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.
Beef Exports Largest Since July; Honduras Headlines Solid Week for Pork
Beef exports for the week of Oct. 23-29 were the largest since July at 13,440 MT, up 4% from the previous week and 11% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to South Korea (4,260 MT, +16%), Japan (2,970 MT, +3%), Mexico (1,690 MT, +11%), Taiwan (1,350 MT, +23% and the highest in six weeks), Canada (490 MT, +35% and the highest in nine weeks), China (380 MT, +7%), the Philippines (270 MT, +3%), Guatemala (100 MT, +29%), Indonesia (80 MT, +3%) and Chile (30 MT, +1%), and exports were the largest since May to Singapore (160 MT, +99%) and the United Arab Emirates (150 MT, +112%). Exports trended lower to Hong Kong (690 MT, -8%) and Vietnam (140 MT, -22%).
Beef net sales of 10,990 MT were unchanged from the previous week but 29% below the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest since June to Taiwan (2,220 MT, +143% including decreases of 100 MT) and increased to the UAE (100 MT, +11%). Positive sales were reported following corrections for the second consecutive week to Singapore (60 MT) and Chile (10 MT), and for the first week to Guatemala (30 MT). But sales trended lower to Korea (3,240 MT, -44%, including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (2,950 MT, -20%, including decreases of 200 MT), Mexico (1,280 MT, -33%), Hong Kong (720 MT, -20%, including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (340 MT, -46%), the Philippines (80 MT, -43%) and Vietnam (60 MT, -73%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to China (-570 MT) and no sales were reported to Indonesia. For 2027 delivery, net sales of 700 MT were reported, primarily to Japan (400 MT) and Korea (100 MT).
Pork exports totaled 35,230 MT, down 6% from the previous week’s large volume but still 4% above the previous four-week average. Exports were the second largest on record to Honduras (1,510 MT, +68%) and shipments to the Dominican Republic (1,340 MT, +47%) were the largest since May). Exports were slightly higher to Mexico (16,680 MT, +1%), while also increasing to Korea (3,350 MT, +19%), Colombia (1,920 MT, +4%), Guatemala (470 MT, +5%), and Chile (70 MT, +138%). Exports trended lower to Japan (4,380 MT, -2%), China (2,650 MT, -9%), Canada (1,230 MT, -8%), Costa Rica (390 MT, -6%), Nicaragua (230 MT, -25%), Australia (120 MT, -54%), Hong Kong (50 MT, -62%), Taiwan (20 MT, -24%) and Malaysia (10 MT, -30%). No exports were reported to the Philippines or Vietnam.
Pork net sales were 37,340 MT, down 12% from the previous week but still 5% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the largest in two years to Honduras (1,760 MT, +111%) and the largest since May to Colombia (2,580 MT, +84%, including decreases of 100 MT), while also trending higher to Korea (7,890 MT, +31%, including decreases of 700 MT), and Taiwan (90 MT, +36%). Positive sales were reported following corrections for the fourth consecutive week to Australia (1,330 MT) and Canada (750 MT), for the third consecutive week to Malaysia (10 MT), and for the second consecutive week to Vietnam (90 MT) and Chile (10 MT). Sales were lower to Mexico (16,640 MT, -4%, including decreases of 900 MT), Japan (2,860 MT, -18%, including decreases of 200 MT), the Dominican Republic (1,220 MT, -26%), China (500 MT, -78%), Costa Rica (220 MT, -30%), Guatemala (190 MT, -55%), Nicaragua (160 MT, -44%), the Philippines (60 MT, -47%) and Hong Kong (50 MT, -68%). For 2027 delivery, net sales of 1,000 MT were reported to Japan (700 MT), Colombia (200 MT) and Australia (100 MT).
Best Week for Pork in Six Months; Japan and Mexico Fuel Strong Beef Exports
Pork exports for the week of Oct. 16-22 were the largest since April at 37,640 MT, up 15% from the previous week and 14% above the previous four-week average. Exports were the largest since February to Mexico (18,250 MT, +14%), the largest since June to Japan (5,220 MT, +20%) and the largest since April to South Korea (3,440 MT, +33%), while also increasing to China (2,970 MT, +4%), Colombia (2,110 MT, +8%), Canada (1,470 MT, +10%), the Dominican Republic (1,020 MT, +17%), Honduras (950 MT, +3%), Guatemala (570 MT, +14%), Costa Rica (420 MT, +7%), Nicaragua (390 MT, +49% and the largest since May) and Malaysia (30 MT, +127%). Exports trended lower to Australia (210 MT, -20%), Hong Kong (110 MT, -2%), the Philippines (40 MT, -39%) and Vietnam (20 MT, -2%), and no exports were reported to Chile or Taiwan.
Pork net sales were also the highest since April at 42,280 MT, up 13% from the previous week and 24% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the second highest on record to the Dominican Republic (2,990 MT, +189% including decreases of 200 MT), the highest since April to Mexico (23,250 MT, +47% including decreases of 900 MT) and the highest in six weeks to Japan (4,610 MT, +52% including decreases of 200 MT), while also increasing to Colombia (1,750 MT, +22%, including decreases of 400 MT), the Philippines (320 MT, +599% and the highest in 11 weeks) and Nicaragua (250 MT, +10%). Positive sales were reported following corrections for the third consecutive week to Canada (1,260 MT) and Australia (840 MT), for the second consecutive week to Malaysia (50 MT), and for the first week to Vietnam (160 MT) and Chile (50 MT). Sales trended lower to Korea (4,780 MT, -13%, including decreases of 400 MT), Honduras (600 MT, -30%), China (260 MT, -91%), Guatemala (240 MT, -57%), Hong Kong (110 MT, -21%), Costa Rica (80 MT, -77%) and Taiwan (30 MT, -46%).
Beef exports were the largest since July at 12,900 MT, up 17% from the previous week and 7% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Japan (3,160 MT, +8%), Mexico (1,530 MT, +5%), Hong Kong (1,050 MT, +55% and the highest since June), Canada (400 MT, +8%), the Philippines (390 MT, +89% and the highest since September 2025), China (380 MT, +5%), Indonesia (120 MT, +84% and the highest in seven weeks), Singapore (100 MT, +44% and the highest in six weeks) and Chile (60 MT, +144% and the highest in five weeks). Exports were steady to Taiwan (1,090 MT) but trended lower to Korea (3,640 MT, -5%), Vietnam (150 MT, -10%), the United Arab Emirates (80 MT, -2%) and Guatemala (40 MT, -58%).
Beef net sales were 11,000 MT, down 41% from the previous week and 33% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to China (780 MT, +76%) and positive sales were reported following corrections for the second consecutive week to Indonesia (60 MT), and for the first week to Singapore (220 MT) and Chile (70 MT). But sales trended lower to Japan (3,690 MT, -6%, including decreases of 300 MT), Korea (3,070 MT, -50%, including decreases of 600 MT), Mexico (840 MT, -56%, including decreases of 200 MT), Taiwan (700 MT, -35%, including decreases of 300 MT), Hong Kong (400 MT, -60%), Canada (310 MT, -51%), the UAE (70 MT, -12%) and the Philippines (30 MT, -86%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Guatemala (-40 MT). No sales were reported to Vietnam. For 2027 delivery, net sales were reported to Taiwan (100 MT), Korea (100 MT) and Japan (100 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.