Table 4. Top US export markets by product, 2015–2020 (metric tons), continued
% Change
Product/Country 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 19/20
Animal protein meals
Indonesia 199,067 277,859 303,588 321,452 385,010 333,232 -13.4
China 81,400 138,088 162,346 198,991 199,670 235,911 18.2
Vietnam 8,214 28,416 39,528 65,629 115,544 190,485 64.9
Mexico 103,789 99,618 129,371 112,375 112,106 116,548 4.0
Philippines 10,734 9,267 6,605 23,592 38,915 64,211 65.0
Canada 58,743 64,292 66,422 54,520 49,051 54,810 11.7
Ecuador 8,563 11,549 15,795 22,087 33,845 29,432 -13.0
Thailand 5,163 3,480 17,119 18,263 32,179 18,721 -41.8
Chile 57,084 18,144 26,963 44,454 41,801 15,451 -63.0
Honduras 3,704 10,693 4,102 8,694 7,520 12,654 68.3
Peru 1,019 2,410 5,564 5,809 3,762 9,151 143.2
Guatemala 1,381 4,130 2,934 915 3,336 8,770 162.9
Malaysia 1,446 3,823 15,300 9,271 12,555 7,933 -36.8
Myanmar 0 120 1,905 4,872 5,163 2,656 -48.6
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 300 2,051 583.7
Colombia 950 459 925 1,204 1,561 1,494 -4.3
Sri Lanka 0 0 1,914 2,456 2,055 1,484 -27.8
Cambodia 0 0 5,574 2,006 1,647 673 -59.1
South Korea 141 15 46 74 387 646 66.9
Total 563,352 706,652 814,708 899,126 1,047,088 1,108,613 5.9
Feather meal
Indonesia 41,750 27,373 29,177 28,058 28,047 41,603 48.3
Chile 24,403 10,046 11,744 30,289 43,443 23,049 -46.9
Vietnam 2,637 1,440 0 3,925 3,763 11,124 195.6
Canada 15,573 16,872 18,241 15,072 7,175 6,758 -5.8
Philippines 100 200 800 859 288 2,275 689.9
Honduras 0 0 0 0 1,525 1,945 27.5
China 977 7,391 18,904 30,813 4,073 1,541 -62.2
Peru 578 0 427 761 1,325 1,346 1.6
Total 87,000 63,580 80,123 109,902 90,454 90,048 -0.4
Source: Trade Data Monitor
Note: Totals include all countries, not just top markets listed.
Market Report Continued from page 13 nearly the same as a year earlier. The largest importer of
Fat Exports Mixed
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the same as in 2019 and the second lowest year on record,
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totaled 766,300 mt in 2020, up almost 75 percent from 2019,
with the largest importers being Singapore at 514,900 mt, up
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Record Protein Meal Exports
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mmt in 2020, up 6 percent from 2019 and nearly double 2015
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from 2019; followed by China at 235,900 mt, up 18 percent;
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feather meal was Indonesia at 41,600 mt, up 48 percent from
2019; followed by Chile at 23,000 mt, down 47 percent; and
Vietnam at 11,100 mt, increasing 196 percent from 2019.
Demand to Rebound
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756,000 mt for protein meals and 863,000 mt for fats by 2030.
As the world recovers from COVID-19, demand should increase
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prices for rendered fats. Adding to this is the preference for
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Renewable Fuel Standard, the Brazilian Renovabio program,
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demand for protein meals.
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global supply and demand for rendered products, the market
is already rebounding as the world starts to move out of the
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