Dominican Republic’s Cattle Industry
Dominican Republic — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 7151166; 2024: 11427557
Cattle inventory
1990: 2240000; 2024: 3030340 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 82478; 2024: 67693.11 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 370; 2024: 13553.44 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 9823; 2024: 3039.52 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 350000; 2024: 479966 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 13.8; 2024: 15.8 %
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: 454000 tonnes; 2024: 1525323 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 223270 tonnes; 2024: 759525.44 tonnes
Barley
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 6.31 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 100 tonnes; 2024: 1.8 tonnes
Oats
1991: 230 tonnes; 2024: 11158.65 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 32223 tonnes; 2024: 36024.88 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 142600 tonnes; 2024: 242453.5 tonnes