583	2294	-7.9%
Belgium	2461	2478	2303	-3.3%
United States	2443	2421	2404	-0.8%
Brazil	2167	2338	2529	8.0%
Denmark	2492	2846	2846	6.9%
Germany	2796	2931	2869	1.3%
India	3095	2885	2992	-1.7%
France	2984	2994	3032	0.8%
Spain	2780	3031	3072	5.1%
Netherlands	3193	3087	3179	-0.2%
Canada	3348	3527	3696	5.1%
New Zealand	5733	5871	5673	-0.5%
Australia	5412	5650	5829	3.8%
Average	2937	3013	2992	0.9%

Prices varied noticeably by the country of origin; the country with the highest price was Australia ($5,829 per ton), while Poland ($2,294 per ton) was amongst the lowest.

From 2018 to 2020, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by Brazil, while the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Highest Prices - CIF - Top Importers

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	USD per ton			CAGR, 2018-2020
United States	5025	5328	5290	2.6%
Japan	4184	4269	4439	3.0%
South Korea	4121	3998	4439	3.8%
France	3917	3726	3828	-1.1%
United Kingdom	3483	3360	3516	0.5%
Italy	3221	3403	3318	1.5%
Hong Kong SAR	3031	2867	3279	4.0%
China	2962	3144	3210	4.1%
Germany	3132	3140	3187	0.9%
Netherlands	3209	2958	3127	-1.3%
Poland	2231	2419	2310	1.8%
Saudi Arabia	2282	2396	2261	-0.5%
Mexico	1621	1732	1783	4.9%
Average	2909	2925	3004	1.6%

Prices varied noticeably by the country of destination; the country with the highest price was the United States ($5,290 per ton), while Mexico ($1,783 per ton) was amongst the lowest.

From 2018 to 2020, the most notable rate of growth in terms of prices was attained by Mexico, while the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Meat and Poultry - Top Importers

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	billion USD			CAGR, 2018-2020
China	8.6	14	25	72.4%
Japan	9.6	9.9	9.2	-2.2%
United States	7.9	8.2	8.7	4.5%
Germany	6.6	6.5	6	-4.9%
South Korea	4.8	5	4.7	-1.3%

In value terms, China ($25.5B) constitutes the largest market for imported meat and poultry worldwide, comprising 21% of global imports. The second position in the ranking was occupied by Japan ($9.2B), with a 7.6% share of global imports. It was followed by the United States, with a 7.2% share.

In China, meat and poultry imports increased at an average annual rate of +72.4% over the period from 2018-2020. The remaining importing countries recorded the following average annual rates of imports growth: Japan (-2.2% per year) and the United States (+4.5% per year).

Meat and Poultry - Top Exporters

COUNTRY	2018	2019	2020	CAGR, 2018-2020
COUNTRY	billion USD			CAGR, 2018-2020
United States	16	16	16	2.5%
Brazil	13	15	15	8.4%
Australia	9.5	11	9.4	-0.1%
Netherlands	7.7	8.1	8.3	3.7%
Spain	5.5	6.7	8	20.7%

In value terms, the largest meat and poultry supplying countries worldwide were the United States ($16.3B), Brazil ($14.8B) and Australia ($9.4B), with a combined 34% share of global exports. The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Poland, Canada, New Zealand, Denmark, Belgium, France and India lagged somewhat behind, together comprising a further 43%.

Among the main exporting countries, Spain recorded the highest growth rate of the value of exports, over the period under review, while shipments for the other global leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.

Meat and Poultry - Market Forecast

Driven by increasing demand for meat and poultry worldwide, the market is expected to continue an upward consumption trend over the next decade. Market performance is forecast to accelerate, expanding with an anticipated CAGR of for the period from 2020 to 2030, which is projected to bring the market volume to by the end of 2030.

Meat and Poultry - Top Companies

JBS S/A, Tyson Foods, Inc., Inner Mongolia Xilin Guole Meat Foodstuffs Co., Ltd., Micarna SA, Rudolf Schär AG, Mérat & Cie. AG, Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., Jbs USA Holdings, LLC, NH FOODS LTD., Smithfield Foods, Inc., Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, BRF S/A, Hormel Foods Corporation, Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co., Ltd., Jbs USA Food Company, Ernst Sutter AG, SULAI AG, Seaboard Corporation, Perdue Farms Inc., Marfrig Global Foods S/A.

