date:Jul 13, 2012
ef exports, USMEF said. Beef export value in May ($471.1 million) was 4 percent higher compared to 2011, which kept year-to-date export value ($2.19 billion) 5 percent ahead of last years record pace.
US pork export value is increasing to every major destination with the exceptions of South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. Exports to Korea were extremely high in 2011, due in part to a foot-and-mouth disease-related shortage of domestic pork and temporary duty-free access for a large volume of