Japan’s Cattle Industry
Japan — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 123478000; 2024: 123975371
Cattle inventory
1990: 4760000; 2024: 3985000 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 549479; 2024: 461905.15 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 613650.1; 2024: 782706.98 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 78.7; 2024: 14071.79 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 1390818; 2024: 1026456 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 29.7; 2024: 25.8 %
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: 16646055 tonnes; 2024: 15276693.02 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 5693148 tonnes; 2024: 5214364.72 tonnes
Barley
1991: 1519867 tonnes; 2024: 1169540.64 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 3524030 tonnes; 2024: 122071.22 tonnes
Oats
1991: 88514 tonnes; 2024: 42039.55 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 4331067 tonnes; 2024: 3171500.75 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 840547 tonnes; 2024: 1630526 tonnes