

#BIGGEST EXPORTER OF MEAT CODE#
The annual increase for fresh or chilled exported beef was a 23.1% acceleration from 2020 to 2021, outpacing the 16.9% year-over-year gain for frozen exported beef.įor research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefixes are 0201 for fresh or chilled beef and 0202 for frozen beef. The percentage for frozen beef shrank from 53.3% for 2020. That percentage exceeds the 46.7% one year earlier in 2020.įrozen beef shipments were valued at $31.3 billion for 2021 or 52% of the world total.

Smaller percentages trace back to exporters in Asia (6.7%) and Africa (0.4%).įresh or chilled beef exports were worth $28.8 billion in 2021 or 48% of global beef exports. Trailing those continental sources were beef exporters from Oceania (16.7%) led by Australia and New Zealand. Those Latin American plus Caribbean shipments were worth $15.8 billion or over one quarter (26.2%) of the world total.Ĭlose behind in second place at 25.9% were European countries, ahead of worldwide beef shipments originating from North America (24.1%). Year over year, the value of international beef sales accelerated by 19.8% from $50.1 billion during 2020.įrom a continental perspective, Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean earned the highest dollar amount for exporting all types of beef during 2021. That dollar total represents an average 33.3% increase for worldwide beef shippers over the five-year period starting in 2017 when overall beef exports were worth $45 billion. Beef barbequeIncluding fresh, chilled and frozen meat, globally exported beef were worth US$60.1 billion in 2021.
