# Meat preparations (HS4 1602) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Meat preparations at HS4 1602, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The meat preparations subsector recorded $21.4B in reported global trade in 2024, with -1.8% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $21.4B |
| Latest annual change | -1.8% |
| Active exporters | 171 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 10 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $3.8B | 2,716 | 10 |
| 1996 | $3.9B | 2,708 | 10 |
| 1997 | $3.8B | 2,783 | 10 |
| 1998 | $3.7B | 2,720 | 10 |
| 1999 | $4.2B | 2,830 | 10 |
| 2000 | $4.3B | 3,216 | 10 |
| 2001 | $4.7B | 3,075 | 10 |
| 2002 | $5.1B | 3,209 | 10 |
| 2003 | $5.9B | 3,382 | 10 |
| 2004 | $7.0B | 3,345 | 10 |
| 2005 | $8.3B | 3,424 | 10 |
| 2006 | $9.1B | 3,554 | 10 |
| 2007 | $10.6B | 3,693 | 10 |
| 2008 | $12.8B | 3,787 | 10 |
| 2009 | $12.0B | 3,837 | 10 |
| 2010 | $12.4B | 3,859 | 10 |
| 2011 | $15.0B | 3,907 | 10 |
| 2012 | $15.1B | 4,069 | 10 |
| 2013 | $15.8B | 4,107 | 10 |
| 2014 | $16.2B | 4,215 | 10 |
| 2015 | $14.7B | 4,239 | 10 |
| 2016 | $14.4B | 4,188 | 10 |
| 2017 | $15.3B | 4,100 | 10 |
| 2018 | $16.6B | 4,178 | 10 |
| 2019 | $16.4B | 4,100 | 10 |
| 2020 | $15.9B | 4,077 | 10 |
| 2021 | $17.3B | 4,289 | 10 |
| 2022 | $19.8B | 4,353 | 10 |
| 2023 | $20.5B | 4,330 | 10 |
| 2024 | $21.4B | 4,326 | 10 |

## Leading corridors

- Thailand to Japan: $1.4B; growth -0.1%.
- China to Japan: $849.6M; growth -1.7%.
- Thailand to United Kingdom: $800.6M; growth +17.6%.
- Canada to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $699.7M; growth +14.2%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Canada: $581.6M; growth -1.2%.
- Ireland to United Kingdom: $533.7M; growth +5.9%.
- Poland to United Kingdom: $522.6M; growth +8.8%.
- Brazil to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $404.5M; growth -6.7%.
- Belgium to Netherlands: $395.2M; growth +10.5%.
- Poland to France: $374.8M; growth +32.1%.

## HS6 products

- Meat preparations: homogenised preparations of meat, meat offal blood or insects (HS6 160210)
- Meat preparations: of the prepared or preserved liver of any animal (excluding homogenised preparations) (HS6 160220)
- Meat preparations: of turkeys, prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) (HS6 160231)
- Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) (HS6 160232)
- Meat preparations: of poultry (excluding turkeys), prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) (HS6 160239)
- Meat preparations: of swine, hams and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations) (HS6 160241)
- Meat preparations: of swine, shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations) (HS6 160242)
- Meat preparations: of swine, meat or meat offal (including mixtures), prepared or preserved, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602 (HS6 160249)
- Meat preparations: of bovine animals, meat or meat offal, prepared or preserved (excluding livers and homogenised preparations) (HS6 160250)
- Meat preparations: of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.s. in heading no. 1602 (HS6 160290)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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