Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights...
Source: USDA: Based on reports from exporters for the period May 23rd thru 29th.
Beef:
Net sales of 9,000 MT for 2025 were down 39 percent from the previous week and 27 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for South Korea (4,500 MT, including decreases of 400 MT), Japan (2,800 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Canada (1,000 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Taiwan (600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Mexico (400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), were offset by reductions for China (1,200 MT) and the United Kingdom (100 MT).
Exports of 10,900 MT were down 14 percent from the previous week and 22 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (3,300 MT), South Korea (2,900 MT), Mexico (1,200 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT), and Canada (800 MT).
Pork:
Net sales of 36,400 MT for 2025 were up 19 percent from the previous week and 25 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for China (12,700 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), Mexico (12,000 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Japan (3,000 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), South Korea (1,800 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Canada (1,600 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), were offset by reductions for Nicaragua (200 MT).
Exports of 24,100 MT were down 17 percent from the previous week and 12 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (10,500 MT), Japan (3,400 MT), South Korea (2,800 MT), China (1,800 MT), and Colombia (1,300 MT).
Corn:
Net sales of 942,300 MT for 2024/2025 were up 3 percent from the previous week, but down 31 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (362,300 MT, including 55,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 36,900 MT), Japan (173,500 MT, including 114,200 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 29,400 MT), South Korea (138,600 MT, including 132,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 500 MT), Colombia (103,400 MT, including 45,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 20,600 MT), and Guatemala (71,800 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (227,800 MT), Honduras (7,500 MT), Spain (1,700 MT), and Vietnam (100 MT). Net sales of 160,100 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for unknown destinations (65,000 MT), Japan (50,800 MT), Panama (20,300 MT), Honduras (10,000 MT), and Costa Rica (6,500 MT).
Exports of 1,647,800 MT were up 3 percent from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (466,700 MT), Japan (336,600 MT), South Korea (263,600 MT), Colombia (99,800 MT), and Morocco (79,900 MT).
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