date:Jun 11, 2014
less than Marchs 483.298 million pounds. The April 2014 total was still 9.9 per cent larger than one year ago and would still rank as the third-highest April of all time, trailing only 2012s record and the China-driven level of 2008.
April exports bring the year-to-date total to 1.781 billion pounds carcass weight, 10.3 per cent higher than one year ago and the second highest YTD figure through April on record. The record high was 1.892 billion pounds back in 2012.
As can be seen in Figure 1,