The overall cost of pork imports for all importing countries deflated by an average -2.7% from five years earlier in 2021 when international purchases of pork cost $38.3 billion.
Year over year, worldwide spending on imported pork flatlined via a 1.1% increase compared to $36.9 billion in 2024.
The 5 biggest markets for imported pork are Japan, Mexico, Italy, South Korea and mainland China. That powerful cohort of buyers bought 40.3% of the value of globally imported pork for 2025.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries imported the highest dollar worth of pork during 2025 with purchases valued at $16.8 billion or 45.2% of the world’s total. In second place were importers in Asia at 30.2% while another 15.7% of overall international pork purchases was delivered to buyers in North America.
Smaller percentages were bought by customers in Latin America (6%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (2.2%) led by Australia and New Zealand, and Africa (0.7%).
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 0203 for fresh, chilled or frozen swine meat.
Pork Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of pork during 2025.
- Japan: US$4.1 billion (11.1% of total imported pork)
- Mexico: $3.9 billion (10.3%)
- Italy: $3 billion (8.2%)
- South Korea: $2.1 billion (5.5%)
- mainland China: $1.93 billion (5.2%)
- Poland: $1.87 billion (5%)
- Germany: $1.7 billion (4.4%)
- United States: $1.5 billion (4.1%)
- United Kingdom: $1.1 billion (3%)
- Czech Republic: $1 billion (2.7%)
- France: $996.3 million (2.7%)
- Romania: $992.4 million (2.7%)
- Greece: $755.4 million (2%)
- Philippines: $745.4 million (2%)
- Hong Kong: $670.1 million (1.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased 70.7% of all pork imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for pork year over year were: Philippines (up 41.2%), Mexico (up 18.4%), Hong Kong (up 8.1%) and the Czech Republic (up 4.4%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported pork purchases were led by: Romania (down -14.9% from 2024), Germany (down -10.2%), United Kingdom (down -9.2%) and mainland China (down -8%).
For a comprehensive listing of importers, please see the section below.
Searchable List of Pork Importer Countries in 2025
By value, the top 100 importers of imported pork in the following database were responsible for 99.7% of overall international spending on the commodity in 2025.
| Rank | Importer | Pork Imports | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | $4,142,921,000 | -2.9% |
| 2 | Mexico | $3,854,356,000 | +18.4% |
| 3 | Italy | $3,043,785,000 | -1.3% |
| 4 | South Korea | $2,050,854,000 | -1.8% |
| 5 | mainland China | $1,928,105,000 | -8% |
| 6 | Poland | $1,874,250,000 | -4.2% |
| 7 | Germany | $1,650,944,000 | -10.2% |
| 8 | United States | $1,515,417,000 | +0.9% |
| 9 | United Kingdom | $1,110,711,000 | -9.2% |
| 10 | Czech Republic | $1,008,637,000 | +4.4% |
| 11 | France | $996,285,000 | -1.2% |
| 12 | Romania | $992,397,000 | -14.9% |
| 13 | Greece | $755,369,000 | -0.1% |
| 14 | Philippines | $745,369,000 | +41.2% |
| 15 | Hong Kong | $670,139,000 | +8.1% |
| 16 | Netherlands | $618,420,000 | -4.7% |
| 17 | Australia | $578,800,000 | -3.5% |
| 18 | Colombia | $474,536,000 | +5.3% |
| 19 | Canada | $468,517,000 | -12.4% |
| 20 | Slovakia | $460,248,000 | -5.7% |
| 21 | Singapore | $446,663,000 | +9.9% |
| 22 | Portugal | $441,710,000 | +10.1% |
| 23 | Taiwan | $414,341,000 | +44% |
| 24 | Spain | $403,282,000 | +29.4% |
| 25 | Hungary | $401,734,000 | -10.2% |
| 26 | Austria | $397,362,000 | -5.1% |
