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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Exports Trend Lower; Pork Sales Hammered by Corrections for China

Beef exports for the week of April 11-17 totaled 13,200 MT, down 10% from the previous week and 10% below the previous four-week average. Exports were the highest since January to Taiwan (1,180 MT, +24%) and Canada (890 MT, +68%) and the highest since October to the Philippines (260 MT, +105%). Exports also increased to Hong Kong (480 MT, +20%) and Guatemala (70 MT, +1%), but were lower to South Korea (4,920 MT, -3%), Japan (3,450 MT, -3%), Mexico (1,040 MT, -21%), China (190 MT, -91%) and Vietnam (60 MT, -22%). No exports were reported to Indonesia.

Beef net sales were 10,340 MT, down 41% from the previous week and 11% below the previous four-week average. Sales increased to Hong Kong (1,340 MT, +142%, including decreases of 100 MT, and the highest since November 2023), Canada (1,290 MT, +243%, and the highest since September 2024), Taiwan (1,060 MT, +20%, including decreases of 200 MT), Vietnam (140 MT, +126%) and the Philippines (130 MT, +51%), and sales were positive to China (80 MT) following two weeks of corrections. But sales slowed to Korea (3,235 MT, -15%, including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (1,890 MT, -51%, including decreases of 200 MT), and Mexico (720 MT, -42%). There were no sales reported to Indonesia, and corrections resulted in negative net sales to Guatemala (-25 MT).

Pork exports totaled 27,130 MT, down 12% from the previous week and 14% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Japan (4,570 MT, +7%), Honduras (920 MT, +7%), Australia (900 MT, steady), Nicaragua (310 MT, +74%, and the highest since February 2024), Philippines (260 MT, +22%), and Hong Kong (80 MT, +33%). Exports trended lower to Mexico (10,220 MT, -13%), Korea (4,730 MT, -1%), Colombia (1,890 MT, -8%), Canada (980 MT, -17%), China (520 MT, -83%), Dominican Republic (390 MT, -55%), Guatemala (250 MT, -32%) and Taiwan (45 MT, -58%). No exports were reported to Chile or to Vietnam for the third consecutive week.

Pork net sales dropped to a 2025 low of 5,850 MT, down 82% from the previous week and 72% below from the previous four-week average, due in large part to corrections resulting in negative net sales to China (-12,030 MT). Sales also slowed substantially to Mexico (3,840 MT, -73%, including decreases of 200 MT) and trended lower to Korea (1,840 MT, -37%, including decreases of 100 MT), Colombia (1,640 MT, -34%), Honduras (420 MT, -54%), Dominican Republic (250 MT, -75%), Australia (170 MT, -82%), Guatemala (120 MT, -25%), Nicaragua (65 MT, -54%) and Hong Kong (40 MT, -38%). Corrections also resulted in negative net sales to Denmark (-50 MT) and no sales were reported to Taiwan following two weeks of corrections. Sales were the highest since December to the Philippines (840 MT, +1044%) and the highest in more than a year to Vietnam (140 MT), following three weeks of corrections. Sales also increased to Japan (6,270 MT, +48%, including decreases of 100 MT) and Chile (50 MT, +111%) and were positive to Canada (1,200 MT) following two weeks of corrections.

Strong Rebound for Beef Sales but Pork Sales Trend Lower

Beef exports for the week of April 4-10 totaled 14,615 MT, down 3% from the previous week and 1% below the previous four-week average. Exports were the highest since January to South Korea (5,565 MT, +19%) and trended higher to Mexico (1,410 MT, +3%), Taiwan (1,070 MT, +16%), Hong Kong (430 MT, +22%) and the Philippines (140 MT, +2%). Exports were lower to Japan (3,525, -3%), China (1,430 MT, -39%), Canada (430 MT, -30%), Vietnam (70 MT, -15%) and Guatemala (60 MT, -13%), while no exports were reported to Indonesia.

Beef net sales were 17,470 MT, up 47% from the previous week and 78% above the previous four-week average. Sales were the highest since January to Mexico (2,140 MT, +112%), Canada (890 MT, +229%) and the Philippines (175 MT, +150%), the highest in nine weeks to Japan (7,740 MT, +193%, including decreases of 300 MT) and the highest in seven weeks to Taiwan (1310 MT, +51%, including decreases of 100 MT. Sales also edged slightly higher to South Korea (3,670 MT, +1%, including decreases of 500 MT) and increased to Vietnam (70 MT, +14%). Sales slowed to Hong Kong (520 MT, -10%) and Guatemala (40 MT, -52%). Sales were positive to China (400 MT) following a week of corrections and there were no sales reported to Indonesia.

Pork exports totaled 30,930 MT, up 3% from the previous week but 3% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Korea (5,340 MT, +7%), Japan (4,350 MT, +2%), Honduras (965 MT, +16%), Philippines (270 MT, +20%), Nicaragua (190 MT, +13%) and Hong Kong (70 MT, +43%). Sales were positive to Chile (20 MT) following two weeks of no exports. Exports trended lower to Mexico (11,070 MT, -6%), China (2,930 MT, -5%), Colombia (1,990 MT, -6%), Canada (1,060 MT, -12%), Australia (640 MT, -38%), Dominican Republic (560 MT, -38%), Guatemala (320 MT, -15%) and Taiwan (80 MT, -26%). No exports were reported to Vietnam for the second consecutive week.

Pork net sales were 20,550 MT, down 14% from the previous week and 35% below the previous four-week average, mainly due to sharply lower sales to Mexico (3,165 MT, -78%, including decreases of 200 MT). Sales to Japan (7,070 MT, +111%, including decreases of 20 MT) were the highest in 13 weeks and sales were the highest in nine weeks to the Dominican Republic (1,600 MT, +116%). Sales also increased to Guatemala (220 MT, +36%). Sales were positive to Canada (1,855 MT, including decreases of 100 MT) and China (20 MT) following a week of corrections and were positive to Vietnam (50 MT) and Chile (25 MT) following two weeks of corrections. In addition to Mexico, sales also trended lower to Korea (2,300 MT, -21%, including decreases of 1,300 MT), Colombia (2,090 MT, -9%, including decreases of 100 MT), Honduras (720 MT, -27%), Philippines (90 MT, -66%), Australia (60 MT, -95%), Nicaragua (55 MT, -79%) and Hong Kong (3 MT, -97%). No sales were reported to Taiwan following a week of corrections.

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.