Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights...
Source: USDA: Based on reports from exporters for the period August 1-7, 2025.
Beef:
Net sales of 4,300 MT for 2025--a marketing-year low--were down 73 percent from the previous week and 66 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (3,200 MT, including decreases of 900 MT), South Korea (500 MT, including decreases of 1,800 MT), the Philippines (500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), the Netherlands (200 MT), and Taiwan (100 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), were offset by reductions for Mexico (600 MT) and Peru (100 MT).
Exports of 11,400 MT were down 19 percent from the previous week and 8 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (3,900 MT), South Korea (3,300 MT), Mexico (1,300 MT), Taiwan (1,100 MT), and Canada (600 MT).
Pork:
Net sales of 21,200 MT for 2025 were down 32 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (6,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (4,700 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), South Korea (3,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Colombia (1,700 MT, including 100 MT switched from Guatemala and decreases of 100 MT), and Honduras (1,200 MT), were offset by reductions for Hong Kong (100 MT).
Exports of 27,000 MT were down 4 percent from the previous week and 1 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (13,200 MT), Japan (3,500 MT), South Korea (2,300 MT), China (2,200 MT), and Colombia (1,400 MT).
Corn:
Net sales reductions of 88,700 MT for 2024/2025--a marketing-year low--were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for Japan (136,900 MT, including 140,500 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 5,300 MT), Spain (88,200 MT, including 23,200 MT switched from unknown destinations), Venezuela (84,200 MT, including 25,500 MT switched from Colombia), Portugal (70,500 MT), and Israel (50,300 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), were more than offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (353,800 MT), Canada (108,000 MT), Guatemala (67,700 MT), Panama (40,100 MT), and Colombia (31,600 MT). Net sales of 2,047,800 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for Mexico (498,400 MT), unknown destinations (356,200 MT), Japan (249,000 MT), Taiwan (202,300 MT), and Guatemala (161,300 MT), were offset by reductions for Nicaragua (200 MT).
Exports of 1,520,400 MT were up 24 percent from the previous week and 22 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (449,500 MT), Japan (272,400 MT), South Korea (198,000 MT), Colombia (173,100 MT), and Venezuela (103,200 MT).
