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 has resumed, after being suspended during the government shutdown. The most recent weeks available are summarized below. More recent weeks’ results will be reported as the data becomes available.

Christmas Week Slow for Exports; Large Pork Sales for 2026 Delivery

Pork exports for the week of Dec. 19-25 totaled 26,140 MT, down 25% from the previous week and 17% below the previous four-week average. Exports were higher to China (3,110 MT, +7%), Colombia (1,700 MT, +33%) and Hong Kong (100 MT, +168%), but trended lower to Mexico (11,870 MT, -23%), South Korea (2,800 MT, -19%), Japan (2,780 MT, -24%), Canada (1,460 MT, -15%), the Dominican Republic (530 MT, -35%), Honduras (330 MT, -47%), Australia (240 MT, -15%), Taiwan (50 MT, -67%) and the Philippines (50 MT, -68%). No exports were reported to Chile, Vietnam or Malaysia.

As the end of the year approached, corrections outweighed sales and resulted in negative net pork sales of 340 MT for 2025 delivery. Net sales slowed for China (550 MT, -81%), Mexico (420 MT, -95%), Korea (340 MT, -93%) and Canada (210 MT, -90%). Corrections resulted in negative net sales to Colombia (-510 MT), Australia (-390 MT), the Philippines (-210 MT), Japan (-70 MT), Honduras (-60 MT), Malaysia (-50 MT), Taiwan (-40 MT), the Dominican Republic (-40 MT), and Hong Kong (-30 MT). No sales were reported to Chile or Vietnam. However, 53,440 MT of sales were reported for 2026 delivery, including sales to Mexico (39,000 MT), Japan (6,730 MT), Colombia (2,010 MT), Canada (1,540 MT), Korea (820 MT), Honduras (810 MT), the Dominican Republic (490 MT), Australia (470 MT), the Philippines (340 MT), Nicaragua (260 MT), Guatemala (250 MT), Costa Rica (230 MT), and Indonesia (220 MT). Corrections resulted in negative net sales for 2026 delivery to China (-340 MT).

Beef exports totaled 11,950 MT, down 30% from the previous week and 12% below the previous four-week average. Exports were for the fourth highest of 2025 to Taiwan (1,600 MT, +11%), while also increasing to Hong Kong (1,210 MT, +3%), Canada (640 MT, +10%), China (150 MT, up significantly), and Guatemala (130 MT, +111%). Exports remained steady to Korea (4,010 MT) but trended lower to Japan (2,750 MT, -24%), Mexico (870 MT, -36%), Singapore (80 MT, -27%), Indonesia (50 MT, -76%), the Philippines (40 MT, -65%), Vietnam (40 MT, -54%), Chile (20 MT, -88%) and the United Arab Emirates (10 MT, -89%).

For 2025 delivery, corrections also outweighed beef sales and resulted in negative net sales of 2,130 MT. Sales trended lower to Mexico (130 MT, -83%), Canada (40 MT, -93%) and Indonesia (5 MT, -95%), while corrections resulted in negative net sales to Hong Kong (-1,740 MT), Japan (-210 MT), Taiwan (-170 MT), Korea (-150 MT), Singapore (-30 MT), Guatemala (-10 MT), and Vietnam (-10 MT). No sales were reported to China, Chile, the Philippines or the UAE. For 2026 delivery, 7,380 MT of sales were reported, including sales for Korea (2,910 MT), Japan (2,140 MT), Taiwan (750 MT), Hong Kong (610 MT), Mexico (340 MT), Canada (160 MT), Vietnam (110 MT) and Kuwait (110 MT). Corrections resulted in negative net sales for 2026 delivery to Thailand (-20 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.