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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NOTE: Reporting of weekly exports and sales statistics have resumed, after being suspended during the government shutdown. The most recent week available is Sept. 26 through Oct. 2, which is summarized below. More recent weeks’ results will be reported as the data becomes available.

Taiwan Leads Strong Week for Beef; Pork Exports also Higher

Beef exports for the week of Sept. 26 through Oct. 2 totaled 13,000 MT, up 3% from the previous week and 11% above the previous four-week average. Exports to Taiwan (1,380 MT, +31%) were the largest since July) and shipments were also higher to Japan (3,620 MT, +5%), South Korea (3,550 MT, +17%), Canada (860 MT, +7%), Indonesia (410 MT, +39%), Vietnam (180 MT, +102%), Guatemala (130 MT, +235%), United Arab Emirates (120 MT, +123%) and Singapore (120 MT, +55%). Exports were steady to Hong Kong (740 MT) but trended lower to Mexico (1,251 MT, –4%), Colombia (20 MT, –53%) and the Philippines (87 MT, –60%). No exports were reported to China.

Beef net sales were 18,850 MT, up 24% from the previous week and 46% above from the previous four-week average. Sales to Taiwan (2,650 MT, +129%) were the highest since 2021 and sales were also higher to Korea (7,270 MT, +54%), Japan (4,450 MT, +73%), Mexico (1,450 MT, +9%), Hong Kong (970 MT, +15%), Guatemala (190 MT, +290%) and Singapore (90 MT, +22%). Sales slowed to Canada (690 MT, –27%), Indonesia (300 MT, –58%), UAE (50 MT, –53%), Colombia (30 MT, –43%) and the Philippines (10 MT, –83%). No sales were reported to China.

Pork exports totaled 29,210 MT, up 18% from the previous week and 9% above the previous four-week average. Exports to both Japan (4,110 MT, +15%) and China (3,460 MT, +43%) were the highest since July, and shipments were also higher to Canada (1,810 MT, +15%), Colombia (1,660 MT, +2%), the Dominican Republic (900 MT, +69%), Honduras (620 MT, +1%), Australia (450 MT, +176%), Guatemala (320 MT, +6%), Vietnam (180 MT, +102%) and El Salvador (140 MT, +11%). Exports were steady to Mexico (12,606 MT) but trended lower to Korea (1,890 MT, –10%), Philippines (300 MT, –27%), Hong Kong (40 MT, –20%) and Taiwan (30 MT, –3%).

Pork net sales were 32,710 MT, down 31% from the previous week but 13% above the previous four-week average. Sales were higher to China (6,140 MT, +88%), Japan (3,790 MT, +11%), Korea (3,570 MT, +73%), Canada (2,000 MT, +39%), the Dominican Republic (710 MT, +144%), Honduras (390 MT, +1%) and El Salvador (90 MT, +4%). Sales slowed to Mexico (13,190 MT, –6%), Colombia (1,110 MT, –7%), Australia (250 MT, –52%), Guatemala (300 MT, –9%), the Philippines (170 MT, -13%) and Hong Kong (10 MT, –87%). 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.