Meat and Poultry - Product Coverage

HS 020311 - Meat; of swine, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled
HS 020312 - Meat; of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled
HS 020319 - Meat; of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.1, fresh or chilled
HS 020321 - Meat; of swine, carcasses and half-carcasses, frozen
HS 020322 - Meat; of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen
HS 020329 - Meat; of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen
HS 020450 - Meat; of goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 0205 - Meat; of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020810 - Meat and edible meat offal; of rabbits or hares, fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020410 - Meat; of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled
HS 020421 - Meat; of sheep, carcasses and half-carcasses (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb), fresh or chilled
HS 020422 - Meat; of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), fresh or chilled
HS 020423 - Meat; of sheep (including lamb), boneless cuts, fresh or chilled
HS 020430 - Meat; of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, frozen
HS 020441 - Meat; of sheep, carcasses and half-carcasses (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb), frozen
HS 020442 - Meat; of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen
HS 020443 - Meat; of sheep (including lamb), boneless cuts, frozen
HS 020830 - Meat and edible meat offal; of primates, fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020840 - Meat and edible meat offal; of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); of seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia), fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020850 - Meat and edible meat offal; of reptiles (including snakes and turtles), fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020860 - Meat and edible meat offal; of camels and other camelids (Camelidae), fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020890 - Meat and edible meat offal; n.e.s. in chapter 2, fresh, chilled or frozen
HS 020110 - Meat; of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled
HS 020120 - Meat; of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), fresh or chilled
HS 020130 - Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled
HS 020210 - Meat; of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, frozen
HS 020220 - Meat; of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozen
HS 020230 - Meat; of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen
HS 020724 - Meat and edible offal; of turkeys, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
HS 020725 - Meat and edible offal; of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen
HS 020726 - Meat and edible offal; of turkeys, cuts and offal, fresh or chilled
HS 020727 - Meat and edible offal; of turkeys, cuts and offal, frozen
HS 020711 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, (not cut in pieces), fresh or chilled
HS 020712 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, (not cut in pieces), frozen
HS 020713 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, fresh or chilled
HS 020714 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen
HS 020732 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, (not cut in pieces), fresh or chilled
HS 020733 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, (not cut in pieces), frozen
HS 020734 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, fatty livers, fresh or chilled (foie gras from ducks or geese only)
HS 020735 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, fresh or chilled, poultry cuts or offal (excluding fatty livers)
HS 020736 - Meat and edible offal; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, frozen
HS 020741 - Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, poultry cuts and offal (excluding livers), frozen
HS 020742 - Meat and edible offal; of turkeys, poultry cuts and offal (excluding livers), frozen
HS 020743 - Meat and edible offal; of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, poultry cuts and offal (excluding livers) frozen
HS 020744 - Meat and edible offal; of ducks, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, fresh or chilled
HS 020745 - Meat and edible offal; of ducks, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, frozen
HS 020751 - Meat and edible offal; of geese, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled
HS 020752 - Meat and edible offal; of geese, not cut in pieces, frozen
HS 020753 - Meat and edible offal; of geese, fatty livers (foie gras), fresh or chilled
HS 020754 - Meat and edible offal; of geese, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, fresh or chilled
HS 020755 - Meat and edible offal; of geese, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, frozen
HS 020760 - Meat and edible offal; of guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen

Source: IndexBox Market Intelligence Platform

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the global meat and poultry market. Within it, you will discover the latest data on market trends and opportunities by country, consumption, production and price developments, as well as the global trade (imports and exports). The forecast exhibits the market prospects through 2030.

Product coverage:

FCL 1108 - Meat of asses
FCL 1089 - Meat of pigeons and other birds nes
FCL 947 - Buffalo meat
FCL 1127 - Meat of camels
FCL 867 - Meat of cattle
FCL 870 - Meat of cattle, boneless
FCL 1058 - Chicken meat
FCL 1069 - Duck meat
FCL 1017 - Goat meat
FCL 1073 - Goose meat
FCL 1097 - Horse meat
FCL 1111 - Meat of mules
FCL 1158 - Meat of other domestic camelids
FCL 1151 - Meat of other domestic rodents
FCL 1035 - Pig meat
FCL 1141 - Rabbit meat
FCL 977 - Meat of sheep
FCL 1080 - Turkey meat

Country coverage:

Worldwide - the report contains statistical data for 200 countries and includes detailed profiles of the 50 largest consuming countries:

+ the largest producing countries

Data coverage:

Global market volume and value
Per Capita consumption
Forecast of the market dynamics in the medium term
Global production, split by region and country
Global trade (exports and imports)
Export and import prices
Market trends, drivers and restraints
Key market players and their profiles

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1. INTRODUCTION

Making Data-Driven Decisions to Grow Your Business
1. REPORT DESCRIPTION
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND AI PLATFORM
3. DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
4. GLOSSARY AND SPECIFIC TERMS
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A Quick Overview of Market Performance
1. KEY FINDINGS
2. MARKET TRENDS This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO
3. MARKET OVERVIEW

