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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Holiday Week Slow for Beef, but Mexico and China Drive Strong Pork Sales

Pork exports for the week of May 22-28, which included the Memorial Day holiday, totaled 30,280 MT, down 10% from the previous week and 15% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Colombia (2,490 MT, +5%) and the Philippines (200 MT, +137%) but trended lower to Mexico (13,360 MT, -15%), Japan (5,010 MT, -7%), China (2,840 MT, -16%), South Korea (2,300 MT, -27%), Canada (1,200 MT, -19%), Honduras (680 MT, -11%), the Dominican Republic (650 MT, -48%), Australia (450 MT, -15%), Guatemala (370 MT, -10%), Nicaragua (290 MT, -17%), Costa Rica (150 MT, -60%) and Hong Kong (25 MT, -1%). No exports were reported to Taiwan, Chile, or Vietnam.

Pork net sales were 38,940 MT, up 18% from the previous week and 31% above the previous four-week average. Sales to China (9,240 MT, +555%, including decreases of 100 MT) were the highest in ten weeks and sales were also higher to Mexico (20,390 MT, +48%, including decreases of 600 MT), Korea (2,200 MT, +64%, including decreases of 700 MT), Costa Rica (870 MT, +90%), and the Philippines (100 MT, +125% and the highest in seven weeks). Sales trended lower to Japan (2,850 MT, -49%, including decreases of 300 MT), Colombia (1,170 MT, -43%, including decreases of 100 MT), the Dominican Republic (680 MT, -37%), Canada (640 MT, -56%), Honduras (500 MT, -26%), Guatemala (490 MT, -7%), Nicaragua (50 MT, -87%), Taiwan (10 MT, -46%) and Hong Kong (10 MT, -46%). Positive net sales were reported for the first week following corrections to Australia (460 MT) and Chile (70 MT, +236%). No sales were reported to Vietnam.

Beef exports totaled 10,180 MT, down 32% from the previous week and 25% below the previous four-week average. A small volume was reported to China (5 MT) for the first time since December, and exports were higher to Singapore (170 MT, +68%), Vietnam (160 MT, +26%), the Philippines (90 MT, +12%) and Chile (50 MT, +33%). Exports were unchanged to Canada (670 MT), but trended lower to Korea (3,250 MT, -29%), Japan (2,500 MT, -23%), Mexico (1,120 MT, -18%), Taiwan (820 MT, -31%), Hong Kong (660 MT, -41%), Indonesia (120 MT, -34%), the United Arab Emirates (50 MT, -68%) and Guatemala (20 MT, -79%).

Beef net sales were 4,920 MT, down 63% from the previous week and 49% below the previous four-week average. Positive sales were reported to China (200 MT) for the first time since December , but sales trended lower to Japan (1,850 MT, -13%, including decreases of 300 MT), Mexico (1,130 MT, -33%, including decreases of 100 MT), Korea (800 MT, -51%, including decreases of 400 MT), Taiwan (590 MT, -60%, including decreases of 400 MT), and Canada (400 MT, -55%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Hong Kong (-180 MT), Vietnam (-170 MT), Indonesia (-90 MT) and the Philippines (-20 MT). No sales were reported to Singapore, the UAE, or Guatemala.

Korea Leads Strong Week for Beef Exports and Sales; Pork Trends Lower

Beef exports for the week of May 15-21 were the largest since January at 14,990 MT, up 22% from the previous week and 17% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to South Korea (5,210 MT, +23%), Mexico (1,480 MT, +17% and the highest in five weeks), Taiwan (1,460 MT, +35% and the highest since January), Canada (800 MT, +41% and the highest in 13 weeks), Indonesia (200 MT, +24%), Vietnam (150 MT, +48%), Singapore (100 MT, +19%), Guatemala (80 MT, +15%) and Chile (60 MT, +96% and the highest in six weeks). Exports were steady to Japan (3,330 MT) and Hong Kong (1,160 MT) but trended lower to the United Arab Emirates (90 MT, -41%) and the Philippines (60 MT, -42%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 13,210 MT, up 63% from the previous week and 34% above the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Korea (3,910 MT, +78%, including decreases of 100 MT), Japan (2,780 MT, +27%, including decreases of 300 MT), Taiwan (1,640 MT, +24%, including decreases of 200 MT) and Singapore (140 MT, +34%), while sales the highest since September to Canada (1,150 MT, +57%) and the highest in nine weeks to Guatemala (240 MT, +210%) and the UAE (200 MT, +294%). Positive sales were reported for the first week following corrections to Indonesia (220 MT), and for the third consecutive week to Hong Kong (540 MT), the Philippines (230 MT) and Vietnam (30 MT). Sales trended lower to Mexico (960 MT, -42%) and Chile (10 MT, -84%), and no sales were reported to China.

Pork exports totaled 33,490 MT, down 1% from the previous week and 8% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Japan (5,290 MT, +1%), Colombia (2,480 MT, +17%), Canada (1,530 MT, +2%), the Dominican Republic (1,240 MT, +6%), Honduras (780 MT, +4%), Guatemala (390 MT, +16%), Vietnam (50 MT, +102%) and Chile (50 MT, +683%). Exports trended lower to Mexico (14,690 MT, -9%), Korea (3,230 MT, -4%), China (2,250 MT, -37%), Australia (500 MT, -12%), Nicaragua (330 MT, -13%), Costa Rica (230 MT, -37%), the Philippines (80 MT, -54%), Taiwan (20 MT, -6%) and Hong Kong (10 MT, -83%).

Pork net sales were 32,870 MT, down 5% from the previous week and 1% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Mexico (19,510 MT, +27%, including decreases of 800 MT), Korea (2,310 MT, +63%, including decreases of 200 MT), Guatemala (840 MT, +76%, including decreases of 100 MT and the highest in seven weeks), Costa Rica (720 MT, +155%), Nicaragua (640 MT, +135%), Hong Kong (30 MT, +152% and the highest in nine weeks) and Taiwan (20 MT, +80%). Sales trended lower to Japan (3,510 MT, -37%, including decreases of 400 MT), China (1,770 MT, -44%, including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (830 MT, -45%), the Dominican Republic (750 MT, -26%), Colombia (690 MT, -68%), Honduras (610 MT, -7%) and the Philippines (30 MT, -62%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Australia (-10 MT), and no sales were reported to Chile or Vietnam.

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.