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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Pork Sales Rebound Despite Corrections for China; Slow Week for Beef

Pork exports for the week of March 14-20 totaled 31,640 MT, down 4% from the previous week and 5% below the prior four-week average. Exports were higher to China (3,640 MT, +12%), Dominican Republic (920 MT, +10%), Honduras (780 MT, +1%), Guatemala (515 MT, +56%, and the highest since January), Hong Kong (110 MT, +128%, and the highest since January), Taiwan (90 MT, +188% and the highest since June 2024) and Vietnam (20 MT, +60%). Exports edged slightly lower to Mexico (11,950 MT, -2%) and declined to South Korea (4,110 MT, -19%), Japan (4,070 MT, -8%), Colombia (2,035 MT, -12%), Canada (1,220 MT, -24%), Australia (950 MT, -13%), Philippines (320 MT, -15%), Nicaragua (120 MT, -11%) and Chile (25 MT, -77%).

Despite corrections resulting in negative net sales to China (-17 MT), pork net sales rebounded to 31,950 MT, up 77% from the previous week’s low total and 13% above the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Mexico (14,440 MT, +25%, including decreases of 200 MT), Colombia (3,710 MT, +85%, including decreases of 100 MT, and the highest since October), Korea (3,180 MT, +50%, including decreases of 200 MT), Australia (1,470 MT, +62% and the highest in nine weeks), Honduras (1,010 MT, +47%, and the highest in five weeks), Dominican Republic (770 MT, +8%) and Taiwan (220 MT, +243% and the highest since May). Sales were positive to Canada (3,255 MT, including decreases of 400 MT) for the second week following two weeks of corrections and were the highest since September. Sales slowed to Japan (2,940 MT, -23%, including decreases of 100 MT), Guatemala (60 MT, -90%), Nicaragua (50 MT, -80%), Philippines (50 MT, -89%) and Hong Kong (20 MT, -62%). There were no sales reported to Vietnam or to Chile, following two weeks of corrections.

Beef exports totaled 14,070 MT, down 8% from the previous week and 5% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to Korea (4,005 MT, +2%), Canada (720 MT, +5%), Hong Kong (390 MT, +13%), Vietnam (150 MT, +115%, and the highest since November 2024) and the United Kingdom (90 MT, +104%). Exports were lower to Japan (3,480 MT, -11%), China (2,390 MT, -3%), Mexico (1,520 MT, -3%), Taiwan (655 MT, -29%), UAE (80 MT, -12%), Philippines (65 MT, -47%), and Guatemala (30 MT, -49%). There were no exports reported to Indonesia for the third consecutive week.

Beef net sales totaled 7,980 MT, down 22% from the previous week and 43% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Guatemala (80 MT, +42%), but continued to trend sharply lower to China (50 MT, -97%) and slowed to Korea (3,260 MT, -27%, including decreases of 500 MT), Japan (1,835 MT, -43%, including decreases of 400 MT), Mexico (1,160 MT, -7%, including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (820 MT, -36%, including decreases of 200 MT), Hong Kong (280 MT, -26%, including decreases of 100 MT), Philippines (100 MT, -42%) and Canada (90 MT, -85%). There were no net sales reported for Indonesia following two weeks of corrections, and no net sales to Vietnam. Corrections resulted in negative net sales for the United Arab Emirates (-20 MT) and the United Kingdom (-90 MT).

Exports Fairly Steady but Slow Week for Net Sales with China Largely Absent

Beef exports for the week of March 7-13 totaled 15,330 MT, down 4% from the previous week but 6% above the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to most top destinations including South Korea (3,940 MT, +1%), China (2,950 MT, +31%), Mexico (1,650 MT, +12%), Taiwan (970 MT, +14%), Canada (740 MT, +7%), the Philippines (170 MT, +55% and the highest in nine weeks) and the United Arab Emirates (120 MT, +45%). Exports slowed to Japan (3,815 MT, -4%), Hong Kong (250 MT, -32%), and Guatemala (40 MT, -38%). No exports were reported to Indonesia for the second consecutive week.

Beef net sales totaled 10,170 MT, down 29% from the previous week and 40% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Hong Kong (630 MT, +118%, including decreases of 100 MT) and Guatemala (70 MT, +38%), but plummeted for China (190 MT, -92%) and slowed to Korea (2,960 MT, -36%, including decreases of 400 MT), Japan (2,800 MT, -44%, including decreases of 200 MT), Taiwan (1,230 MT, -10%, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (1,200 MT, -10%, including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (470 MT, -30%) and the Philippines (110 MT, -42%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales for Indonesia (-6 MT) for the second consecutive week.

Pork exports totaled 32,850 MT, down 2% from the previous week but 1% above the prior four-week average. Exports were higher to Korea (6,185 MT, +36%, and the highest since July 2014), China (3,420 MT, +12%), Colombia (2,280 MT, +8%), Australia (1,200 MT, +18%), Honduras (850 MT, +26% and the highest since January), Guatemala (330 MT, +6%), Taiwan (70 MT, +339%, and the highest since June 2024), Nicaragua (170 MT, +16%) and Chile (160 MT, +82%, and the highest since November 2024). Exports slowed to Mexico (11,000 MT, -12%), Japan (4,280 MT, -2%), Canada (1,160 MT, -30%), Dominican Republic (700 MT, -20%), Philippines (320 MT, -17%) and Hong Kong (40 MT, -43%). No exports were reported to Vietnam for the second consecutive week.

Pork net sales were 18,070 MT – a marketing year low for the second consecutive week – down 11% from the previous week and 40% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to Australia (1,090 MT, +65%), Honduras (990 MT, +20%), Philippines (840 MT, +196%, and the highest since December 2024), Nicaragua (520 MT, +218% and the highest since February), Hong Kong (110 MT, +209%, and the highest since November 2024), and Vietnam (50 MT, +15%, and the highest since June 2024). Sales were positive to Canada (273 MT) following two weeks of corrections and to Taiwan (130 MT) following a week of corrections. But these results were offset by sharply lower sales to China (260 MT, -94%) and Mexico (4,680 MT, -60%, including decreases of 300 MT) and lower totals for Japan (3,480 MT, -12%, including decreases of 200 MT), Korea (2,260 MT, -7%, including decreases of 500 MT), Colombia (1,390 MT, -47%, including decreases of 100 MT), Dominican Republic (560 MT, -12%) and Guatemala (235 MT, -62%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Chile (-4 MT) for the second consecutive week.

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.