date:Apr 09, 2013
n moved 3 percent higher in volume (19,918 mt) and 12 percent higher in value ($137.9 million) for the year.
US beef exports to Russia tumbled 82 percent in volume and 94 percent in value on the ractopamine impasse. After a record year in 2012, beef exports to Russia through February totaled only 1,693 mt valued at $2.1 million. The drop in beef exports to Russia alone more than accounted for the overall volume decline in February, according to USMEF.
Additionally, exports to Mexico, the form