The latest monthly US livestock and meat trade data recorded pork exports at 566.7 million pounds, up 42.6m pounds from June. The significant month-over-month rise in US pork exports reflects a surge in increased quantities sent to Mexico, at a time when they typically reduce their imports of US pork. Current pork exports for July are up 62.0m pounds from a year earlier, bringing them 178.2m pounds over last year-to-date.
US pork to Mexico jumped 47.5m pounds from previously reported, bringing current exports 48.4m pounds over a year earlier and 96.8m over last year-to-date. US pork to China* (including Hong Kong & Taiwan) was up 6.0m pounds overall from June quantities but is 7.9m pounds under a year earlier and 138.8m pounds under last year-to-date. US pork to Colombia increased 2.5m pounds from last year and is 2.4m pounds over last year-to-date and a significant 48.7m pounds over last year-to-date. Other destinations for US pork recorded more moderate month-over-month rises such as the Dominican Republic, Australia and Chile which were each up around one million pounds from last reported.
Reduced US pork exports to South Korea, Japan and Canada tempered some of the increases recorded to other destinations. US pork to South Korea dropped 11.5m pounds in the latest data, bringing them 8.2m pounds over last year and 109.9m pounds over last year-to-date. Quantities to Japan fell 6.2m pounds for July, up 2.1m pounds compared to a year earlier but 10.4m pounds under last year-to-date. US pork to Canada declined 1.7m pounds from June, bringing them 1.5m pounds under last year and 9.8m pounds under last year-to-date. For comparison, the US imported 16.0m pounds more pork from Canada than it exported to the country in the month of July.
