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, China Lead Strong Pork Sales; Reporting Errors Likely for Export Totals

Pork exports for the week of Jan. 17-23 totaled 34,100 MT, reported mainly for Mexico (12,710 MT), South Korea (3,300 MT), Japan (2,740 MT), China (2,650 MT), Colombia (1,740 MT), Canada (1,490 MT), Australia (1,160 MT), the Dominican Republic (750 MT), Honduras (510 MT), Chile (290 MT), Guatemala (270 MT), the Philippines (160 MT), Nicaragua (110 MT) and Hong Kong (3 MT). Exports of 4,690 MT were also reported for the Bahamas, but this was likely a reporting error as the previous weekly high for the Bahamas was 54 MT. In addition to the Bahamas, abnormally high exports were reported for the Netherlands Antilles (440 MT) and the Virgin Islands (120 MT). No exports were reported for Taiwan or Vietnam.

Pork net sales totaled 33,600 MT, fueled in part by sales to China (11,240 MT, including decreases of 100 MT) that were the highest since August. Other top destinations included Mexico (11,790 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Korea (3,710 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Japan (2,500 MT), Colombia (1,060 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Honduras (730 MT, and the highest since mid-November), Australia (700 MT), Canada (590 MT), the Dominican Republic (390 MT), Guatemala (300 MT), Nicaragua (150 MT), the Philippines (110 MT), Taiwan (90 MT), Chile (70 MT) and Vietnam (30 MT). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Hong Kong (-410 MT).

Reported beef exports for the week totaled 21,500 MT. This would be the highest level in years, but reporting errors likely overstated exports for multiple destinations. Reported exports to South Korea (3,390 MT), Japan (2,720 MT), Mexico (1,810 MT and the highest in six weeks), China (1,800 MT), Taiwan (750 MT), Canada (600 MT), Hong Kong (300 MT), the Philippines (150 MT) and Indonesia (40 MT) were largely in line with recent trends. But unusually large exports were reported to the Dominican Republic (1,900 MT compared to the previous weekly high of 100 MT), Ecuador (1,770 MT compared to the previous weekly high of 26 MT), Bahamas (1,442 MT, compared to the previous weekly high of 27 MT), Guatemala (1,030 MT compared to the previous weekly high of 300 MT), Netherlands Antilles (420 MT compared to the previous weekly high of 18 MT), Qatar (410 MT compared to the previous weekly high of 135 MT) and Turks and Caicos (70 MT compared to the previous weekly high of 24 MT), among others. Exports to the United Arab Emirates had been increasing in recent weeks, reaching 100 MT the previous week. But exports jumped to 325 MT in this week’s report, compared to the previous weekly high of 184 MT, and thus also possibly included errors.

Beef net sales were 20,200 MT, reported primarily for Korea (11,340 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (3,830 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Mexico (2,070 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), China (670 MT), Canada (670 MT), Taiwan (420 MT), Hong Kong (240 MT), Guatemala (130 MT), the Philippines (40 MT) and Indonesia (20 MT).

Beef and Pork Sales Highest Since October

Beef exports for the week of Jan. 10-16 totaled 11,800 MT, and top destinations included South Korea (3,080 MT), Japan (2,720 MT), China (1,980 MT), Mexico (1,250 MT), Canada (800 MT), Taiwan (600 MT), Hong Kong (290 MT), Italy (170 MT), the Philippines (120 MT), Indonesia (100 MT), Guatemala (80 MT) and Peru (30 MT). Exports to the United Arab Emirates (100 MT) continued to rebound, reaching the highest weekly volume since September.

Beef net sales were the highest since October at 15,100 MT. Sales to China (3,900 MT) and the Philippines (630 MT) were the highest since mid-October, sales to Taiwan (940 MT, including decreases of 100 MT) were the highest in 11 weeks, and sales to Peru (120 MT) were the highest since 2022. Other main destinations included Japan (3,190 MT, including decreases of 1,200 MT), Korea (3,180 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Mexico (1,490 MT), Canada (890 MT), Hong Kong (150 MT), Guatemala (100 MT), Italy (60 MT), Indonesia (10 MT) and the UAE (2 MT).

Pork exports totaled 22,800 MT. Top destinations included Mexico (10,260 MT), Korea (2,660 MT), China (2,500 MT), Japan (2,340 MT), Canada (1,320 MT), Colombia (880 MT), Honduras (640 MT), Australia (510 MT), the Dominican Republic (400 MT), Guatemala (260 MT), Philippines (200 MT), Nicaragua (100 MT), Taiwan (50 MT), Vietnam (50, MT) and Chile (20 MT). No exports were reported to Hong Kong.

Pork net sales were also the highest since October at 37,700 MT. Sales to Japan (9,560 MT, including decrease of 100 MT) were the highest since May, sales to Korea (7,470, including decrease of 700 MT) and Australia (2,050 MT) were the highest in eight weeks, sales to Nicaragua (1,030 MT) were the highest since November 2023, and sales to Guatemala (470 MT) were the highest in 10 weeks. Other main destinations included Mexico (8,950 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Colombia (2,350 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (1,690 MT), China (810 MT), Honduras (650 MT), Hong Kong (420 MT), the Dominican Republic (400 MT), the Philippines (290 MT), Chile (70 MT) and Vietnam (2 MT). No sales were reported to Taiwan.

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.