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Table 05: Major Protein Meals: World Supply and Distribution (Country View) 
 
Million Metric Tons
Date Created  02/11/2025 12:00:40 PM  
 
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  2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Jan
2024/25		 Feb
2024/25
Production nr nr nr nr nr nr
China 93.93 90.10 96.66 98.84 102.06 102.06
United States 48.22 49.23 49.93 51.46 54.08 54.10
Brazil 38.13 41.03 43.09 44.51 45.04 45.81
Argentina 32.86 32.03 25.56 30.51 33.81 33.84
European Union 30.19 30.75 30.74 30.82 30.39 30.39
Other 107.68 107.38 112.12 116.49 119.66 119.52
 
 
Total 351.01 350.52 358.09 372.63 385.04 385.73
 
Imports nr nr nr nr nr nr
European Union 21.21 21.38 21.49 22.16 21.80 21.80
China 7.12 7.18 8.39 9.39 9.75 9.75
Vietnam 6.21 6.52 5.84 7.03 7.01 7.01
Indonesia 5.50 5.73 5.67 5.25 6.22 6.22
United States 4.39 3.57 4.31 4.29 4.35 4.35
Thailand 3.36 3.51 4.01 3.59 3.92 3.92
Korea, South 3.45 3.52 3.43 3.40 3.59 3.59
Other 41.63 42.71 39.92 46.20 46.52 47.35
 
 
Total 92.86 94.12 93.06 101.32 103.17 103.99
 
Exports nr nr nr nr nr nr
Argentina 29.33 27.60 21.92 26.07 29.08 29.08
Brazil 16.58 20.21 21.33 22.72 21.00 22.00
United States 12.62 12.48 13.39 14.80 15.98 15.98
Canada 5.63 4.93 5.69 5.96 6.52 6.54
Indonesia 5.33 5.85 5.87 4.92 5.73 5.73
Ukraine 5.02 3.92 4.60 5.78 4.88 4.88
Russia 2.74 3.07 3.82 4.19 4.07 4.07
Other 20.23 18.44 21.02 21.80 20.16 19.87
 
 
Total 97.48 96.49 97.65 106.24 107.41 108.14
 
Domestic Consumption nr nr nr nr nr nr
China 100.14 97.02 104.00 106.93 110.72 110.72
European Union 49.02 49.26 49.63 49.81 49.74 49.74
United States 39.98 40.36 40.78 40.89 42.44 42.46
Brazil 20.99 21.64 22.26 22.38 23.69 23.69
India 16.53 17.23 17.59 18.15 18.76 18.76
Russia 8.20 8.49 8.93 9.36 9.88 9.88
Vietnam 7.45 7.55 7.25 8.01 8.73 8.73
Mexico 7.61 7.61 7.84 7.82 8.12 8.12
Indonesia 6.44 6.38 6.62 6.86 7.08 7.08
Thailand 6.04 5.97 6.26 6.05 6.36 6.36
Other 84.95 86.23 85.18 89.91 93.04 93.89
 
 
Total 347.36 347.74 356.33 366.17 378.56 379.43
 
SME nr nr nr nr nr nr
China 94.35 91.17 96.89 99.89 103.39 103.39
European Union 42.39 42.35 42.28 42.51 42.73 42.73
United States 38.55 39.19 39.34 39.45 40.98 40.99
Brazil 20.57 21.28 21.88 21.93 23.19 23.19
India 14.00 14.60 14.94 15.37 16.00 16.00
Vietnam 7.01 7.12 6.77 7.55 8.27 8.27
Russia 6.72 6.91 7.26 7.62 8.04 8.04
Other 95.10 96.58 95.81 99.90 104.47 105.30
 
 
Total 318.69 319.20 325.17 334.23 347.07 347.91
 
Ending Stocks nr nr nr nr nr nr
Argentina 2.51 3.04 2.59 2.81 3.24 3.27
Brazil 4.47 3.67 3.17 2.58 2.94 2.71
European Union 1.12 1.30 1.18 1.65 1.54 1.54
China 0.96 0.71 0.94 0.79 0.87 0.87
Ukraine 0.50 0.36 0.57 0.98 0.79 0.79
Other 10.26 11.15 8.94 10.11 11.72 11.89
 
 
Total 19.81 20.21 17.39 18.92 21.10 21.08
 
Major Protein Meals include Copra, Cottonseed, Fish, Palm Kernel, Peanut, Rapeseed, Soybean, and Sunflower Meal.