HS2 sector intelligence

Meat and edible meat offal
sector trade overview

A clear view of the meat and edible meat offal economy: scale, momentum, market concentration, leading routes, and the products within it.

HS2 021995–2024 coverageGrowing

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Refreshed 2026-07-20

The numbers at a glanceLatest reported year · 2024

Latest trade

$167.0BGlobal sector value

Annual change

-4.4%Latest year on year

Exporters

181Active reporting countries

Importers

200Active reporting countries

HS6 products

66Classifications in sector

The sector read

$167.0B in trade, with +3.6% annualized growth over three years.

Meat and edible meat offal is recorded across 5,956 active corridors, with 181 exporters and 200 importers in the latest available year.

Market signalGrowing+4.9% five-year CAGR

Annual trend

Momentum across three decades

Reported global trade from 1995 to 2024. Missing years remain unavailable rather than estimated. Read the methodology ↗

Reported global trade by year.

Top trade corridors

Where this sector moves

The leading exporter-to-importer relationships by latest reported sector trade value. See data sources ↗

Latest reported relationshipsTop 10 by trade value

Rank	Exporter	Importer	Trade value	Growth	HS6	Distance	FTA
1	BrazilBRA	ChinaCHN	$7.7B	+4.4%	42	18,570 km	No
2	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	MexicoMEX	$5.5B	+9.8%	55	3,359 km	Yes
3	AustraliaAUS	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	$4.0B	+20.9%	22	16,672 km	Yes
4	CanadaCAN	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	$4.0B	+1.2%	42	556 km	Yes
5	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	JapanJPN	$2.9B	-7.1%	37	10,872 km	No
6	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	Republic of KoreaKOR	$2.9B	+1.7%	31	11,077 km	Yes
7	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	ChinaCHN	$2.6B	-12.5%	28	11,883 km	No
8	NetherlandsNLD	GermanyDEU	$2.2B	+4.7%	60	579 km	Yes
9	MexicoMEX	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	$2.1B	-0.4%	28	3,359 km	Yes
10	AustraliaAUS	ChinaCHN	$2.1B	+1.1%	19	8,024 km	Yes

Market structure

Where supply and demand concentrate

Exporter and importer rankings are separated so scale on one side of the market is not mistaken for demand on the other. Check coverage ↗

Top exporters2024 ranking

Rank	Country	Exports	Partners	HS6
1	BrazilBRA	$24.0B	175	60
2	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	$22.6B	174	66
3	AustraliaAUS	$13.5B	135	62
4	NetherlandsNLD	$11.0B	153	66
5	SpainESP	$10.5B	149	66
6	PolandPOL	$8.5B	127	66
7	GermanyDEU	$8.1B	121	66
8	CanadaCAN	$7.5B	115	64
9	New ZealandNZL	$5.1B	115	60
10	IrelandIRL	$4.2B	102	63

Top importers2024 ranking

Rank	Country	Imports	Partners	HS6
1	ChinaCHN	$21.3B	70	65
2	USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA	$15.0B	68	66
3	JapanJPN	$10.2B	46	64
4	GermanyDEU	$8.7B	78	66
5	MexicoMEX	$7.5B	23	60
6	FranceFRA	$7.1B	83	65
7	ItalyITA	$6.8B	60	66
8	United KingdomGBR	$6.5B	63	65
9	Republic of KoreaKOR	$6.5B	42	58
10	NetherlandsNLD	$5.5B	64	66

HS6 product coverage

The classifications inside this sector

Explore the six-digit product classifications that make up HS2 02.

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Meat: of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilledHS6 020110

Meat: of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), fresh or chilledHS6 020120

Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilledHS6 020130

Meat: of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, frozenHS6 020210

Meat: of bovine animals, cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozenHS6 020220

Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozenHS6 020230

Meat: of swine, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilledHS6 020311

Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilledHS6 020312

Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.1, fresh or chilledHS6 020319

Meat: of swine, carcasses and half-carcasses, frozenHS6 020321

Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozenHS6 020322

Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozenHS6 020329

Meat: of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilledHS6 020410

Meat: of sheep, carcasses and half-carcasses (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb), fresh or chilledHS6 020421

Meat: of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), fresh or chilledHS6 020422

Meat: of sheep (including lamb), boneless cuts, fresh or chilledHS6 020423

Meat: of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, frozenHS6 020430

Meat: of sheep, carcasses and half-carcasses (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb), frozenHS6 020441

Meat: of sheep (including lamb), cuts with bone in (excluding carcasses and half-carcasses), frozenHS6 020442

