The World Market for Live Sheep: A 2016 Global Trade Perspective

This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for live sheep. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for live sheep for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying live sheep? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of live sheep vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of live sheep? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

1 METHODOLOGY 8 1.1 Our Approach 8 2 THE WORLD MARKET 10 2.1 Exports 10 2.1.1 The World Market: Live Sheep Export Supplies in 2016 10 2.2 Imports 12 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Live Sheep in 2016 12 3 EXPORTS 16 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 16 3.1.1 Executive Summary 16 3.1.2 Burkina Faso 18 3.1.3 Ethiopia 19 3.1.4 Somalia 19 3.1.5 South Africa 19 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 19 3.2.1 Executive Summary 19 3.2.2 Indonesia 20 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 20 3.3.1 Executive Summary 20 3.3.2 Austria 24 3.3.3 Belgium 25 3.3.4 Bulgaria 25 3.3.5 Croatia 25 3.3.6 Czech Republic 25 3.3.7 Denmark 26 3.3.8 Estonia 26 3.3.9 France 26 3.3.10 Georgia 27 3.3.11 Germany 27 3.3.12 Greece 27 3.3.13 Hungary 28 3.3.14 Ireland 28 3.3.15 Italy 28 3.3.16 Latvia 29 3.3.17 Moldova 29 3.3.18 Poland 29 3.3.19 Portugal 29 3.3.20 Romania 30 3.3.21 Slovakia 30 3.3.22 Slovenia 30 3.3.23 Spain 31 3.3.24 the Netherlands 31 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 31 3.4.1 Executive Summary 31 3.4.2 Brazil 34 3.4.3 Mexico 34 3.4.4 Uruguay 34 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 34 3.5.1 Executive Summary 34 3.5.2 Canada 37 3.5.3 the United States 37 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 37 3.6.1 Executive Summary 37 3.6.2 Australia 41 3.6.3 New Zealand 41 3.7 the Middle East: Export Supplies of Live Sheep 41 3.7.1 Executive Summary 41 3.7.2 Armenia 44 3.7.3 Israel 44 3.7.4 Jordan 44 3.7.5 Saudi Arabia 44 4 IMPORTS 45 4.1 Africa: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 45 4.1.1 Executive Summary 45 4.1.2 Botswana 47 4.1.3 Cote d'Ivoire 48 4.1.4 Ethiopia 48 4.1.5 Ghana 48 4.1.6 Mauritius 49 4.1.7 Nigeria 49 4.1.8 South Africa 49 4.1.9 Zimbabwe 50 4.2 Asia: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 50 4.2.1 Executive Summary 50 4.2.2 China 52 4.2.3 Japan 53 4.2.4 Malaysia 53 4.2.5 Philippines 53 4.2.6 Thailand 54 4.3 Europe: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 54 4.3.1 Executive Summary 54 4.3.2 Albania 58 4.3.3 Belgium 59 4.3.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59 4.3.5 Bulgaria 59 4.3.6 Croatia 60 4.3.7 Denmark 60 4.3.8 France 61 4.3.9 Georgia 61 4.3.10 Germany 62 4.3.11 Greece 62 4.3.12 Hungary 63 4.3.13 Italy 63 4.3.14 Latvia 64 4.3.15 Poland 64 4.3.16 Portugal 64 4.3.17 Romania 65 4.3.18 Russia 65 4.3.19 Spain 65 4.3.20 the Netherlands 66 4.3.21 Ukraine 66 4.4 Latin America: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 66 4.4.1 Executive Summary 66 4.4.2 Argentina 69 4.4.3 Brazil 69 4.4.4 Ecuador 69 4.4.5 Mexico 70 4.4.6 Paraguay 70 4.4.7 Uruguay 70 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 70 4.5.1 Executive Summary 70 4.5.2 Canada 73 4.5.3 the United States 73 4.6 Oceana: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 73 4.6.1 Executive Summary 73 4.6.2 Australia 75 4.6.3 New Zealand 76 4.7 the Middle East: Live Sheep Imports in 2016 76 4.7.1 Executive Summary 76 4.7.2 Azerbaijan 79 4.7.3 Israel 80 4.7.4 Jordan 80 4.7.5 Lebanon 81 4.7.6 Oman 81 4.7.7 Turkey 82 4.7.8 Yemen 82 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 83 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 83 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 84