What is the price of beef in Italy?

As of May 2026, beef in Italy is US$ 15.12 per kg (13.97 EUR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Italy's world rank in beef exports?

Italy ranks #19 among 80 beef exporters.

How much beef did Italy export in 2024?

Italy exported 23,985 tonnes of beef in 2024.

What was the year-on-year change in Italy's beef exports?

Italy's beef exports increased by 25.6% year-on-year.

Beef Price in Italy - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Beef Prices in Italy

US$ 15.12 / kg

13.97 EUR / kg

MoM ▲ 31.9% YoY ▲ 31.9%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: May 2026

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (EUR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Global benchmark	7.95	7.35	▼ 3.2%	▲ 20.1%	World Bank Pink Sheet
-	Export (unit value)	15.12	13.97	▲ 31.9%	▲ 31.9%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the beef price in Italy available is US$ 15.12 per kg (13.97 EUR), up 31.9% year-on-year.

Italy exported US$274.96 million of beef in 2024, totaling 23,985 tonnes and ranking #19 among 80 global exporters with a 1.1% share of world exports. Exports grew by 25.6% year-on-year, and Italy is a net exporter of beef. The latest export unit value is US$15.1233 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - beef in Italy

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Italy exported $275M (24 kt) of beef▲ 25.6% YoY. That ranks #19 worldwide (1.1% of global exports).

$275M

Export value

24 kt

Export volume

#19 / 80

World rank

1.1%

Global share

$11.46

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top beef exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 US $4.14B · 17.3%
#2 Australia $3.36B · 14%
#3 Netherlands $2.37B · 9.9%
#4 Canada $2.25B · 9.4%
#5 Ireland $2.07B · 8.6%

Annual export data Italy · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$275M	24 kt	$11.46
2023	$218.9M	18.3 kt	$11.93
2022	$189.7M	16.7 kt	$11.39
2021	$194.8M	19.9 kt	$9.79
2020	$152.5M	17 kt	$8.99

HS Code

beef is traded under Harmonized System code 0201.30. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Italy beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The volume of beef sold by Italy in 2020 was 132,589 tonnes. In 2019 Italy exported 136,172 tonnes of beef. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Italy beef (meat category) has reduced, with a change of -4.577 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports went down by -8.67 percent netting the country US$596.67m for the year 2019. Italy's beef exports are classified as:

Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)

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Italy beef export values

In 2019, Italy shipped beef worth 596.67m USD, a drop of -12.25% from 2018's total beef export of 679.937m USD. The yearly reduction in value of Italy beef between 2017 to 2018 was 3.315 percent.

The yearly change in the amount of Italy's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was -8.67% compared to a variation of -4.577% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Italy's stake of the world's total beef's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked number 17 in world exports of beef.

Export markets for Italy beef ( in '000$ )

Italy's leading export markets for beef are Angola, Germany, France, Ghana and Liberia.

Import/Export Trends

Italy is a net importer of beef. The annual growth of Italy beef in value between 2015 to 2019 was 10%, per year, while annual growth in quantity was 12%, per annum.

Italy ordered 390,417 tonnes of beef in 2019.

Beef Prices Across Europe

Compare the latest beef prices in other Europe countries:

Germany$13.06/kg France$10.25/kg Russia$11.75/kg Spain$11.03/kg Poland$10.61/kg Romania$7.96/kg Portugal$11.18/kg Netherlands$12.27/kg Ukraine$6.29/kg Sweden$16.25/kg Austria$6.43/kg United Kingdom (UK)$11.34/kg Switzerland$26.83/kg Bulgaria$19.73/kg Denmark$10.09/kg

Other Meat Prices in Italy

Latest prices for other meat in Italy:

Chicken Meat$1.81/kg Pig Fat$1.39/kg Goat Meat$6.79/kg Mutton$10.67/kg Pork$2.49/kg Turkey Meat$4.59/kg

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