Export Statistics

USMEF compiles trade statistics from monthly data reported by USDA/FAS and collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce. USMEF includes beef and pork muscle cuts, processed products and variety meat or offals in the trade statistics. Hides and other rendered or inedible products are not included in the data reported by USMEF.

USMEF’s monthly export statistics refer to both muscle cuts and variety meat, unless otherwise noted. Complete historical export data for U.S. pork, beef and lamb are located under the “Monthly Export Archive” tab. Highlights from the latest monthly export data released are located under the “Latest Export Results” tab.

USMEF also provides highlights from the weekly data reported through USDA/FAS’s Export Sales Reporting Program for beef and pork. This data only includes reported exports of boxed muscle cuts (including three or six piece carcasses) and does not include variety meats, further processed products or trim.

Monthly Export Archive

Latest Export Results

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Mexico and China Lead Pork Sales Rebound; Other Results Lower

Pork exports for the week of April 17-23 totaled 35,030 MT, down 8% from the previous week and 6% below the previous four-week average. Exports were slightly higher to Mexico (16,320 MT, +1%) and increased to the Philippines (440 MT, +27%), Nicaragua (440 MT, +105%), Hong Kong (40 MT, +19%), Vietnam (40 MT, +3%) and Malaysia (20 MT, +57%). Shipments trended lower to Japan (4,530 MT, -11%), South Korea (4,050 MT, -3%), China (2,980 MT, -11%), Canada (1,550 MT, -6%), Colombia (1,520 MT, -11%), the Dominican Republic (880 MT, -28%), Honduras (690 MT, -21%), Australia (630 MT, -35%), Costa Rica (200 MT, -12%), Guatemala (100 MT, -67%) and Taiwan (20 MT, -65%).

Pork net sales were 46,290 MT, up significantly from the previous week’s low volume and 34% above the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Mexico (26,090 MT, +41%, including decreases of 200 MT), China (8,820 MT, +408%, including decreases of 200 MT), Korea (2,620 MT, +27%, including decreases of 200 MT), Guatemala (610 MT, +31%), Hong Kong (20 MT, +68%) and Taiwan (20 MT, +63%), and positive sales were reported for the first week following corrections to Australia (460 MT), the Philippines (110 MT) and Malaysia (20 MT). Sales trended lower to Japan (3,550 MT, -16%, including decreases of 800 MT), Canada (1,190 MT, -7%, including decreases of 700 MT), Colombia (1,070 MT, -51%), Honduras (540 MT, -35%), the Dominican Republic (490 MT, -58%), Nicaragua (230 MT, -42%) and Costa Rica (20 MT, -95%). No sales were reported to Vietnam.

Beef exports totaled 12,320 MT, down 3% from the previous week and 7% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Japan (3,700 MT, +16%), Hong Kong (1,350 MT, +22%), Taiwan (1,090 MT, +4%) and the United Arab Emirates (40 MT, +1%), but trended lower to Korea (3,800 MT, -14%), Mexico (1,080 MT, -28%), Canada (370 MT, -37%), the Philippines (120 MT, -40%), Indonesia (100 MT, -44%), Vietnam (50 MT, -69%), Singapore (40 MT, -34%), Guatemala (30 MT, -39%) and Chile (20 MT, -59%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 13,810 MT, down 10% from the previous week and 3% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Korea (6,160 MT, +22%, including decreases of 500 MT), Hong Kong (1,320 MT, +64%, including decreases of 100 MT and the highest sales in six weeks), Canada (510 MT, +11%) and Vietnam (190 MT, +1%). Positive sales were reported for the fourth consecutive week following corrections to the Philippines (90 MT) and Guatemala (100 MT), and for the first week following corrections to the UAE (10 MT). Sales trended lower to Japan (3,090 MT, -21%, including decreases of 500 MT), Taiwan (960 MT, -13%, including decreases of 400 MT), Mexico (810 MT, -46%), Indonesia (60 MT, -49%), Chile (30 MT, -60%) and Singapore (30 MT, -68%). No sales were reported to China.

