That weight reflects a 26.9% increase from 6.16 million tons 5 years earlier in 2020 and accelerating by 11.6% compared to 7 million tons for 2023.
The world’s top exporters of frozen beef by total weight are Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, United States of America and New Zealand. Combined, those 6 leading suppliers of frozen beef sold 6.15 million tons of frozen beef during 2024 or nearly four-fifths (78.7%) of global shipments by weight.
However, higher volumes of frozen beef exports do not necessarily correspond with lower average unit for frozen beef even after you factor in economies of scale. For instance, 3 among the biggest exporters of frozen beef (Australia, United States of America and New Zealand) sold frozen beef on international markets in 2024 at average unit prices higher than the global average price of US$4,737 per ton.
Top Frozen Beef Export Countries by Shipment Weight
The top 50 exporters of frozen beef as measured by tonnage are listed below. Based on that weight metric, these key suppliers of frozen beef on international markets accounted for 99.9% of the world’s frozen beef exported in 2024.
| Frozen Beef Exporter | Tons | 2023-4 | 2020-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 2,252,991 | +22.9% | +44.6% |
| 2 | Australia | 1,128,360 | +19.5% | +35.4% |
| 3 | India | 1,093,060 | -1.5% | +17% |
| 4 | Argentina | 650,767 | +12.1% | +23.3% |
| 5 | United States | 570,943 | +0.5% | +11.4% |
| 6 | New Zealand | 455,081 | -7.7% | +1.4% |
| 7 | Uruguay | 305,478 | -4.6% | +10.4% |
| 8 | Paraguay | 210,335 | +19.5% | +33.9% |
| 9 | Cameroon | 138,630 | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | Ireland | 123,054 | +3% | +16% |
| 11 | Poland | 99,158 | -6% | -3.9% |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 86,918 | +188.5% | 0% |
| 13 | Canada | 67,856 | +2.7% | -15.5% |
| 14 | Netherlands | 54,470 | +11.9% | +14.3% |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 54,367 | +0.1% | -17% |
| 16 | Bolivia | 43,029 | +65% | +210% |
| 17 | Germany | 39,575 | -15.9% | +8.3% |
| 18 | Spain | 39,075 | -7.4% | -6.4% |
| 19 | Italy | 36,805 | -1.7% | +5.7% |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 33,764 | +11.8% | -18.3% |
| 21 | Belarus | 27,780 | -21.8% | -56.5% |
| 22 | France | 27,639 | +24.4% | +76.3% |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 27,312 | +12.4% | +4.9% |
| 24 | Russia | 27,187 | +11.1% | +83.1% |
| 25 | Colombia | 22,755 | +15.4% | +11.4% |
| 26 | Chile | 21,567 | -2.9% | -9.4% |
| 27 | Austria | 19,759 | -0.4% | -23.6% |
| 28 | Ukraine | 18,570 | -11.9% | -17.1% |
| 29 | South Africa | 16,519 | +45.2% | -17.3% |
| 30 | Namibia | 15,137 | +29.5% | +306.7% |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 13,873 | -41.2% | +21.9% |
| 32 | Lithuania | 12,303 | +28.9% | +34.3% |
| 33 | Belgium | 11,643 | +2.4% | +7.3% |
| 34 | Pakistan | 9,313 | +25.4% | +47.1% |
| 35 | Denmark | 8,072 | -9.9% | -19.2% |
| 36 | Singapore | 7,978 | -0.8% | -3.4% |
| 37 | Botswana | 7,084 | +13.8% | +35.1% |
| 38 | Japan | 5,336 | +27.1% | +113.2% |
| 39 | Panama | 2,556 | -32.1% | -66.3% |
| 40 | Latvia | 2,346 | -16.7% | +85.2% |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 2,297 | +71.9% | +284.1% |
| 42 | Portugal | 2,156 | +4.1% | +36.3% |
| 43 | Türkiye | 2,063 | +22% | +159.2% |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 2,058 | -23.5% | -50.1% |
| 45 | Jordan | 1,884 | -4% | 0% |
| 46 | Honduras | 1,826 | +19.3% | -33.3% |
| 47 | Croatia | 1,297 | -0.6% | +38.4% |
| 48 | Kenya | 1,289 | +5.1% | +21.3% |
| 49 | Greece | 1,204 | +128.5% | +308.1% |
| 50 | Czech Republic | 1,151 | +25% | +24.8% |
The fastest-growing major exporters of frozen beef from 2023 to 2024 were the United Arab Emirates (up 188.5%), Greece (up 128.5%), Dominican Republic (up 71.9%), Bolivia (up 65%) and South Africa (up 45.2%).
