Imports: Sheep or goat meat

U.S. imports of Sheep or goat meat increased 6.36 percent through August to $1.05 billion.

Top Sources

RankCountryYTD
1Australia$775.71 M
2New Zealand$267.45 M
3Chile$5.22 M
4Brazil$1.3 M
5Mexico$1.15 M
6Canada$1.01 M
7United Kingdom$739,307
8Uruguay$543,729
9Spain$126,971
10Iceland$12,889

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U.S. imports of Sheep or goat meat increased 6.36 percent through August to $1.05 billion

The category ranked 282 through August among the roughly 1,265 import commodity groupings as classified by Census. It ranked No. 296 for the last full year with a total value of $1.49 billion, a $311.44 million, 26.40 percent increase from the 2023 total.

Through August of this year the leading sources were No. 1 Australia, No. 2 New Zealand, No. 3 Chile, No. 4 Brazil and No. 5 Mexico. The leading sources were No. 1 Port of Philadelphia, No. 2 Port of Long Beach, No. 3 Port of Oakland, CA, No. 4 Los Angeles International Airport and No. 5 Port Everglades.

In the last previous full year, the leading sources were No. 1 Australia, No. 2 New Zealand, No. 3 Chile, No. 4 Mexico and No. 5 Canada. The leading sources were No. 1 Port of Philadelphia, No. 2 Port of Los Angeles, No. 3 Los Angeles International Airport, No. 4 San Francisco International Airport, CA and No. 5 Port of Long Beach.

Looking at specific airports, seaports and border crossings, the top five through the first eight months of the year were:

Highlights for the top five ports:

  • Port of Philadelphia rose 4.4 percent compared to last year to $761.78 million.
  • Port of Long Beach rose 1002 percent compared to last year to $88.41 million.
  • Port of Oakland, CA rose 325.62 percent compared to last year to $62.22 million.
  • Los Angeles International Airport fell 42.89 percent compared to last year to $30.75 million.
  • Port Everglades rose 39.65 percent compared to last year to $28.76 million.

There are several hundred airports, seaports and border crossings that handle international trade; they are, in turn, part of the roughly four dozen U.S. Customs districts.

Highlights for the top five foreign sources:

  • U.S. imports from No. 1 Australia increased $69.84 million, 9.89 percent, (73.65 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 2 New Zealand decreased $6.96 million, 2.54 percent, (25.39 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 3 Chile decreased $1.99 million, 27.57 percent, (0.5 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 4 Brazil increased $1.3 million, 0 percent, (0.12 percent market share).
  • U.S. imports from No. 5 Mexico decreased $21,937, 1.87 percent, (0.11 percent market share).

All totaled, 99.77 percent of all these Sheep or goat meat imports to the United States were shipped from the top five sources through August of this year. That is equal to $1.05 billion of the $1.05 billion total.

All totaled, 92.28 percent of all these Sheep or goat meat imports to the United States were shipped to the top five Ports through August of this year. That is equal to $971.91 million of the $1.05 billion total.