Thailand’s Cattle Industry
Thailand — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 54738329; 2024: 71668011
Cattle inventory
1990: 5668530; 2024: 4293189 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 180129; 2024: 112425.2 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 748; 2024: 68131.59 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 485.9; 2024: 30927.64 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 900645; 2024: 724716 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 14.2; 2024: 16.9 %
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: 904 tonnes; 2024: 2022131.67 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 453154 tonnes; 2024: 4027600.93 tonnes
Barley
1991: 7028 tonnes; 2024: 38150.9 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 2289 tonnes; 2024: 40.59 tonnes
Oats
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 205.47 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 34 tonnes; 2024: 3871097.17 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 428244 tonnes; 2024: 2834319.31 tonnes