U.S. beef export value up 11% while pork trails in October
According to the US Department of Agriculture and the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), beef export…According to the US Department of Agriculture and the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), beef exports from the US remained on a record-setting value pace in October. For the first 10 months of this year, beef export value was $5.1 billion – up 11 percent from one year ago.
Totaling at nearly $540 million, October was the best month of the year for pork export value, but that amount was still not as high as the record-large total from a year ago -- $607.3 million. From January through October, pork exports trailed last year’s pace by 6 percent in volume (1.76 million metric tons) and 5 percent in value ($4.96 billion).