August pork exports totaled 226,519 metric tons. Led by Mexico and its record pace of imports. Kelli Wicks, manager of international market development with the National Pork Board, compared the five-year and three-year averages for value of U.S. pork.
Wicks says that tangible increases in exports allow producers to see work is being done to promote products both domestically and internationally.
Investments from the Pork Checkoff continue to bring greater demand and value to the pork carcass. The National Pork Board, and other groups such as USMEF, are raising the value of the entire animal through global fusion and utilization of different cuts in different countries.
From the start of the year, pork exports were 11 percent above last year’s pace with a value of $5.32 billion. Visit www.usmef.org to view the press release analyzing the August exports.
