Record Fourth Quarter US Pork Exports

Lorrie Boyer
Reporter
“Pork continues to have great momentum. 238,000 tons globally exported in September. That was growth of about 8% and while some of the mainstay markets continue to perform like Mexico. The real bright spot for September was some of the smaller regions, Central America, almost 13,000 tons up 37% that's not new. We've seen these trends in Central America throughout most of the year. Columbia as well. Huge month at 11,000 metric tons up 35% the Oceania region, Australia in particular, performing well. And ASEAN region, with the Philippines almost double the volume from a year ago. So I think really the theme on pork is that the broad based initiative growth globally, but especially in the emerging regions, is really a bright spot.”
With a fourth quarter on track to set a record in terms of both volume and value for US Pork.