| 27 | Chile | $346,651,000 | +5.4% |
| 28 | Croatia | $341,790,000 | -7.9% |
| 29 | Bulgaria | $330,613,000 | -13.9% |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | $298,399,000 | +1% |
| 31 | Belgium | $263,806,000 | -7.1% |
| 32 | Sweden | $258,518,000 | +9.6% |
| 33 | Malaysia | $256,892,000 | +19.3% |
| 34 | Vietnam | $225,387,000 | -11.5% |
| 35 | Lithuania | $222,441,000 | -2.8% |
| 36 | New Zealand | $183,370,000 | -2.8% |
| 37 | Honduras | $170,951,000 | +12.6% |
| 38 | Slovenia | $165,269,000 | -1% |
| 39 | Uruguay | $156,575,000 | +26.3% |
| 40 | Denmark | $152,969,000 | -4.8% |
| 41 | Argentina | $143,265,000 | +142.6% |
| 42 | Ireland | $139,481,000 | +5.2% |
| 43 | Serbia | $135,986,000 | -23.8% |
| 44 | Costa Rica | $119,233,000 | +24.3% |
| 45 | Guatemala | $102,746,000 | +29.5% |
| 46 | Latvia | $93,765,000 | -5.4% |
| 47 | Cuba | $84,898,000 | +42.7% |
| 48 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $76,602,000 | -8.2% |
| 49 | Estonia | $76,438,000 | -6.8% |
| 50 | Ukraine | $75,383,000 | +1215% |
| 51 | Nicaragua | $73,662,000 | +28.9% |
| 52 | Macao | $73,129,000 | +13.3% |
| 53 | Angola | $69,121,000 | +28.9% |
| 54 | El Salvador | $65,059,000 | +18.9% |
| 55 | Montenegro | $64,579,000 | -28.3% |
| 56 | Georgia | $60,436,000 | +27.9% |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | $56,721,000 | +2.5% |
| 58 | South Africa | $53,090,000 | +12.1% |
| 59 | Finland | $51,787,000 | +6.8% |
| 60 | Cyprus | $44,525,000 | +2.8% |
| 61 | Peru | $44,444,000 | +4.2% |
| 62 | Congo | $41,292,000 | -9.8% |
| 63 | Panama | $38,605,000 | +35.3% |
| 64 | North Macedonia | $37,346,000 | -13.9% |
| 65 | Armenia | $35,626,000 | +18.8% |
| 66 | Mongolia | $29,304,000 | +23.9% |
| 67 | Indonesia | $29,196,000 | +14.8% |
| 68 | Switzerland | $28,119,000 | +34.4% |
| 69 | Luxembourg | $26,449,000 | -0.1% |
| 70 | Moldova | $25,728,000 | +0.3% |
| 71 | Trinidad/Tobago | $23,235,000 | +3.5% |
| 72 | Gabon | $22,475,000 | +6.6% |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | $20,283,000 | +28.9% |
| 74 | Albania | $20,278,000 | +19.5% |
| 75 | Democratic Republic Congo | $19,174,000 | +40.7% |
| 76 | Malta | $19,161,000 | +7.8% |
| 77 | Bahamas | $18,136,000 | -2.4% |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | $18,027,000 | +127% |
| 79 | Curaçao | $12,324,000 | +4.7% |
| 80 | French Polynesia | $12,184,000 | 0% |
| 81 | Norway | $10,196,000 | +320.8% |
| 82 | Aruba | $9,802,000 | +20.4% |
| 83 | Iceland | $8,899,000 | +24.2% |
| 84 | Russia | $7,878,000 | -5% |
| 85 | Andorra | $7,873,000 | +7.6% |
| 86 | Jamaica | $7,714,000 | +25.5% |
| 87 | Barbados | $7,402,000 | -5.6% |
| 88 | Afghanistan | $7,399,000 | +819.1% |
| 89 | Cabo Verde | $7,083,000 | +18.8% |
| 90 | Greenland | $7,042,000 | +17.9% |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea | $6,981,000 | +31.6% |
| 92 | Kenya | $6,685,000 | -19% |
| 93 | Mozambique | $6,267,000 | -2.3% |
| 94 | US Minor Outlying Islands | $6,170,000 | +51.4% |
| 95 | Laos | $5,977,000 | +254.1% |
| 96 | Mauritius | $5,538,000 | +26.5% |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | $5,071,000 | -11.9% |
| 98 | India | $4,958,000 | +16.4% |
| 99 | Haiti | $4,892,000 | -24.9% |
| 100 | Namibia | $4,696,000 | -25.5% |
Focusing on the 100 top buyers of imported pork, the fastest growers were Ukraine (up 1,215% from 2024), Afghanistan (up 819.1%), Norway (up 320.8%), Laos (up 254.1%) and Argentina (up 142.6%).
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An entry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2024 data was available.
