Weekly Beef, Pork, & Corn Export Highlights...
Source: USDA: Based on reports from exporters for the period August 8-14, 2025
Beef:
Net sales of 10,100 MT for 2025 were up noticeably from the previous week, but down 11 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Japan (2,500 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Hong Kong (2,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), South Korea (1,600 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), Taiwan (1,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Mexico (600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT).
Exports of 11,100 MT were down 3 percent from the previous week and 12 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (3,700 MT), South Korea (2,500 MT), Taiwan (1,200 MT), Mexico (1,100 MT), and Hong Kong (800 MT).
Pork:
Net sales of 19,200 MT for 2025 were down 9 percent from the previous week and 29 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for Mexico (5,300 MT, including decreases of 700 MT), South Korea (4,000 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Japan (2,600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Canada (2,000 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), and Colombia (1,800 MT, including decreases of 100 MT).
Exports of 28,600 MT were up 6 percent from the previous week and 4 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (12,800 MT), Japan (3,900 MT), China (2,500 MT), South Korea (2,400 MT), and Colombia (1,800 MT).
Corn:
Net sales reductions of 27,100 MT for 2024/2025 primarily for Israel (56,100 MT, including 60,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 3,900 MT), Italy (29,700 MT, including 30,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 300 MT), Vietnam (19,000 MT), Colombia (11,400 MT, including 5,300 MT switched from Venezuela and decreases of 41,000 MT), and Malaysia (6,000 MT), were more than offset by reductions primarily for unknown destinations (54,500 MT), South Korea (54,000 MT), Japan (49,200 MT), the United Kingdom (4,600 MT), and Mexico (3,100 MT). Net sales of 2,860,000 MT for 2025/2026 primarily for unknown destinations (949,400 MT), Mexico (749,000 MT), South Korea (201,000 MT), Japan (187,900 MT), and Spain (187,000 MT), were offset by reductions for Indonesia (1,300 MT).
Exports of 1,041,000 MT were down 32 percent from the previous week and 21 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (316,800 MT), Japan (190,700 MT, including 22,000 MT - late), South Korea (131,000 MT), Colombia (82,900 MT), and Israel (56,100 MT).