Understanding the Current State of The Market and Its Prospects
1. MARKET SIZE
2. CONSUMPTION BY COUNTRY
3. MARKET FORECAST TO 2030
4. MOST PROMISING PRODUCT

Finding New Products to Diversify Your Business
This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO
1. TOP PRODUCTS TO DIVERSIFY YOUR BUSINESS
2. BEST-SELLING PRODUCTS
3. MOST CONSUMED PRODUCT
4. MOST TRADED PRODUCT
5. MOST PROFITABLE PRODUCT FOR EXPORT
5. MOST PROMISING SUPPLYING COUNTRIES

Choosing the Best Countries to Establish Your Sustainable Supply Chain
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1. TOP COUNTRIES TO SOURCE YOUR PRODUCT
2. TOP PRODUCING COUNTRIES
3. COUNTRIES WITH TOP YIELDS
4. TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES
5. LOW-COST EXPORTING COUNTRIES
6. MOST PROMISING OVERSEAS MARKETS

Choosing the Best Countries to Boost Your Exports
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1. TOP OVERSEAS MARKETS FOR EXPORTING YOUR PRODUCT
2. TOP CONSUMING MARKETS
3. UNSATURATED MARKETS
4. TOP IMPORTING MARKETS
5. MOST PROFITABLE MARKETS
7. GLOBAL PRODUCTION

The Latest Trends and Insights into The Industry
1. PRODUCTION VOLUME AND VALUE
2. PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY
3. PRODUCING ANIMALS AND YIELD BY COUNTRY
8. GLOBAL IMPORTS
The Largest Importers on The Market and How They Succeed
1. IMPORTS FROM 2012–2024
2. IMPORTS BY COUNTRY
3. IMPORT PRICES BY COUNTRY
9. GLOBAL EXPORTS
The Largest Exporters on The Market and How They Succeed
1. EXPORTS FROM 2012–2024
2. EXPORTS BY COUNTRY
3. EXPORT PRICES BY COUNTRY
10. PROFILES OF MAJOR PRODUCERS

The Largest Producers on The Market and Their Profiles
This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO
11. COUNTRY PROFILES

The Largest Markets And Their Profiles
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- United States
- China
- Japan
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Brazil
- Italy
- Russian Federation
- India
- Canada
- Australia
- Republic of Korea
- Spain
- Mexico
- Indonesia
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Nigeria
- Poland
- Belgium
- Argentina
- Norway
- Austria
- Thailand
- United Arab Emirates
- Colombia
- Denmark
- South Africa
- Malaysia
- Israel
- Singapore
- Egypt
- Philippines
- Finland
- Chile
- Ireland
- Pakistan
- Greece
- Portugal
- Kazakhstan
- Algeria
- Czech Republic
- Qatar
- Peru
- Romania
- Vietnam
LIST OF TABLES
1. Key Findings In 2024
2. Market Volume, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
3. Market Value, 2012–2024
4. Per Capita Consumption, By Country, 2018–2024
5. Production, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
6. Producing Animals, By Country, 2012-2024
7. Yield, By Country, 2012-2024
8. Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
9. Imports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
10. Import Prices, By Country Of Destination, 2012–2024
11. Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
12. Exports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
13. Export Prices, By Country Of Origin, 2012–2024
LIST OF FIGURES
1. Market Volume, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
2. Market Value, 2012–2024
3. Consumption, By Country, 2024
4. Market Volume Forecast to 2030
5. Market Value Forecast to 2030
6. Products: Market Size And Growth, By Type
7. Products: Average Per Capita Consumption, By Type
8. Products: Exports And Growth, By Type
9. Products: Export Prices And Growth, By Type
10. Production Volume And Growth
11. Yield And Growth
12. Exports And Growth
13. Export Prices And Growth
14. Market Size And Growth
15. Per Capita Consumption
16. Imports And Growth
17. Import Prices
18. Production, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
19. Production, In Value Terms, 2012–2024
20. Producing Animals, 2012–2024
21. Yield, 2012–2024
22. Production, By Country, 2024
23. Production, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
24. Producing Animals, By Country, 2024
25. Producing Animals, By Country, 2012-2024
26. Yield, By Country, 2012-2024
27. Imports, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
28. Imports, In Value Terms, 2012–2024
29. Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2024
30. Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
31. Imports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
32. Import Prices, By Country, 2012–2024
33. Exports, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
34. Exports, In Value Terms, 2012–2024
35. Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2024
36. Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
37. Exports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
38. Export Prices, 2012–2024