What is the price of beef per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan beef is between US$ 62.19 and US$ 334.85 per kilogram or between US$ 28.20 and US$ 151.86 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of beef in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for beef is between JPY 8,589.16 and JPY 46,249.31 per kilogram or between JPY 3,895.31 and JPY 20,974.74 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan beef is between US$ 43.53 and US$ 234.39 per kilogram or between US$ 19.74 and US$ 106.30 per pound(lb).
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Japan Beef Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Beef from Japan over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2012, the export price was 73.42 US dollars per kg, dropping to 65.06 US dollars per kg in 2013. This trend continued until 2015, when the export price reached its lowest point of 56.48 US dollars per kg. Since then, the export price has seen a slight increase, reaching 62.12 US dollars per kg in 2021. The most recent data shows the export price at 52.12 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price of Beef from Japan will be around 51.12 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 50.12 US dollars per kg in 2024.The exports of beef from Japan are categorised as:
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
Japan Beef Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Beef into Japan over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2012, the price was 73.42 US dollars per kg, and by 2016, it had dropped to 65.47 US dollars per kg. This downward trend continued until 2020, when the price reached its lowest point of 55.86 US dollars per kg. Since then, the price has seen a slight increase, reaching 62.12 US dollars per kg in 2021. The current price of Beef into Japan is 52.12 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price of Beef into Japan will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the price in 2023 will be around 61.00 US dollars per kg, and in 2024, it will be around 59.00 US dollars per kg.Export values for Japan beef
The total values in export for beef in Japan were US$ 124,916, US$ 170,800, US$ 224,035 and US$ 272,279 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of beef sold by Japan in 2020 was 4,843 metric tonnes. In 2019 Japan sold 4,339 tonnes of beef. Through 2019 alone, the market for Japan beef (meat category) has escalated, recording a change of 21.882 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports grew by 60.29% bringing Japan US$272.28m for the year 2019. Japan's beef exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
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Japan beef export values
In 2019, Japan sold beef with a value of 272.28m USD, a surge of 21.53% from 2018's total beef export of 224.035m USD. The yearly growth in value of Japan beef between 2017 to 2018 was 31.168 pc.
The per year variation in the amount of Japan's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was 60.29% compared to a variation of 21.882% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Japan beef ( in '000$ )
Japan's top destinations for beef are US, Macao, Vietnam, United Kingdom (UK) and the Netherlands.
Japan purchased 695,756 tonnes of beef in 2019.