Strong Week for Pork Exports but Sales Down Sharply; Beef Sales Higher

Pork exports for the week of April 10-16 totaled 38,180 MT, up 8% from the previous week and 2% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Mexico (17,260 MT, +7%), China (3,590 MT, +4%), Colombia (1,920 MT, +11%), Canada (1,710 MT, +2%), the Dominican Republic (1,240 MT, +10%), the Philippines (440 MT, +47% and the highest in six weeks), Nicaragua (280 MT, +34%), Costa Rica (250 MT, +14%), Vietnam (140 MT, +2,265%) and Chile (50 MT, +182%). Exports trended lower to Japan (4,930 MT, -2%), South Korea (3,790 MT, -14%), Australia (1,020 MT, -7%), Honduras (810 MT, -11%), Guatemala (260 MT, -16%), Taiwan (70 MT, -2%) and Malaysia (30 MT, -49%).

Pork net sales were 16,130 MT, down 57% from the previous week and 60% below the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest since November to Colombia (3,310 MT, +118%, including decreases of 100 MT) and trended higher to Korea (3,320 MT, +53%, including decreases of 400 MT) and Canada (1,350 MT, +3%, including decreases of 300 MT). But sales declined to Mexico (8,900 MT, -55%, including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (1,590 MT, -70%, including decreases of 2,000 MT), Honduras (540 MT, -41%), China (370 MT, -91%), the Dominican Republic (340 MT, -74%), Guatemala (260 MT, -44%), Nicaragua (220 MT, -39%), Costa Rica (90 MT, -74%), Taiwan (4 MT, -83%) and Chile (1 MT, -91%). No sales were reported to Malaysia or Vietnam and corrections resulted in negative net sales to the Philippines (-1,970 MT) and Australia (-1,940 MT).

Beef exports totaled 12,450 MT, down 7% the previous week and 9% below the previous four-week average. Exports were the largest in eight weeks to Mexico (1,710 MT, +25%) and increased to Vietnam (230 MT, +88%), Indonesia (220 MT, +1%) and the United Arab Emirates (40 MT, +7%). Exports trended lower to Korea (4,200 MT, -3%), Japan (3,090 MT, -14%), Taiwan (1,050 MT, -7%), Hong Kong (820 MT, -31%), Canada (390 MT, -35%), the Philippines (80 MT, -60%), Singapore (60 MT, -9%), Chile (40 MT, -28%) and Guatemala (20 MT, -65%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 15,130 MT, up 26% from the previous week and 16% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest in 13 weeks to Mexico (2,140 MT, +72%), the highest in five weeks to Hong Kong (1,240 MT, +70%), and the highest since July to Vietnam (350 MT, +107%). Sales were also higher to Korea (5,090 MT, +25%, including decreases of 100 MT), Japan (4,110 MT, +14%, including decreases of 200 MT) and Chile (80 MT, +31%), and positive sales were reported for the third consecutive week following corrections to the Philippines (130 MT) and Guatemala (60 MT). Sales trended lower to Taiwan (1,040 MT, -16%, including decreases of 200 MT), Canada (400 MT, -34%), Indonesia (70 MT, -44%) and Singapore (10 MT, -93%). No sales were reported to China and corrections resulted in negative net sales to the UAE (-3 MT).

Percent change is compared to the previous four-week average, unless otherwise noted.
Export is defined as an actual shipment from the U.S. to a foreign country.
Export sale is defined as a transaction entered into between a reporting exporter and a foreign buyer. Sales can be cancelled or adjusted in following weeks, thus “net” sales are reported as the difference between new sales and any cancellations or adjustments.
Due to the lapse in federal funding, a combined report was released for the six weeks from Jan. 10-Feb. 14, 2019. Averages are used for the weekly exports and weekly net sales for those weeks.