date:Jul 13, 2012
Pork export volume was 186,809 metric tons and was valued at $524.3 million. Pork exports surpassed the 2011 record pace by 6 percent in volume (968,485 metric tons) and 15 percent in value ($2.7 billion) through the first five months of 2012, according to USMEF.
Beef export volume declined 13 percent to 95,221 metric tons compared to May 2011 and stood 10 percent lower (456,343 metric tons) through the first five months of the year despite May being the strongest month so far in 2012 for US be