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Globally, goat meat exported from all countries totaled US$540.2 million in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 28.7% increase from 5 years earlier in 2021 when exported goat meat was worth $419.6 million.

Year over year, the value of goat meat exports accelerated by 16.3% compared to $464.7 billion starting from 2024.

The 5 biggest exporters of goat meat are Australia, Kenya, France, Spain and Ethiopia. Combined, that subgroup of leading suppliers generated 88.8% of globally exported goat meat in 2025. Such a high percentage indicates an intensely concentrated cohort of goat meat exporters.

From a continents-based perspective, countries in Oceania sold approaching three-fifths (57.4%) of exported goat meat during 2025 with total shipments valued at $310 million mostly Australia and, to a much lesser degree, New Zealand. In second place were exporters based in Africa at 26.1% while another 12.4% of worldwide shipments of goat meat originated from providers in Europe.

Smaller percentages came from suppliers in Asia (3.9%), United States in North America (0.3%), then Latin America (0.01%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.

For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 020450 for fresh, chilled or frozen goat meat.

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of goat meat during 2025.

1. Australia: US$306.7 million (56.8% of total goat meat exports)
2. Kenya: $108.9 million (20.2%)
3. France: $23.4 million (4.3%)
4. Spain: $22.5 million (4.2%)
5. Ethiopia: $18 million (3.3%)
6. Mongolia: $10.5 million (2%)
7. Tanzania: $9.8 million (1.8%)
8. Greece: $8.9 million (1.6%)
9. Netherlands: $8 million (1.5%)
10. Pakistan: $5.2 million (1%)
11. New Zealand: $3.3 million (0.6%)
12. Somalia: $2.4 million (0.5%)
13. mainland China: $1.7 million (0.3%)
14. Madagascar: $1.6 million (0.3%)
15. Italy: $1.5 million (0.3%)

Countries Generating Best Trade Surpluses from Goat Meat

The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for goat meat during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s exported goat meat and its import purchases for that same commodity.

1. Australia: US$306.5 million (net export surplus up 23.5% since 2024)
2. Kenya: $108.9 million (up 22.3%)
3. Ethiopia: $18 million (down -62.5%)
4. Spain: $17.9 million (up 2.6%)
5. France: $14.5 million (up 2%)
6. Mongolia: $10.5 million (up 164.3%)
7. Tanzania: $9.8 million (up 54.4%)
8. Greece: $8.5 million (up 23.4%)
9. Netherlands: $78 million (up 36.4%)
10. Pakistan: $5.18 million (up 286.1%)
11. New Zealand: $3 million (down -20.8%)
12. Madagascar: $1.6 million (up 595.2%)
13. Somalia: $1.6 million (up 72.7%)
14. India: $876,000 (up 11.6%)
15. Romania: $729,000 (reversing a -$338,000 deficit)

World-leading Australia goat meat exporter generated the highest surplus in the international trade of goat meat. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Australia’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.

Countries Generating Worst Trade Deficits from Goat Meat

The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for goat meat during 2025. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s imported goat meat purchases and its exports for that same commodity.

1. United States: -US$162.5 million (net export deficit up 14.5% since 2024)
2. United Arab Emirates: -$88.9 million (down -36.8%)
3. South Korea: -$66.4 million (up 31.2%)
4. Saudi Arabia: -$34.8 million (up 23.1%)
5. Portugal: -$27.2 million (up 63.7%)
6. mainland China: -$25.6 million (up 31.4%)
7. Canada: -$23.6 million (up 72.8%)
8. Taiwan: -$17.1 million (up 33.8%)
9. Oman: -$13.7 million (up 37.9%)
10. United Kingdom: -$11.1 million (up 20.7%)
11. Trinidad/Tobago: -$8.87 million (up 1.4%)
12. Italy: -$7.7 million (down -8%)
13. Japan: -$6.2 million (up 68.5%)
14. Hong Kong: -$5.8 million (up 1.8%)
15. Jamaica: -$3.9 million (up 218.7%)

The United States of America incurred the highest deficit in the international trade of goat meat. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights the USA’s competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for goat meat-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand.

Goat Meat Exporting Companies

According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of fresh or frozen goat meat-trading exporters. The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.

• Agak Company Ltd (Kenya)
• Al-Muqeet International (Pakistan)
• Carnicas J Colomer Sau (Spain)
• Eiffel International Trade (France)
• Ethiopian General Import/Export (Ethiopia)
• I. Braditsas “Trofino” S.A (Greece)
• Parsa Enterprises Pty Ltd (Australia)
• Qingdao UnionGold Trade Co (China)