Peru’s Cattle Industry
Peru — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 22014771; 2024: 34217848
Cattle inventory
1990: 4102300; 2024: 5842166 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 117112; 2024: 203990.58 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 10673.2; 2024: 31686.6 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 0; 2024: 41.95 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 855616; 2024: 1380599 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 19.5; 2024: 23.6 %
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: 492083 tonnes; 2024: 4230289.98 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 676423 tonnes; 2024: 2125741.25 tonnes
Barley
1991: 49642 tonnes; 2024: 117261.75 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 113 tonnes; 2024: 113.24 tonnes
Oats
1991: 3518 tonnes; 2024: 42775.95 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 222341.83 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 96706 tonnes; 2024: 1577730.39 tonnes