Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights...
Source: USDA: Based on reports from exporters for the period April 24th thru May 1st
Beef:
Net sales of 7,600 MT for 2025 were down 41 percent from the previous week and 42 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (6,600 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), South Korea (1,900 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Hong Kong (1,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (1,000 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Mexico (900 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), were offset by reductions for China (5,500 MT).
Exports of 15,100 MT were down 4 percent from the previous week, but up 3 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to South Korea (5,200 MT), Japan (4,400 MT), Mexico (1,400 MT), Taiwan (1,300 MT), and Hong Kong (1,000 MT).
Pork:
Net sales of 24,200 MT for 2025 were down 30 percent from the previous week, but up 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (9,900 MT, including decreases of 2,100 MT), Japan (3,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), South Korea (3,000 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Canada (1,800 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Australia (1,500 MT), were offset by reductions for Denmark (100 MT).
Exports of 25,600 MT were down 1 percent from the previous week and 10 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (11,000 MT), Japan (4,400 MT), South Korea (3,500 MT), Colombia (1,800 MT), and Canada (1,000 MT).
Corn:
Net sales of 1,662,500 MT for 2024/2025 were up 64 percent from the previous week and 47 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (338,500 MT, including 190,700 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 2,000 MT), Taiwan (283,400 MT, including 68,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 100 MT), Spain (240,500 MT), unknown destinations (162,400 MT), and Colombia (134,600 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 90,300 MT), were offset by reductions for Panama (28,000 MT), the Dominican Republic (18,300 MT), and Nicaragua (12,800 MT). Net sales of 18,000 MT for 2025/2026 were reported for Mexico (10,000 MT) and Nicaragua (8,000 MT).
Exports of 1,819,500 MT were up 14 percent from the previous week and 5 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (668,500 MT), Japan (396,800 MT), Colombia (190,000 MT), Taiwan (158,600 MT), and South Korea (134,800 MT).
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