date:Sep 13, 2012
ispute was lifted in early 2011. Growthwas 31% in to 80,180 tons. US exports to Central America, upthree percent to 33,810 tons, slowed as the economies therecontinued to struggle, and both Canada and the EU were able to
ship low cost product to the market.
Frozen products accounted for 60% of all export tonnage, whichwas up 10% to 1,506,557 tons. Overall export value grew by 17% to$1,583,563,167. Ritchey Toevs, co-chair of the USPBsInternational Marketing Committee, credited the combined effor