Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights...
Source: USDA: Based on reports from exporters for the period June 27-July 3, 2025.
Beef:
Net sales of 11,600 MT for 2025 were up 1 percent from the previous week, but down 12 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (4,000 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), South Korea (3,800 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Mexico (1,100 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Hong Kong (800 MT), were offset by reductions for China (400 MT).
Exports of 14,100 MT were down 5 percent from the previous week, but up 1 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to South Korea (4,500 MT), Japan (4,500 MT), Taiwan (1,400 MT), Mexico (1,200 MT), and Canada (1,000 MT).
Pork:
Net sales of 24,300 MT for 2025 were down 11 percent from the previous week and 17 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for China (8,800 MT), Mexico (7,300 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Japan (4,200 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Colombia (900 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Australia (500 MT), were offset by reductions for Vietnam (100 MT).
Exports of 30,100 were unchanged from the previous week, but down 10 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (12,700 MT), Japan (4,000 MT), South Korea (3,300 MT), China (2,100 MT), and Colombia (1,700 MT).
Corn:
Net sales of 1,262,100 MT for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 70 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Mexico (469,900 MT, including 90,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 32,800 MT), Japan (436,200 MT, including 185,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 5,300 MT), South Korea (146,100 MT, including 62,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Colombia (119,000 MT, including decreases of 23,600 MT), and Guatemala (59,600 MT, including 28,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 3,400 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (140,200 MT) and Costa Rica (2,700 MT). Net sales of 888,600 MT for 2025/2026 were primarily for Mexico (423,900 MT), Japan (304,800 MT), unknown destinations (112,400 MT), El Salvador (37,000 MT), and Nicaragua (6,500 MT).
Exports of 1,679,000 MT were up 15 percent from the previous week and 5 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (727,100 MT), Japan (429,700 MT), South Korea (136,100 MT), Colombia (75,600 MT), and the Dominican Republic (54,400 MT).
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