China’s Cattle Industry
China — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 1135185000; 2024: 1408975000
Cattle inventory
1990: 77769856; 2024: 70325500 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 1078000; 2024: 7011810 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 118583.1; 2024: 4195044.92 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 188613.7; 2024: 211930.81 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 7546000; 2024: 45888300 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 10.8; 2024: 65.3 %
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: 5526276 tonnes; 2024: 18595371.81 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 13360429 tonnes; 2024: 12506836.67 tonnes
Barley
1991: 972565 tonnes; 2024: 14265397.35 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 68670 tonnes; 2024: 8715749.07 tonnes
Oats
1991: 5102 tonnes; 2024: 470550.45 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 1992646 tonnes; 2024: 107517033.74 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 22191 tonnes; 2024: 112289.78 tonnes