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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Uptick in Beef and Pork Exports to Japan and Korea

Beef exports for the week of Jan. 9-15 totaled 15,860 MT, including the largest volume to Japan (3,890 MT) in six weeks. Other top destinations were South Korea (4,390 MT), Mexico (1,810 MT), Taiwan (1,550 MT), Hong Kong (1,380 MT), Canada (620 MT), Indonesia (480 MT), the United Arab Emirates (250 MT), Vietnam (110 MT), Guatemala (110 MT), the Philippines (60 MT), Singapore (40 MT) and Chile (10 MT). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 15,450 MT, led by large sales to Hong Kong (3,680 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), as well as to Japan (3,080 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Mexico (2,530 MT), Korea (2,130 MT, including decreases of 1,000 MT) and Taiwan (1,670 MT, including decreases of 100 MT). Other results included sales to Canada (610 MT), Vietnam (170 MT and the highest in 10 weeks), Chile (160 MT), the Philippines (130 MT), the UAE (110 MT and the highest in nine weeks), Guatemala (100 MT) and Singapore (50 MT). No net sales were reported for China and corrections resulted in negative net sales for Indonesia (-20 MT).

Pork exports totaled 39,220 MT, including the largest volume since April to Korea (4,180 MT) and the largest since June to Japan (4,540 MT), China (3,790 MT) and Colombia (1,770 MT). Exports were led by Mexico (18,810 MT), with shipments also reported to Canada (1,960 MT), the Dominican Republic (940 MT), Honduras (780 MT), Australia (480 MT), Taiwan (400 MT and the highest since 2023), Hong Kong (200 MT and the highest in 11 weeks), Malaysia (90 MT) and Chile (30 MT). No exports were reported to Vietnam or the Philippines.

Pork net sales were 33,250 MT, led by sales to Mexico (11,850 MT, including decreases of 7,100 MT), Korea (5,100 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Japan (3,440 MT, including decreases of 1,700 MT), Colombia (3,250 MT, including decreases of 200 MT) and Canada (2,380 MT, including decreases of 400 MT). Other top markets for sales included China (1,980 MT), Honduras (1,370 MT), the Dominican Republic (1,090 MT), Australia (1,060 MT), the Philippines (330 MT), Hong Kong (140 MT), Malaysia (110 MT) and Taiwan (80 MT). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Panama (-100 MT).

Mexico Leads Largest Week for Pork Exports in More than Three Years

Pork exports for the week of Jan. 2-8 totaled 40,670 MT, the largest since August 2022, driven primarily by increases to Mexico (20,960 MT and the largest since 2021), Japan (4,180 MT), China (3,360 MT and the largest since July), South Korea (3,310 MT) and Canada (2,340 MT and the largest in 12 months). Exports to Colombia (2,110 MT) and Honduras (1,060 MT) were the largest since June, while shipments also increased to the Dominican Republic (840 MT), Australia (790 MT and the largest since August), Taiwan (170 MT), Malaysia (160 MT and the largest since September), Philippines (120 MT) and Hong Kong (20 MT). No exports were reported to Chile or Vietnam.

Pork net sales were 26,830 MT, led by sales to Mexico (9,190 MT, including decreases of 10,400 MT), Japan (5,200 MT, including decreases of 2,200 MT), Korea (4,110 MT, including decreases of 2,200 MT) and Canada (2,330 MT, including decreases of 400 MT). Sales to the Dominican Republic (1,500 MT, including decreases of 200 MT) and Honduras (1,010 MT) were the highest since October and sales to Colombia (580 MT) reached a seven-week high. Other top markets for sales included China (650 MT), the Philippines (480 MT), Australia (450 MT), Malaysia (130 MT), Taiwan (80 MT) and Hong Kong (20 MT). Corrections resulted in negative net sales for 2026 delivery to Panama (-100 MT). For 2027 delivery, corrections resulted in negative net sales of 700 MT, including to Korea (-100 MT), Panama (-100 MT), Chile (-100 MT), Honduras (-100 MT) and the Dominican Republic (-100 MT).

Beef exports totaled 11,660 MT, primarily to Japan (3,410 MT), Korea (3,120 MT), Taiwan (1,620 MT), Mexico (1,120 MT), Hong Kong (1,030 MT), Canada (570 MT), Guatemala (80 MT), Singapore (80 MT), Vietnam (60 MT), Philippines (50 MT), Indonesia (30 MT), the United Arab Emirates (30 MT) and Chile (20 MT). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 11,190 MT, led by South Korea (3,760 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), Japan (2,030 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), Mexico (1,660 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (980 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Hong Kong (870 MT, including decreases of 400 MT). Other top markets for sales included Indonesia (730 MT), Canada (400 MT), Vietnam (130 MT), UAE (100 MT), Guatemala (70 MT), Singapore (40 MT) and the Philippines (10 MT). Corrections resulted in negative net sales for Chile (-10 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.