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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Overall Results Lower, but Strong Beef Sales to Korea and Pork to Japan

Beef exports for the week of Jan. 30 through Feb. 5 totaled 11,670 MT, down 10% from the previous week and 12% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Japan (3,740 MT, +2%) and Singapore (90 MT, +37%) but trended lower to South Korea (3,820 MT, -2%), Taiwan (1,130 MT, -24%), Mexico (1,130 MT, -19%), Hong Kong (820 MT, -17%), Canada (420 MT, -31%), Vietnam (80 MT, -17%), Guatemala (50 MT, -30%), the United Arab Emirates (50 MT, -48%), Indonesia (50 MT, -80%), the Philippines (30 MT, -51%) and Chile (10 MT, -35%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 15,660 MT, down 21% from the previous week and 1% below the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest since September to Korea (7,770 MT, +48%), and increased to Mexico (1,790 MT, +16%), Taiwan (1,260 MT, +4%) and the Philippines (410 MT, +119%). Sales trended lower to Japan (1,930 MT, -53%), Hong Kong (1,540 MT, -15%), Canada (300 MT, -38%), Vietnam (150 MT, -18%), Singapore (40 MT, -57%), Indonesia (20 MT, -88%) and Guatemala (10 MT, -93%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to the UAE (-10 MT) and Chile (-30 MT). No net sales were reported to China.

Pork exports totaled 36,990 MT, down 2% from the previous week and 4% below the previous four-week average. Exports were the highest since June to Japan (5,050 MT, +18%), the highest since August to Australia (930 MT, +65%), the highest since October to the Philippines (340 MT, +93%) and the highest since August to Vietnam (50 MT, up significantly). Exports also increased to China (3,450 MT, +8%) and Malaysia (140 MT, +27%) and remained steady to Honduras (950 MT), but trended lower to Mexico (16,420 MT, -11%), Korea (3,710 MT, -2%), Canada (1,920 MT, -17%), Colombia (1,600 MT, -2%), the Dominican Republic (760 MT, -21%), Taiwan (240 MT, -4%) and Hong Kong (20 MT, -79%). No exports were reported to Chile.

Pork net sales were 28,640 MT, down 18% from the previous week and 24% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Japan (7,050 MT, +71% and the highest in five weeks) and the Dominican Republic (1,620 MT, +81% and the highest since October) but trended lower to Mexico (12,000 MT, -24%), Korea (2,240 MT, -34%), Colombia (1,690 MT, -2%), Canada (870 MT, -71%), Honduras (770 MT, -16%), China (590 MT, -90%), Australia (240 MT, -39%), the Philippines (80 MT, -81%), Hong Kong (50 MT, -18%) and Taiwan (10 MT, -74%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Malaysia (-10 MT). No net sales were reported to Chile or Vietnam.

Beef Sales Highest Since February; Pork Exports to Canada Largest Since 2020

Beef exports for the week of Jan. 23-29 totaled 12,990 MT. The top destinations included South Korea (4,400 MT), Japan (3,760 MT), Mexico (1,410 MT), Taiwan (1,290 MT), Hong Kong (700 MT), Canada (550 MT), the Philippines (110 MT and the highest in seven weeks), Guatemala (110 MT and the highest in six weeks), Vietnam (100 MT), the UAE (70 MT), Singapore (60 MT), Indonesia (30 MT) and Chile (10 MT). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales of 19,750 MT were the highest since last February, led by sales to Korea (7,560 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Japan (6,340 MT and the highest since August, including decreases of 200 MT), Taiwan (1,480 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (1,130 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), and Hong Kong (870 MT, including decreases of 100 MT). Other top markets for sales included Canada (580 MT), Philippines (540 MT and the highest since July), Vietnam (330 MT), Singapore (230 MT and the highest in eight weeks), Guatemala (80 MT), Chile (60 MT), UAE (60 MT) and Indonesia (10 MT). No net sales were reported for China.

Pork exports totaled 37,620 MT, and the main destinations included Mexico (16,950 MT), Japan (4,320 MT), Korea (3,790 MT), Canada (3,340 MT and the highest since 2020), China (3,040 MT), the Dominican Republic (1,240 MT and the highest since June), Colombia (1,210 MT), Honduras (960 MT), Australia (490 MT), the Philippines (280 MT), Malaysia (110 MT), Taiwan (90 MT), Hong Kong (60 MT), Vietnam (20 MT) and Chile (20 MT).

Pork net sales of 35,110 MT were led by sales to Mexico (13,830 MT, including decreases of 8,100 MT), China (5,200 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Canada (4,700 MT and the highest since March 2024, including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (4,050 MT, including decreases of 2,900 MT) and Korea (2,610 MT, including decreases of 1,400 MT). Other top markets for sales included Colombia (1,800 MT), the Dominican Republic (840 MT), Honduras (750 MT), the Philippines (660 MT and the highest in seven weeks), Chile (70 MT and the highest since September), Vietnam (50 MT), Malaysia (20 MT), and Australia (20 MT). No net sales were reported for Taiwan or Hong Kong.

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.