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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Strong Week for Exports and Beef Sales; Pork Sales Hit by Corrections for Mexico, Honduras

Beef exports for the week of May 30 through June 5 totaled 14,540 MT, up 33% from the previous week and 12% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to South Korea (5,250 MT, +23%), Japan (4,170 MT, +9%), Canada (760 MT, +8%), China (390 MT, up significantly and the highest in eight weeks), Philippines (180 MT, +13%) and Vietnam (120 MT, +87% and the highest in 11 weeks). Exports trended lower to Mexico (1,280 MT, -6%), Taiwan (1,260 MT, -5%), Hong Kong (550 MT, -14%) and Guatemala (40 MT, -7%). No exports were reported to Indonesia.

Beef net sales were 15,340 MT, up 71% from the previous week and 21% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the largest since February to Korea (6,110 MT, +64%, including decreases of 400 MT), the largest since September to Mexico (2,700 MT, +58%, including decreases of 100 MT) and Canada (1,420 MT, +45%, including decreases of 200 MT), and the largest since August to Taiwan (2,150 MT, +74%, including decreases of 100 MT). Sales also increased to Hong Kong (420 MT, +31%), Philippines (400 MT, +3%) and Vietnam (85 MT, +10%), but trended lower to Japan (3,220 MT, -8%, and including decreases of 200 MT) and Guatemala (50 MT, -28%). No sales were reported to Indonesia and corrections resulted in negative net sales to China (-2,010 MT) for the second consecutive week.

Pork exports totaled 33,760 MT, up 40% from the previous week and 25% above the previous four-week average. Exports were the largest in more than a year to Japan (5,080 MT, +31%), the largest since 2014 to Colombia (4,140 MT, up significantly), the largest since 2015 to Nicaragua (470 MT, up significantly) and the largest since 2021 to Vietnam (240 MT, up significantly). Exports were also the largest since October to the Dominican Republic (1,310 MT, +81%), the largest in 11 weeks to China (3,190 MT, up significantly), the largest in a year to Taiwan (170 MT, up significantly) and the largest in 12 weeks to Chile (160 MT, up significantly). Exports also increased to Mexico (12,770 MT, +4%), Canada (1,410 MT, +4%) and the Philippines (235 MT, +11%) but trended lower to Korea (2,460 MT, -24%), Australia (640 MT, -19%), Honduras (440 MT, -25%), Guatemala (230 MT, -24%) and Hong Kong (10 MT, -79%).

Pork net sales were 9,740 MT, down 73% from the previous week and 70% below the previous four-week average, due in large part to corrections that resulted in negative net sales to Mexico (-1,165 MT) and Honduras (-600 MT). Sales increased to Japan (3,640 MT, +10%, including decreases of 100 MT, and the highest in seven weeks), Canada (1,880 MT, +9%, and including decreases of 300 MT), Dominican Republic (615 MT, +23%) and Vietnam (150 MT, +63%). Sales were positive to China (710 MT, and including decreases of 400 MT), Australia (160 MT), and Hong Kong (20 MT) for the second week following a week of corrections, and to Nicaragua (70 MT) and Chile (20 MT) following one week of corrections. Sales slowed to Colombia (1,380 MT, -14%), Korea (910 MT, -71%, and including decreases of 500 MT), Guatemala (490 MT, -17%), Philippines (140 MT, -82%) and Taiwan (80 MT, -30%).

Holiday Week Slow for Exports, but Pork Sales Rebound

Pork exports for the week of May 23-29, which included the Memorial Day holiday, totaled 24,080 MT, down 17% from the previous week and 12% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to China (1,770 MT, up significantly, and the highest in seven weeks), Philippines (250 MT, +22%), Vietnam (200 MT, up significantly), Chile (120 MT, up significantly) and Hong Kong (20 MT, +2%). Exports trended lower to Mexico (10,460 MT, -16%), Japan (3,420 MT, -17%), South Korea (2,765 MT, -19%), Colombia (1,300 MT, -28%), Canada (1,145 MT, -14%), Dominican Republic (500 MT, -30%), Honduras (460 MT, -30%), Australia (400 MT, -55%), Guatemala (260 MT, -18%), Nicaragua (205 MT, -2%) and Taiwan (60 MT, -34%).

Pork net sales were 36,370 MT, up 19% from the previous week and 25% above the previous four-week average. This included the largest sales since November for China (12,670 MT, including decreases of 200 MT) following a week of corrections. Sales increased sharply to Honduras (1,120 MT, +92%), Philippines (1,100 MT, +81%), and Guatemala (710 MT, +77%) and were positive to Australia (220 MT) and Hong Kong (50 MT) following a week of corrections. Sales slowed to Mexico (11,960 MT, -2%, and including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (3,010 MT, -13%, and including decreases of 100 MT), Korea (1,760 MT, -48%, and including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (1,630 MT, -7%, and including decreases of 300 MT), Colombia (1,070 MT, -33%), Dominican Republic (400 MT, -20%), Taiwan (30 MT, -78%) and Vietnam (10 MT, -97%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Chile (-1 MT) and Nicaragua (-230 MT).

Beef exports totaled 10,940 MT, down 14% from the previous week and 22% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Canada (850 MT, +26%), China (330 MT, up significantly) and the Philippines (160 MT, +3%), but trended lower to Japan (3,280 MT, -20%), Korea (2,940 MT, -39%), Taiwan (1,140 MT, -18%), Hong Kong (440 MT, -44%), Mexico (410 MT, -78%) and Vietnam (50 MT, -28%). No exports were reported to Guatemala or Indonesia.

Beef net sales were 8,980 MT, down 39% from the previous week and 27% below the previous four-week average, due in part to corrections resulting in negative net sales to China (-1,170 MT) following three weeks of positive sales. Sales increased to Korea (4,500 MT, +46%, and including decreases of 400 MT) and Canada (950 MT, +8%, and including decreases of 100 MT), but trended lower to Japan (2,785 MT, -37%, and including decreases of 200 MT), Mexico (1,200 MT, -15%, and including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (600 MT, -56%, and including decreases of 100 MT), Hong Kong (340 MT, -42%), Philippines (90 MT, -77%) and Guatemala (60 MT, -17%). Sales were positive to Vietnam (110 MT) for the fourth week following a week of corrections. There were no sales reported to Indonesia.

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.