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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Following Strong Week, Exports and Sales Slow

Pork exports for the week of Sept. 13-19 totaled 27,900 MT, down 11% from the previous week and 3% below the previous four-week average. Exports to the Dominican Republic (810 MT, +17%) were the highest since April, and exports were also higher to Korea (2,020 MT, +3%), China (2,960 MT, +4%), Australia (770 MT, +24%), Honduras (699 MT, +13%), the Philippines (470 MT, +47%), Chile (300 MT, +117%), Guatemala (210 MT, +29%), Taiwan (30 MT, +370%) and Vietnam (20 MT, +8%). Exports were lower to Mexico (11,840 MT, -5%), Japan (3,620 MT, -12%), Colombia (1,880 MT, -4%), Canada (1,710 MT, -1%), Nicaragua (70 MT, -24%) and Hong Kong (10 MT, -81%).

Pork net sales were 28,000 MT, down 3% from the previous week and 8% below the previous four-week average. Sales increased to Mexico (12,970 MT, +19% and including decreases of 300 MT), Canada (3,290 MT, +87% and including decreases of 700 MT), the Dominican Republic (1,250 MT, +13%), Australia (1,170 MT, +10%) and the Philippines (180 MT, +36%), but slowed to China (2,740 MT, -21%), Korea (2,480 MT, -15% and including decreases of 500 MT), Colombia (1,920 MT, -23% and including decreases of 100 MT), Japan (500 MT, -87%), Honduras (410 MT, -23%), Guatemala (300 MT, -13%). Nicaragua (210 MT, -7%) and Hong Kong (40 MT, -22%). There were reported sales to Taiwan or Vietnam, and corrections resulted in negative net sales to Chile (-10 MT).

Beef exports totaled 12,500 MT, down 24% from the previous week and 14% below the previous four-week average. Exports to the Philippines (180 MT, +86%) were the highest since June. Exports were also higher to Taiwan (1,070 MT, +4%), Canada (780 MT, +3%), Indonesia (600 MT, +6%) and Guatemala (140 MT, +39%), but were lower to South Korea (3,070 MT, -14%), Japan (2,570 MT, -21%), China (1,500 MT, -34%), Mexico (1,300 MT, -10%) and Hong Kong (540 MT, -2%).

Beef net sales were 10,100 MT, down 35% from the previous week and 34% below the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to China (2,100 MT, +9% and including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (1,610 MT, +4%) and Canada (1,180 MT, +15%) but slowed to Japan (1,680 MT, -62% and including decreases of 200 MT), Korea (1,360 MT, -48% and including decreases of 300 MT), Taiwan (540 MT, -52%), Hong Kong (430 MT, -25%), Indonesia (150 MT, -66%), the Philippines (50 MT, -87%) and Guatemala (2 MT, -99%). For 2025 delivery, net sales of 50 MT were reported for Japan.

Post-Holiday Rebound for Exports and Sales

After slowing the previous week due to the Labor Day holiday, beef exports for the week of Sept. 6-12 rebounded to 16,420 MT, up 39% from the previous week and 22% above the previous four-week average. Exports to South Korea (4,450 MT, +39%) were the highest since May and exports to Japan (3,760 MT, +24%) were the highest in six weeks, while exports to Indonesia (800 MT, +94%) were the highest since March 2022 and the fourth highest on record. Exports to Hong Kong (670 MT, +38%) were the highest in seven weeks and the third highest this year, exports to China (2,740 MT, +36%) were the highest since May and the fifth highest this year. Exports were also higher to Mexico (1,540 MT, +9%) and Guatemala (100 MT, +11%), but trended lower to Taiwan (900 MT, -19%), Canada (540 MT, -37%) and the Philippines (60 MT, -38%).

Beef net sales were 15,530 MT, up 36% from the previous week and 2% above the previous four-week average. Sales to Canada (1,500 MT, +115%) were the highest since April and the third highest this year, sales to Hong Kong (860 MT, +110%) were the highest in seven weeks, and sales were also higher to Korea (3,680 MT, +33% and including decreases of 400 MT) and China (3,000 MT, +74% and including decreases of 100 MT). Sales to the Philippines (210 MT) were positive for the fourth week following corrections, while sales slowed to Japan (2,910 MT, -41% and including decreases of 500 MT), Mexico (1,390 MT, -9% and including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (670 MT, -39%), Indonesia (330 MT, -47%), and Guatemala (90 MT, -54%). For 2025 delivery, net sales of 760 MT were reported for Japan.

Pork exports totaled 31,350 MT, up 22% from the previous week and 12% above the previous four-week average. Exports to China (3,800 MT, +54%) were the highest in eight weeks and the fifth highest this year, exports to the Philippines (480 MT, +91%) were the highest in 10 weeks, exports to the Dominican Republic (730 MT, +7%) and Vietnam (40 MT, +283%) were the highest in eight weeks, and exports to Japan (4,650 MT, +18%), Korea (2,440 MT, +35%) and Honduras (790 MT, +32%) were the highest in six weeks. Exports also increased slightly to Mexico (12,640 MT, +1%) and trended higher to Colombia (2,030 MT, +3%), Canada (1,880 MT, +7%), Australia (710 MT, +19%), Chile (190 MT, +25%), Guatemala (190 MT, +5%), Nicaragua (110 MT, +3%) and Hong Kong (80 MT, +37% and the second highest so far this year). There were no reported exports to Taiwan.

Pork net sales were 28,960 MT, down 3% from the previous week but 3% above the previous four-week average. Sales to the Dominican Republic (1,550 MT, +77%) were the highest since June and the second highest this year, sales to Colombia (3,330 MT, +51% and including decreases of 100 MT) and Guatemala (740 MT, +183%) were the third highest this year and sales to Japan (7,870 MT, +188% and including decreases of 300 MT) were the highest in five weeks and the fourth highest this year. Sales to Canada (3,220 MT, +86% and including decreases of 600 MT) were the highest in seven weeks and sales also increased to Honduras (620 MT, +13%), Chile (410 MT, +54%) and Nicaragua (340 MT, +69%). Sales to China (450 MT) and Vietnam (2 MT) were positive for the second week following corrections, while sales slowed to Mexico (5,700 MT, -47% and including decreases of 500 MT), Korea (1,860 MT, -28% and including decreases of 1,100 MT), Australia (550 MT, -47%), the Philippines (50 MT, -77%) and Hong Kong (30 MT, -40%). There were no reported sales to Taiwan. For 2025 delivery, net sales of 250 MT were reported for Australia, while corrections resulted in a reduction for the Dominican Republic (-100 MT).

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.