Dominican Republic’s Cattle Industry

Dominican Republic — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 7151166; 2024: 11427557

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

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