Pork Imports into Japan
Japan’s global purchases of imported pork totaled US$4.14 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Japan imported the highest dollar value worth of pork during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Canada: US$1.1 billion (up 4% from 2024)
- United States: $845 million (down -14%)
- Spain: $810.3 million (up 10.5%)
- Mexico: $437.5 million (down -16.8%)
- Brazil: $417.3 million (up 40.6%)
- Denmark: $197.3 million (down -27.3%)
- Chile: $146 million (down -19.4%)
- France: $76.6 million (down -16.5%)
- Netherlands: $64.9 million (down -15.1%)
- Ireland: $21.1 million (down -29.7%)
- United Kingdom: $9.1 million (up 87%)
- Finland: $6.8 million (up 8.7%)
- Portugal: $5.6 million (up 185.5%)
- Austria: $3.2 million (down -50.9%)
- Belgium: $1.2 million (up 482.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.99% of pork imported by Japan in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pork to Japan since 2025 were: Belgium (up 482.4%), Portugal (up 185.5%), United Kingdom (up 87%) and Brazil (up 40.6%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their pork supplied to Japanese importers included: Austria (down -50.9%), Ireland (down -29.7%), Denmark (down -27.3%) and Chile (down -19.4%).
Overall, the value of Japan’s imported pork went down by an average -2.94% from all supplying countries since 2024 when pork purchased cost $4.3 billion.
Pork Imports into Mexico
Mexico’s global purchases of imported pork totaled US$3.85 billion in 2025. Below are the top suppliers from which Mexico imported the highest dollar value worth of pork during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- United States: US$3.1 billion (up 13.4% from 2024)
- Canada: $551.9 million (up 29.7%)
- Brazil: $217.5 million (up 94%)
- Chile: $2.4 million (2024 data unavailable)
- Spain: $2.2 million (up 81%)
- Netherlands: $1.3 million (2024 data unavailable)
By value, the listed countries shipped 100% of pork imported by Mexico in 2025.
Overall, the value of Mexico’s imported pork accelerated by an average 18.5% from all supplying countries since 2024 when pork purchased cost $3.3 billion.
Pork Imports into Italy
Italy’s global purchases of imported pork totaled US$3.04 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Italy imported the highest dollar value worth of pork during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Germany: US$956.8 million (up 4.2% from 2024)
- Spain: $747.2 million (up 4.6%)
- Netherlands: $501.7 million (down -7.9%)
- Denmark: $284.6 million (down -3%)
- France: $202 million (down -12.7%)
- Austria: $123.2 million (down -5.4%)
- Belgium: $110.2 million (down -5.6%)
- Hungary: $52.4 million (down -27.9%)
- Poland: $45.4 million (down -3.2%)
- Switzerland: $4.6 million (up 18.6%)
- Portugal: $3.9 million (up 4,144%)
- Slovenia: $3.2 million (up 23.5%)
- Croatia: $3.1 million (up 86%)
- Sweden: $1.1 million (up 1,621%)
- Estonia: $876,000 (up 40.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9% of pork imported by Italy in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of pork to Italy since 2025 were: Portugal (up 4,144%), Sweden (up 1,621%), Croatia (up 86%) and Estonia (up 40.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their pork supplied to Italian importers included: Hungary (down -27.9%), France (down -12.7%), Netherlands (down -7.9%) and Belgium (down -5.6%).
Overall, the value of Italy’s imported pork slimmed by an average -1.3% from all supplying countries since 2024 when pork purchased cost $3.08 billion.
Pork Imports into South Korea
South Korea’s global purchases of imported pork totaled US$2.05 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which South Korea imported the highest dollar value worth of pork during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- United States: US$603.8 million (down -9.9% from 2024)
- Spain: $423.6 million (up 21.4%)
- Canada: $312.7 million (up 10.9%)
- Chile: $180.7 million (down -6.5%)
- Netherlands: $160.9 million (up 15.5%)
- Austria: $91.2 million (up 24.4%)
- Brazil: $50.6 million (down -10.3%)
- Germany: $37.8 million (down -75.1%)
- France: $34 million (up 22.4%)
- Mexico: $33.4 million (down -9.3%)
- Denmark: $30.3 million (down -1.7%)
- Belgium: $30.1 million (down -19.1%)
- Finland: $23.8 million (up 12%)
- Poland: $10.8 million (up 677.3%)
- Ireland: $10.2 million (up 64.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.2% of pork imported by South Korea in 2025.
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their pork supplied to South Korean importers included: Germany (down -75.1%), Belgium (down -19.1%), Brazil (down -10.3%) and the United States of America (down -9.9%).
Overall, the value of South Korea’s imported pork slowed by an average -1.8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when pork purchased cost $2.09 billion.
See also Pork Exports by Country, China’s Top Trading Partners, Japan’s Top Trading Partners, Italy’s Top Trading Partners and Germany’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on July 19, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 19, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 19, 2026