Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights...
Source: USDA: Based on reports from exporters for the period April 4th-10th, 2025.
Beef:
Net sales of 17,500 MT for 2025 were up 47 percent from the previous week and 78 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Japan (7,700 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), South Korea (3,700 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Mexico (2,100 MT), Taiwan (1,300 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Canada (900 MT).
Exports of 14,600 MT were down 3 percent from the previous week and 2 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to South Korea (5,600 MT), Japan (3,500 MT), China (1,400 MT), Mexico (1,400 MT), and Taiwan (1,100 MT).
Pork:
Net sales of 20,500 MT for 2025 were down 14 percent from the previous week and 35 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Japan (7,100 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Mexico (3,200 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), South Korea (2,300 MT, including decreases of 1,300 MT), Colombia (2,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Canada (1,900 MT, including decreases of 100 MT).
Exports of 30,900 MT were up 3 percent from the previous week, but down 3 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (11,100 MT), South Korea (5,300 MT), Japan (4,400 MT), China (2,900 MT), and Colombia (2,000 MT).
Corn:
Net sales of 1,561,900 MT for 2024/2025 were up 99 percent from the previous week and 39 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (401,500 MT, including 10,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 45,500 MT), Japan (263,300 MT, including 183,900 MT switched from unknown destinations), Spain (240,000 MT), Colombia (157,300 MT, including 83,600 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 1,900 MT), and Panama (129,800 MT, including 24,200 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 2,100 MT), were offset by reductions for Nicaragua (15,000 MT), the Dominican Republic (8,100 MT), Guatemala (4,000 MT), and El Salvador (1,600 MT). Total net sales of 10,000 MT for 2025/2026 were for Mexico.
Exports of 1,880,400 MT--a marketing-year high--were up 11 percent from the previous week and 10 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (713,000 MT), Japan (265,200 MT), Colombia (176,100 MT), Taiwan (160,600 MT), and South Korea (133,800 MT).
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