Posting the severest year-over-year declines in tons of exported frozen beef from year to year were suppliers located in Hong Kong (down -41.2% from 2023), Panama (down -32.1%), Saudi Arabia (down -23.5%), Belarus (down -21.5%) and Latvia (down -16.7%).
Searchable List of Average Unit Price for Exported Frozen Beef
The world’s average unit price per ton of exported frozen beef was US$4,737 for 2024, up 9% from $4,346 in 2020 and flatlining via a 0.2% gain compared to an average $4,728 for 2023.
The automated table below enables you to compare the average unit price for exported frozen beef for 50 of the world’s biggest exporters of frozen beef by weight. Listed amounts are in US dollars.
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns in the data table. The right-most columns highlight the change in unit price for each supplier’s globally exported frozen beef in 2024 compared to 2023 or 5 years earlier in 2020.
A value of 0% in those column means data for that year was unavailable.
| Frozen Beef Exporter | Avg Price | 2023-4 | 2020-4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $4,478 | -3.8% | +4.5% |
| 2 | Australia | $5,317 | +0.5% | +7.9% |
| 3 | United States | $8,187 | +11.1% | +40.5% |
| 4 | India | $3,255 | +13.3% | +10.1% |
| 5 | New Zealand | $4,962 | +2.4% | +5.8% |
| 6 | Argentina | $3,142 | -5.9% | -19.4% |
| 7 | Uruguay | $5,035 | +0.1% | +8% |
| 8 | Paraguay | $4,527 | +8.5% | +20.3% |
| 9 | Ireland | $5,488 | -2.4% | +44.6% |
| 10 | Poland | $5,850 | +6.5% | +52.9% |
| 11 | Canada | $6,566 | +13.9% | +31.6% |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | $4,821 | +3.5% | 0% |
| 13 | Netherlands | $7,553 | -2.5% | +43.2% |
| 14 | Nicaragua | $5,809 | +11.2% | +32.3% |
| 15 | Germany | $6,994 | -0.6% | +47.6% |
| 16 | Spain | $5,743 | -3% | +34.2% |
| 17 | Italy | $5,935 | -9% | +41.2% |
| 18 | Japan | $38,269 | -17.7% | -29% |
| 19 | Bolivia | $4,170 | -13.5% | -3.2% |
| 20 | Russia | $6,016 | -2.5% | +20.2% |
| 21 | France | $5,784 | -9.8% | +42.3% |
| 22 | United Kingdom | $4,727 | +15.2% | +63.3% |
| 23 | Costa Rica | $4,764 | +3.2% | +25.3% |
| 24 | Austria | $5,997 | -3.2% | +31% |
| 25 | Belarus | $3,617 | -13.2% | +6.8% |
| 26 | Colombia | $4,199 | +11.4% | +32.3% |
| 27 | Hong Kong | $6,659 | +48.8% | +30.9% |
| 28 | Chile | $3,725 | -12.7% | -2.3% |
| 29 | South Africa | $4,593 | -3.3% | +23.5% |
| 30 | Lithuania | $6,152 | -1.1% | +42.1% |
| 31 | Ukraine | $3,954 | -2.5% | +12.9% |
| 32 | Belgium | $5,747 | -4.1% | +47% |
| 33 | Denmark | $6,682 | +10.1% | +59% |
| 34 | Namibia | $2,848 | +6.9% | +4.7% |
| 35 | Botswana | $5,009 | +33.9% | +86.1% |
| 36 | Pakistan | $3,731 | +8.6% | +15% |
| 37 | Singapore | $3,556 | -6.7% | +18.7% |
| 38 | Türkiye | $9,608 | -2.8% | +42.5% |
| 39 | Portugal | $6,078 | -6.4% | +45.1% |
| 40 | Panama | $5,123 | +11.1% | +34.2% |
| 41 | Latvia | $5,578 | +8.9% | +33.3% |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | $5,480 | +11% | +40% |
| 43 | Jordan | $6,454 | +24.2% | 0% |
| 44 | Croatia | $8,167 | +8.1% | +75.3% |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | $4,520 | -56.8% | -8.2% |
| 46 | Honduras | $4,901 | +6.5% | +8.3% |
| 47 | Czech Republic | $6,295 | +2.9% | +47.1% |
| 48 | Greece | $5,947 | -14.8% | +37% |
| 49 | Guatemala | $6,264 | +2% | +32.1% |
| 50 | Kenya | $5,280 | -0.2% | +21.2% |
In 2024, the average unit price specific to the above 50 leading exporters of frozen beef was $6,071 per ton. That metric is well above the world overall average price of $4,717 per ton for all exporting countries.
