HS 16HS chapter
Prepared meat and seafood
Global trade in prepared meat and seafood during 2023, with the top exporting and importing countries. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$17.53B
Reported exports (2023)
$7.23B
Reported imports (2023)
50
Exporting countries
Global merchandise trade in prepared meat and seafood totaled approximately $17.53 billion in reported exports during 2023, with 50 countries acting as exporters in CEPII BACI. Thailand led the field with $5.01 billion in exports — 28.6% of the global market.
This page aggregates every HS6 product line within HS chapter 16. Country-level numbers reflect the sum of all subcategories that BACI reports. See methodology for caveats around mirror reconciliation and known data limitations, or data sources for the underlying CEPII BACI release.
Top exporters
1
Thailand
Thailand$5.01B
28.6%
2
Spain
Spain$1.59B
9.1%
3
Ecuador
Ecuador$1.44B
8.2%
4
Brazil
Brazil$1.03B
5.9%
5
Indonesia
Indonesia$988.47M
5.6%
6
Viet Nam
Viet Nam$900.05M
5.1%
7
Poland
Poland$849.70M
4.8%
8
Morocco
Morocco$669.26M
3.8%
9
Ireland
Ireland$457.77M
2.6%
10
Austria
Austria$395.98M
2.3%
11
Peru
Peru$290.69M
1.7%
12
Chile
Chile$287.74M
1.6%
13
Philippines
Philippines$280.69M
1.6%
14
Seychelles
Seychelles$279.48M
1.6%
15
Mauritius
Mauritius$276.89M
1.6%
16
Greenland
Greenland$260.12M
1.5%
17
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea$243.91M
1.4%
18
Lithuania
Lithuania$236.31M
1.3%
19
Slovakia
Slovakia$170.31M
1.0%
20
Portugal
Portugal$152.49M
0.9%
21
Ghana
Ghana$146.70M
0.8%
22
Iceland
Iceland$119.15M
0.7%
23
New Zealand
New Zealand$114.41M
0.7%
24
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire$108.47M
0.6%
25
Senegal
Senegal$98.09M
0.6%
Top importers
1
Japan
Japan$2.21B
30.5%
2
United Kingdom
United Kingdom$1.89B
26.1%
3Spain
Spain$784.30M
10.8%
4Ireland
Ireland$259.08M
3.6%
5
Hungary
Hungary$247.53M
3.4%
6
Denmark
Denmark$199.87M
2.8%
7
Libya
Libya$197.41M
2.7%
8Portugal
Portugal$182.30M
2.5%
9Peru
Peru$79.38M
1.1%
10
Latvia
Latvia$62.69M
0.9%
11
Cuba
Cuba$61.09M
0.8%
12Ghana
Ghana$59.48M
0.8%
13
Cambodia
Cambodia$57.29M
0.8%
14
Venezuela
Venezuela$55.29M
0.8%
15
Yemen
Yemen$54.04M
0.7%
16
Jamaica
Jamaica$50.95M
0.7%
17Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire$38.12M
0.5%
18
Bosnia Herzegovina
Bosnia Herzegovina$37.21M
0.5%
19
Estonia
Estonia$36.97M
0.5%
20
Angola
Angola$35.80M
0.5%
21
Gabon
Gabon$34.53M
0.5%
22
Malta
Malta$32.72M
0.5%
23
Somalia
Somalia$30.59M
0.4%
24
El Salvador
El Salvador$30.42M
0.4%
25
Bahrain
Bahrain$24.95M
0.3%