date:May 27, 2014
f of its volume year-over year, in great part because it does not have a free trade agreement with South Korea. While dealing in smaller numbers about one-quarter the size of US chilled pork exports Mexico has seen its chilled sales jump 63 per cent in the past year.
USMEF is working closely with Korean retailers, such as Home Plus, to expand chilled pork sales to year-around. Branded pork sales remain a target on the horizon. Korea follows behind the Japanese retail market in this regard, but