date:Aug 15, 2012
The US Meat Export Federation said pork exports were 5% higher in volume and 13% higher in value, while beef exports declined in volume by 11%, but climbed in value by 4%.
For the month of June, the US exported 165,065mt of pork, worth US$468.3m, while beef exports for the same month totalled 94,119mt, with a value of $464.4m.
Mexico remains the most important market in terms of volume for US pork, climbing by 13% in the first half of the year with value up by 11%. However, Japan leads the f