The lowest average unit price for exported frozen beef per ton among the leading 50 exporters belong to Namibia, Argentina, India, Singapore and Belarus. Other low-cost frozen beef suppliers to global markets include Chile, Pakistan and Ukraine.
The fastest growers in average unit price are Hong Kong (up 48.8% from 2023), Botswana (up 33.9%), Jordan (24.2%), United Kingdom (up 15.2%), Canada (up 13.9%) then India (up 13.3%).
Year over year, the greatest reductions in average unit price collected for exported frozen beef by ton were recorded by international suppliers in Saudi Arabia (down -56.8% from 2023), Japan (down -17.7%), Greece (down -14.8%), Bolivia (down -13.5%) then Belarus (down -13.2%).
Average Unit Price for Top 10 Frozen Beef Exporters
The list below is sorted in descending order by the 10 leading exporters of frozen beef by weight, showcasing each country’s corresponding average unit price per ton of globally exported frozen beef in US dollars.
These key suppliers sold 86.9% of overall frozen beef exports by weight in 2024 and are listed in descending rank, starting with the biggest frozen beef exporters.
- Brazil: $4,478 per ton (down -3.8% from 2023)
- Australia: $5,317 per ton (up 0.5%)
- United States: $8,187 per ton (up 11.1%)
- India: $3,255 per ton (up 13.3%)
- New Zealand: $4,962 per ton (up 2.4%)
- Argentina: $3,142 per ton (down -5.9%)
- Uruguay: $5,035 per ton (up 0.1%)
- Paraguay: $4,527 per ton (up 8.5%)
- Ireland: $5,488 per ton (down -2.4%)
- Poland: $5,850 per ton (up 6.5%)
Six among the top 10 frozen beef suppliers by weight (Australia, United States of America, New Zealand, Uruguay, Ireland and Poland) charged higher average unit prices exceeding the global average of $4,737 per ton for all frozen beef exporters.
That data finding reinforces that economies of scale for the world’s 10 biggest exporters of frozen beef do not necessarily apply. That is because for a half dozen top supplier countries, their average unit price is higher than the global benchmark price for all frozen beef exporting countries.
Major Frozen Beef Importing Countries by Quantity
Turning our attention to countries that buy frozen beef on international markets, the top 10 frozen beef importers below bought well over two-thirds (71.9%) of globally imported frozen beef during 2024.
- mainland China: 2.8 million tons (37% of global frozen beef imports)
- United States: 835,294 tons (11%)
- South Korea: 363,520 tons (4.8%)
- Japan: 329,155 tons (4.3%)
- Philippines: 208,640 tons (2.8%)
- Malaysia: 207,819 tons (2.7%)
- Central African Republic: 195,396 tons (2.6%)
- Indonesia: 180,141 tons (2.4%)
- United Arab Emirates: 169,980 tons (2.2%)
- Egypt: 152,867 tons (2%)
Six among the 10 biggest importing countries by imported frozen beef volume are highly populated Asian nations, geographically close to India–one of the lowest-cost frozen beef exporters on that same continent.
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