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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Colombia and Canada Lead Pork Sales Rebound, but Other Results Trend Lower

Pork exports for the week of May 8-14 totaled 34,300 MT, 2% from the previous week and 8% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Colombia (2,320 MT, +15%), Costa Rica (410 MT, +25%), Hong Kong (70 MT, +294%), Malaysia (70 MT, +190%), and Taiwan (50 MT, +59%), but trended lower to Mexico (15,530 MT, -6%), Japan (5,010 MT, -4%), South Korea (3,350 MT, -4%), China (3,320 MT, -9%), Canada (1,330 MT, -17%), the Dominican Republic (850 MT, -33%), Honduras (650 MT, -17%), Australia (490 MT, -29%), Guatemala (260 MT, -23%), Nicaragua (190 MT, -54%), the Philippines (100 MT, -60%) and Vietnam (20 MT, -54%).

Pork net sales were 34,560 MT, up 65% from the previous week and 21% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest since October 2024 to Colombia (4,020 MT, +106%, including decreases of 100 MT) and the highest in 15 weeks to Canada (2,700 MT, +126%, including decreases of 200 MT), Sales were also higher to Mexico (14,510 MT, +4%, including decreases of 800 MT), Japan (5,580 MT, +22%, including decreases of 300 MT), Costa Rica (940 MT, +1,221% and the highest in six weeks), Honduras (790 MT, +34%), Nicaragua (720 MT, +384% and the highest in six weeks), Guatemala (450 MT, +6%) and Taiwan (30 MT, +286% and the highest in eight weeks). Positive sales were reported for the fourth consecutive week following corrections to Australia (370 MT), the Philippines (80 MT), and Malaysia (30 MT). Sales trended lower to China (1,360 MT, -53%, including decreases of 100 MT), Korea (1,070 MT, -46%) and the Dominican Republic (380 MT, -62%). No sales were reported to Vietnam or Hong Kong.

Beef exports totaled 12,260 MT, down 2% from the previous week and 5% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Korea (4,420 MT, +4%), Taiwan (1,130 MT, +6%), the United Arab Emirates (420 MT, +694%), Vietnam (130 MT, +4%), and Chile (50 MT, +106%). Exports trended lower to Japan (2,840 MT, -16%), Mexico (1,230 MT, -11%), Hong Kong (890 MT, -22%), Canada (500 MT, -7%), Indonesia (170 MT, -4%), the Philippines (80 MT, -21%), Singapore (60 MT, -25%), and Guatemala (40 MT, -46%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 8,100 MT, up 7% from the previous week and 31% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Mexico (2,130 MT, +28%), Canada (930 MT, +56% and the highest in eight weeks), and Singapore (130 MT, +86%). Positive sales were reported for the second consecutive week following corrections to Hong Kong (880 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Vietnam (410 MT), and the Philippines (80 MT) and for the fourth consecutive week to the UAE (70 MT). Sales trended lower to Japan (1,800 MT, -35%, including decreases of 300 MT), Taiwan (850 MT, -38%, including decreases of 300 MT), Korea (540 MT, -84%), Guatemala (30 MT, -65%) and Chile (30 MT, -58%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Indonesia (-110 MT) and no sales were reported to China.

Slow Start to May for Exports and Sales

Pork exports for the week of May 1-7 totaled 35,180 MT, down 13% from the previous week and 6% below the previous four-week average. Exports were the largest on record to Nicaragua (560 MT, +81%) and trended higher to Japan (5,410 MT, +4%), China (3,720 MT, +9%), Colombia (2,080 MT, +12%), the Dominican Republic (1,660 MT, +40%), Guatemala (420 MT, +34%) and Costa Rica (380 MT, +30%). But these results were offset by lower shipments to Mexico (14,840 MT, -11%), South Korea (3,060 MT, -18%), Canada (1,280 MT, -21%), Honduras (700 MT, -14%), Australia (520 MT, -26%), the Philippines (60 MT, -82%) and Vietnam (30 MT, -27%). No exports were reported to Hong Kong or Taiwan.

Pork net sales were 20,960 MT, down 32% from the previous week and 36% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Japan (7,060 MT, +44%, including decreases of 300 MT), Canada (1,410 MT, +1%, including decreases of 400 MT), Costa Rica (100 MT, +21% and the highest in five weeks) and Hong Kong (20 MT, +114%). Positive sales were reported for the third consecutive week following corrections to Australia (90 MT) and the Philippines (80 MT). But sales trended lower to Mexico (6,080 MT, -60%, including decreases of 900 MT), Colombia (1,830 MT, -8%, including decreases of 100 MT), China (1,420 MT, -59%, including decreases of 100 MT), Korea (980 MT, -52%), the Dominican Republic (660 MT, -44%), Honduras (510 MT, -32%), Guatemala (270 MT, -42%) and Nicaragua (70 MT, -64%). No sales were reported to Vietnam or Taiwan.

Beef exports totaled 12,530 MT, down 12% from the previous week and 5% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Korea (4,310 MT, +2%), Canada (630 MT, +18%), Indonesia (300 MT, +134% and the highest in six weeks), Guatemala (140 MT, +188%), Singapore (110 MT, +35%), and the United Arab Emirates (50 MT, +16%). Exports trended lower to Japan (3,230 MT, -3%), Mexico (1,360 MT, -3%), Taiwan (960 MT, -13%), Hong Kong (950 MT, -25%), Vietnam (70 MT, -61%), the Philippines (70 MT, -62%) and Chile (30 MT, -34%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 7,540 MT, down 25% from the previous week and 41% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Mexico (2,020 MT, +33%), Canada (760 MT, +51% and the highest in five weeks), Indonesia (290 MT, +112%), and Guatemala (90 MT, +12%). Positive sales were reported for the first week following corrections to Hong Kong (730 MT), Vietnam (70 MT), and the Philippines (40 MT). Sales trended lower to Korea (1,260 MT, -71%, including decreases of 500 MT), Taiwan (1,010 MT, -29%, including decreases of 200 MT), Japan (840 MT, -74%, including decreases of 600 MT), Singapore (80 MT, -2%), Chile (20 MT, -85%) and the UAE (5 MT, -90%). No sales were reported to China.

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.