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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Western Hemisphere Markets Lead Pork Sales Rebound

Pork exports for the week of July 10-16 totaled 29,460 MT, up 17% from the previous week but still 1% below the previous four-week average. Exports were the largest in five weeks to Colombia (1,950 MT, +30%) and largest in six weeks to Canada (1,550 MT, +18%), while also increasing to South Korea (2,270 MT, +11%), Honduras (790 MT, +22%), Guatemala (620 MT, +46%), the Dominican Republic (560 MT, +22%), Australia (330 MT, +8%), Costa Rica (310 MT, +13%), Nicaragua (230 MT, +8%), the Philippines (130 MT, +21%), Malaysia (20 MT, +96%) and Vietnam (20 MT, +88%). Exports trended lower to Mexico (13,850 MT, -5%), Japan (3,840 MT, -13%), China (2,630 MT, -11%) and Hong Kong (10 MT, -33%). No exports were reported to Taiwan or Chile.

Pork net sales were 28,770 MT, up 33% from the previous week and 12% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest since January to Honduras (1,180 MT, +111%) and the highest since November to Guatemala (1,000 MT, +249%), while also trending higher to Mexico (14,030 MT, +25%, including decreases of 500 MT), Canada (2,530 MT, +76% and the highest in nine weeks, including decreases of 200 MT), the Dominican Republic (700 MT, +34%), Hong Kong (50 MT, +494% and the highest in five weeks) and Taiwan (50 MT, +329% and the highest in six weeks). Positive sales were reported for the second consecutive week following corrections to Nicaragua (2,130 MT), Costa Rica (1,250 MT) and Australia (70 MT). Sales were lower to Japan (2,590 MT, -39%, including decreases of 200 MT), Colombia (1,380 MT, -9%, including decreases of 200 MT), Korea (830 MT, -66%), China (270 MT, -86%) and the Philippines (20 MT, -26%). No sales were reported to Malaysia, Vietnam or Chile.

Beef exports totaled 12,540 MT, up 21% from the previous week but 5% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Taiwan (1,310 MT, +12%), Hong Kong (840 MT, +9%), Canada (790 MT, +6%), and the Philippines (120 MT, +101% and the highest in five weeks). Exports trended lower to Korea (3,740 MT, -8%), Japan (3,220 MT, -11%), Mexico (1,250 MT, -16%), China (340 MT, -46%), Indonesia (170 MT, -4%), Singapore (80 MT, -8%), Vietnam (80 MT, -28%), Chile (40 MT, -3%), Guatemala (30 MT, -54%) and the United Arab Emirates (30 MT, -35%).

Beef net sales were 9,380 MT, up 18% from the previous week’s low total, but still 32% below the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest in six weeks to Mexico (1,700 MT, +34%) and Vietnam (220 MT, +719%), while also increasing to Canada (1,590 MT, +85%) and the Philippines (200 MT, +50%). Positive sales were reported for the third consecutive week following corrections to Chile (50 MT). Sales trended lower to Korea (2,600 MT, -32%, including decreases of 700 MT), Japan (1,000 MT, -67%, including decreases of 200 MT), Taiwan (650 MT, -66%, including decreases of 300 MT), China (530 MT, -16%), UAE (140 MT, -58%), Hong Kong (120 MT, -79%), Indonesia (60 MT, -73%), Guatemala (50 MT, -45%) and Singapore (40 MT, -48%).

Independence Day Holiday Slows Weekly Exports and Sales

Beef exports for the week of July 3-9, which included the Independence Day holiday, totaled 10,350 MT, down 29% from the previous week and 25% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Vietnam (180 MT, +55%), the Philippines (90 MT, +30%), and the United Arab Emirates (50 MT, +41%), but trended lower to South Korea (3,160 MT, -24%), Japan (2,860 MT, -26%), Mexico (1,360 MT, -11%), Taiwan (680 MT, -48%), Hong Kong (600 MT, -35%), Canada (430 MT, -47%), China (200 MT, -66%), Indonesia (120 MT, -41%), Singapore (80 MT, -21%), Guatemala (50 MT, -38%) and Chile (20 MT, -35%).

Beef net sales were 7,970 MT, down 43% from the previous week and 45% below the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest in more than two years to Canada (1,930 MT, +236%) and increased to Guatemala (90 MT, +18%), while positive sales were reported for the fourth consecutive week following corrections to the UAE (70 MT) and for the second consecutive week following corrections to Chile (30 MT). But sales trended lower to Japan (2,420 MT, -23%, including decreases of 400 MT), Mexico (1,240 MT, -7%), Taiwan (1,070 MT, -45%, including decreases of 200 MT), Hong Kong (150 MT, -78%), China (110 MT, -84%), Korea (80 MT, -98%), Singapore (70 MT, -23%), Indonesia (30 MT, -89%), Vietnam (20 MT, -53%) and the Philippines (20 MT, -87%).

Pork exports totaled 25,220 MT, down 16% from the previous week and 19% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Australia (300 MT, +13%) but trended lower to Mexico (11,910 MT, -20%), Japan (4,500 MT, -3%), China (2,470 MT, -22%), Korea (1,800 MT, -17%), Canada (1,260 MT, -7%), Colombia (1,240 MT, -28%), the Dominican Republic (400 MT, -15%), Guatemala (300 MT, -31%), Honduras (290 MT, -60%), Nicaragua (190 MT, -19%), Costa Rica (90 MT, -70%), the Philippines (80 MT, -31%) and Taiwan (10 MT, -65%). No exports were reported to Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia or Chile.

Pork net sales were 21,570 MT, up 22% from the previous week’s low volume but still 12% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Japan (7,130 MT, +136% and the highest in five weeks, including decreases of 300 MT), Honduras (640 MT, +15%), and Taiwan (10 MT, +9%), and positive sales were reported for the first week following corrections to Australia (540 MT), Costa Rica (90 MT) and Nicaragua (70 MT). Sales trended lower to Mexico (9,110 MT, -9%, including decreases of 400 MT), Canada (1,420 MT, -14%, including decreases of 400 MT), Colombia (1,080 MT, -24%, including 100 MT switched from the Dominican Republic and decreases of 300 MT), Korea (460 MT, -83%), China (380 MT, -86%), the Dominican Republic (280 MT, -47%) and Guatemala (100 MT, -67%). No sales were reported to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia or Chile.

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.