# Lucerne (Alfalfa) Meal And Pellets buyer markets and demand...

United Arab Emirates is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $56.5M.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | $56.5M | -12.5% | 20 | Oman |
| USA | $32.5M | +12% | 14 | Canada |
| Japan | $29.5M | -1.8% | 14 | USA |
| Saudi Arabia | $26.0M | +45.9% | 10 | Spain |
| Germany | $16.8M | -0.2% | 28 | France |
| Belgium | $12.2M | -1.9% | 13 | France |
| Jordan | $10.9M | +4.8% | 9 | Spain |
| Netherlands | $10.9M | +8% | 34 | France |
| United Kingdom | $9.9M | -5.2% | 15 | Italy |
| Kuwait | $9.0M | +19.7% | 13 | Iraq |
| Greece | $7.6M | +16.4% | 11 | Romania |
| Oman | $7.1M | +56.2% | 14 | USA |
| Republic of Korea | $6.9M | +0.3% | 8 | Spain |
| Taiwan | $6.9M | +4% | 5 | USA |
| Qatar | $6.6M | -13.8% | 12 | Egypt |
| Lesotho | $5.7M | +2.2% | 1 | South Africa |
| China | $5.7M | -10.1% | 5 | Spain |
| Brazil | $4.8M | +32.1% | 4 | Spain |
| France | $4.8M | -17.5% | 20 | Spain |
| Morocco | $4.6M | -0.4% | 4 | France |
| Lebanon | $4.5M | -5.2% | 3 | Spain |
| Norway | $4.3M | -1.8% | 10 | Spain |
| Austria | $3.9M | -7.4% | 11 | Italy |
| Portugal | $3.6M | -0.4% | 6 | Spain |
| Switzerland, Liechtenstein | $3.0M | -13.4% | 8 | France |
| Tunisia | $2.8M | +19.8% | 3 | Spain |
| Denmark | $2.4M | -6.8% | 9 | Italy |
| Gambia | $2.4M | +617.2% | 1 | Italy |
| Egypt | $2.3M | +34.3% | 1 | Spain |
| Marshall Isds | $1.9M | +158.3% | 1 | Spain |
| Botswana | $1.8M | -3.3% | 3 | South Africa |
| Colombia | $1.8M | +13.1% | 4 | Argentina |
| Ireland | $1.7M | -8.2% | 11 | Netherlands |
| Cyprus | $1.5M | +4.1% | 5 | Italy |
| Croatia | $1.2M | +0.1% | 7 | Czechia |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | $155.2M | $337.84 |
| USA | 2023 | $37.3M | $434.24 |
| Japan | 2023 | $33.2M | $515.38 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | $26.3M | $315.16 |
| Qatar | 2023 | $22.6M | $405.87 |
| Kuwait | 2023 | $19.5M | $802.37 |
| Germany | 2023 | $19.0M | $334.87 |
| Oman | 2023 | $14.4M | $418.65 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $13.2M | $299.73 |
| Jordan | 2023 | $12.4M | $369.05 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $10.3M | $344.21 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $9.3M | $377.4 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $9.3M | $374.95 |
| Greece | 2023 | $9.1M | $290.36 |
| China | 2023 | $9.1M | $351.66 |
| Lesotho | 2023 | $8.7M | $712.63 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $8.1M | $353.37 |
| France | 2023 | $6.7M | $310.99 |
| Lebanon | 2023 | $6.5M | $325.76 |
| Portugal | 2023 | $6.2M | $298.23 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._