How much lamb does China produce?

China's lamb production

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Share of world output over time

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 1.7%, 1970s 2.9%, 1980s 5.4%, 1990s 13%, 2000s 22%, 2010s 24%, 2020s 24%. See the concentration-over-time report.

China as a buyer of lamb

China imported $1.2 billion of sheep and goat meat (HS 0204) in 2024, 13% of world imports, ranked #2. Of its $1.2 billion of lamb imports in 2024, 51% came from Australia and 48% from New Zealand, among 13 suppliers. Largest sources: Australia (51%), New Zealand (48%), Uruguay (1.1%), Chile (0.5%), Madagascar (<0.1%).

Import dependency · Supplier shifts

How much lamb China uses

China's domestic supply of lamb was 5.7 million tonnes in 2023, 32% of the world's. Food supply was 4.0 kg per person a year, 30th highest of 143 countries with a million or more people. It produced 92% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 8%. FAO's item is "Mutton and goat meat". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

The lamb price China sells into

The benchmark price, New Zealand, frozen carcass, wholesale London, was $7.26/kg in September 2026, up 16% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 16% a year, calmer in 67% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Lamb price history.