Beef net sales were 14,100 mt, up 5 percent from the previous four-week average, including large sales for Canada (3,500 mt, +319%), Korea (3,000 mt, +53 percent) and Taiwan (940 mt, +112 percent). Sales slowed for Japan (2,500 mt, -29 percent), Hong Kong (2,000 mt, -54 percent) and Mexico (1,200 mt, -26 percent). Net sales for delivery in 2015 were reported for Japan (2,900 mt) and Canada (300 mt).
U.S. pork exports totaled 16,500 mt, down 5 percent from the previous four-week average. Exports were primarily to Mexico (4,900 mt, -18 percent), Japan (3,500 mt, -2 percent), Korea (2,800 mt, +16 percent), Canada (1,500 mt, -12 percent), Hong Kong (1,100 mt, -16 percent) and China (980 mt, +78 percent).
Pork net sales were 22,500 mt, up 10 percent from the previous four-week average, including another big week for Mexico (9,900 mt, +48 percent) and large volumes for Korea (6,100 mt, +142 percent). Sales slowed for Japan (2,100 mt, -42 percent), Hong Kong (1,800 mt, -6 percent) and Canada (1,000 mt, -51 percent). After showing renewed momentum in two of the past four weeks, net sales for China (230 mt, -85 percent) were sharply lower.
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