U.S. beef exports for the week of April 25 through May 1 totaled 13,500 metric tons (mt), up 10 percent from the previous four-week average and the largest since early March. Exports trended higher for Japan (3,800 mt, +7 percent), South Korea (2,300 mt, +21 percent), Canada (1,700 mt, +83 percent) and Taiwan (880 mt, +42 percent). Exports were lower for Hong Kong (2,100 mt, -7 percent) and Mexico (2,000 mt, -2 percent).

Beef net sales of 12,500 mt were down 28 percent from the previous four-week average as stronger sales for Canada (2,600 mt, +133 percent) were offset by lower results for Japan (4,800 mt, -10 percent), Mexico (1,600 mt, -56 percent), Korea (1,000 mt, -70 percent), Hong Kong (800 mt, -63 percent) and Taiwan (680 mt, -18 percent).

U.S. pork exports for the week totaled 10,900 mt, up 6 percent from the previous four-week average. Exports were mainly for Mexico (3,400 mt, +7 percent), Japan (1,900 mt, +36 percent), Korea (1,400 mt, +38 percent), Canada (1,100 mt, +13 percent), Hong Kong (800 mt, +14 percent) and China (500 mt, +58 percent).

Pork net sales of 9,600 mt were up 2 percent from the previous four-week average and were mainly for Mexico (3,400 mt, +41 percent), Japan (1,800 mt, +75 percent), Korea (800 mt, -36 percent), Canada (800 mt, -42 percent), China (640 mt, +67 percent) and Hong Kong (360 mt, +63 percent).

NOTES:

• Source: USDA/FAS (includes exports and sales of whole muscle cuts)
• 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 cancelations or adjustments.