Meat: of sheep (including lamb), boneless cuts, frozenHS6 020443

Meat: of goats, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020450

Meat: of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020500

Offal, edible: of bovine animals, fresh or chilledHS6 020610

Offal, edible: of bovine animals, tongues, frozenHS6 020621

Offal, edible: of bovine animals, livers, frozenHS6 020622

Offal, edible: of bovine animals, (other than tongues and livers), frozenHS6 020629

Offal, edible: of swine, fresh or chilledHS6 020630

Offal, edible: of swine, livers, frozenHS6 020641

Offal, edible: of swine, (other than livers), frozenHS6 020649

Offal, edible: of sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilledHS6 020680

Offal, edible: of sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozenHS6 020690

Meat and edible offal: poultry, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilledHS6 020710

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, (not cut in pieces), fresh or chilledHS6 020711

Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020712

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, fresh or chilledHS6 020713

Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozenHS6 020714

Meat and edible offal: fowls of the species gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020721

Meat and edible offal: turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020722

Meat and edible offal: ducks, geese and guinea fowls, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020723

Meat and edible offal: of turkeys, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilledHS6 020724

Meat and edible offal: of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020725

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of turkeys, cuts and offal, fresh or chilledHS6 020726

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of turkeys, cuts and offal, frozenHS6 020727

Offal, edible: of geese or ducks, fatty livers, fresh or chilledHS6 020731

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, (not cut in pieces), fresh or chilledHS6 020732

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, (not cut in pieces), frozenHS6 020733

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)HS6 020734

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)HS6 020735

Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, frozenHS6 020736

Meat and edible offal: poultry cuts and offal (including livers but excluding the fatty livers of geese or ducks), fresh or chilledHS6 020739

Meat and edible offal: of ducks, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilledHS6 020741

Meat and edible offal: of ducks, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020742

Meat and edible offal: of ducks, fatty livers (foie gras), fresh or chilledHS6 020743

Meat and edible offal: of ducks, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, fresh or chilledHS6 020744

Meat and edible offal: of ducks, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, frozenHS6 020745

Offal, edible: of poultry, livers, frozenHS6 020750

Meat and edible offal: of geese, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilledHS6 020751

Meat and edible offal: of geese, not cut in pieces, frozenHS6 020752

Meat and edible offal: of geese, fatty livers (foie gras), fresh or chilledHS6 020753

Meat and edible offal: of geese, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, fresh or chilledHS6 020754

Meat and edible offal: of geese, cuts and offal, excluding fatty livers, frozenHS6 020755

Meat and edible offal: of guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020760

Meat and edible meat offal: of rabbits or hares, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020810

Meat and edible meat offal: frogs\' legs, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020820

Meat and edible meat offal: of primates, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020830

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 frozenHS6 020840

Meat and edible meat offal: of reptiles (including snakes and turtles), fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020850

Meat and edible meat offal: of camels and other camelids (Camelidae), fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020860

Meat and edible meat offal: n.e.s. in chapter 2, fresh, chilled or frozenHS6 020890

Fat: pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, (not rendered or otherwise extracted), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smokedHS6 020900

Fat: pig fat, free of lean meat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smokedHS6 020910

Fat: poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smokedHS6 020990

Meat, preserved: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, salted, in brine, dried or smokedHS6 021011

Meat, preserved: of swine, bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof, salted, in brine, dried or smokedHS6 021012

Meat, preserved: of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, n.e.c. in item no. 0210.1HS6 021019

Meat: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, of bovine animalsHS6 021020

Meat and edible meat offal, preserved: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal, n.e.s. in heading no. 0210HS6 021090

Meat and edible meat offal: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal, of primatesHS6 021091

Meat and edible meat offal: salted, in brine, dried or smoked: edible flours, meals of meat or meat offal, of whales, dolphins, porpoises (of order Cetacea): manatees, dugongs (of order Sirenia): seals, sea lions, and walruses (of suborder Pinnipedia)HS6 021092

Meat and edible meat offal: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal, of reptiles (including snakes and turtles)HS6 021093

Meat and edible meat offal: salted, in brine, dried or smoked, and edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal, other than of primates, whales, dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions, walruses, reptiles (including snakes and turtles)HS6 021099

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Reported values

Trade values describe reported merchandise trade for the HS2 classification. They are not company-level sales, retail quotes, or shipment records.

Calculated indicators

Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons are calculated from reported observations and should be read with their coverage period.

Missing data

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Coverage: 1995–2024 · Data refreshed 2026-07-20 09:34:08

Data source

OECD trade statistics with CEPII context

OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.