Chile’s Cattle Industry
Chile — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 13437176; 2024: 19764771
Cattle inventory
1990: 3403850; 2024: 2962490 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 242452; 2024: 197958.3 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 4285.9; 2024: 392573.65 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 130.7; 2024: 27021.98 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 1010741; 2024: 760265 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 27.2; 2024: 25.7 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 284820 tonnes; 2024: 2662903.77 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 161333 tonnes; 2024: 979210.73 tonnes
Barley
1991: 10000 tonnes; 2024: 0.81 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 6262 tonnes; 2024: 8440.85 tonnes
Oats
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 6.83 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 675 tonnes; 2024: 86098.74 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 101943 tonnes; 2024: 1077094.03 tonnes