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.
Weekly Export and Sales Statistics on Hold
USDA is not currently publishing weekly export statistics due to the partial shutdown of the federal government. Publication of the data is expected to resume once a funding agreement is reached and approved. The most recent available data is summarized below, but USMEF will update this page once publication of weekly data resumes.
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Pork Exports Continue Upward Trend; Slow Week for Beef Sales
Pork exports for the week of Sept. 12-18 totaled 29,300 MT, unchanged from the previous week but up 12% from the previous four-week average. Exports were the highest since June to Colombia (1,900 MT, +30%), Canada (1,880 MT, +42%), the Dominican Republic (980 MT, +238%) and Guatemala (430 MT, +94%), and exports also increased to Mexico (13,120 MT, +3%), Japan (3,580 MT, +5%), China (2,760 MT, +15%), South Korea (2,440 MT, +19%), the Philippines (440 MT, +15%), Malaysia (260 MT, +333% and the highest in five weeks and the second highest so far this year), El Salvador (210 MT, +44%), Taiwan (70 MT, +71%) and Chile (50 MT, +69%). Exports trended lower to Honduras (460 MT, -28%), Australia (160 MT, -63%) and Hong Kong (50 MT, -16%), and no exports were reported to Vietnam.
Pork net sales were 29,400 MT, up 34% from the previous week and 12% above the previous four-week average. Sales were significantly higher to Korea (4,940 MT, +515%, the highest since June and the fifth highest this year, and including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (3,830 MT, +31% and including decreases of 200 MT), the Dominican Republic (2,560 MT, +254% and the highest since 2021), Colombia (1,960 MT, +40% and including decreases of 200 MT), Canada (1,890 MT, +38%), Guatemala (880 MT, +75%), the Philippines (350 MT, +29%), Taiwan (170 MT, up from 6 MT and the highest since May) and Vietnam (100 MT, up from 1 MT and the highest since June). Sales slowed to Mexico (9,990 MT, -16% and including decreases of 500 MT), China (1,780 MT, -46%), Honduras (310 MT, -63%), Guatemala (180 MT, -6%), Australia (100 MT, -77%), Hong Kong (50 MT, -58%) and Malaysia (20 MT, -58%). No sales were reported to Chile, and corrections resulted in negative net sales to Panama (-60 MT). For 2026 delivery, net sales of 190 MT were reported for Korea.
Beef exports totaled 12,500 MT, down 5% from the previous week but 11% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Mexico (1,490 MT, +31%), Taiwan (1,130 MT, +1%), Canada (1,010 MT, +52% and the highest in seven weeks), Hong Kong (880 MT, +12%), Indonesia (540 MT, up significantly and the highest since last October), United Arab Emirates (90 MT, +89% and the highest in seven weeks), Singapore (80 MT, +3%), Colombia (70 MT, +240% and the highest since June) and Guatemala (70 MT, +75%). Exports trended lower to Japan (3,410 MT, -2%), Korea (2,880 MT, -5%), the Philippines (150 MT, -35%) and Vietnam (60 MT, -43%). No exports were reported to China.
Beef net sales were 8,400 MT, down 47% from the previous week and 42% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Mexico (1,760 MT, +30% and including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (880 MT, +42% and including decreases of 100 MT) and Colombia (60 MT, +76%), but slowed to Japan (2,040 MT, -51% and including decreases of 200 MT), Korea (1,330 MT, -68% and including decreases of 400 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT, -15% and including decreases of 100 MT), Indonesia (210 MT, -68%), Hong Kong (130 MT, -90%), UAE (110 MT, -8%), Vietnam (100 MT, -6%), Singapore (90 MT, -16%), Guatemala (70 MT, -14%) and the Philippines (30 MT, -71%). No sales were reported to China. For 2026 delivery, net sales of 60 MT were reported for Taiwan.
Post-Labor Day Rebound for Exports and Beef Sales
Beef exports for the week of Sept. 5-11 totaled 13,200 MT, up 52% from the previous (holiday-shortened) week and 23% above the previous four-week average. This total included late reporting for Indonesia and the Philippines. Exports were higher to Japan (4,040 MT, +19%), South Korea (3,160 MT, +11%), Mexico (1,560 MT, +55%), Hong Kong (960 MT, +30%), the Philippines (470 MT – including 130 MT late reporting, +116% and, when accounting for the late reporting, the third highest volume this year), Canada (810 MT, +29%), Indonesia (220 MT of late reporting, up from 0 MT in previous weeks), United Arab Emirates (80 MT, +100%), Singapore (80 MT, +31%) and Peru (40 MT, +187%). Exports were lower to Taiwan (1,100 MT, -4%), Vietnam (90 MT, -22%) and Guatemala (40 MT, -39%). No exports were reported to China.
Beef net sales were 15,800 MT, up 31% from the previous week and 21% above the previous four-week average. This total also included late reporting for Indonesia and the Philippines. Sales to Korea (8,030 MT, +316% and including decreases of 300 MT) were the highest in eight weeks and the fourth highest this year, while sales to Indonesia (1,630 MT – including 220 MT late reporting) were the highest since 2021. This was the first time since February that sales were reported to Indonesia for two consecutive weeks. Sales also increased to Mexico (1,670 MT, +56% and including decreases of 300 MT), Canada (1,240 MT, +200% and the highest in seven weeks) and the Philippines (180 MT – including 130 MT late reporting, +115%), and were positive to Peru (100 MT) following a week of corrections. Sales slowed to Taiwan (970 MT, -31%), Hong Kong (720 MT, -59%), Japan (440 MT, -90%), UAE (110 MT, -32%), Guatemala (90 MT, -8%), Singapore (30 MT, -71%) and Vietnam (20 MT, -83%). No sales were reported to China, and corrections resulted in negative net sales to the United Kingdom (-80 MT). For 2026 delivery, net sales of 440 MT were reported for Japan.
Pork exports totaled 29,400 MT, up 26% from the previous week and 13% above the previous four-week average. Exports to Mexico (14,530 MT, +18%), Canada (1,660 MT, +32%) and Honduras (920 MT, +52%) were all the largest since mid-June, and exports also increased to Japan (4,060 MT, +21% and the highest in eight weeks), China (2,770 MT, +19%), Colombia (1,550 MT, +1%), Guatemala (280 MT, +53% and the highest in seven weeks), Hong Kong (80 MT, +63%) and Vietnam (30 MT, +29%). Exports trended lower to Korea (1,890 MT, -13%), the Philippines (380 MT, -6%), the Dominican Republic (320 MT, -1%), Australia (260 MT, -59%), El Salvador (130 MT, -7%), Chile (20 MT, -21%) and Taiwan (20 MT, -46%).
Pork net sales were 22,000 MT, up 27% from the previous week but 14% below the previous four-week average. Sales to Japan (6,590 MT, +241% and including decreases of 200 MT) were the highest in seven weeks and the fourth highest this year. Sales were also higher to China (3,030 MT, +16%), Honduras (820 MT, +1%) and Chile (380 MT, +364% and the highest since May), but slowed to Mexico (6,210 MT, -47% and including decreases of 500 MT), Colombia (1,380 MT, -8% and including decreases of 300 MT), Canada (1,300 MT, -16% and including decreases of 300 MT), Korea (860 MT, -46%), the Dominican Republic (490 MT, -33%), Australia (280 MT, -51%), Hong Kong (100 MT, -1%), El Salvador (100 MT, -49%), Guatemala (90 MT, -82%), the Philippines (90 MT, -72%) and Taiwan (1 MT, -97%). No sales were reported to 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.