date:Aug 12, 2014
US pork and beef exports pushed the export value for both products to a record first-half pace, based on statistics released by US Department of Agriculture and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
In June, pork exports totaled 181,531 metric tons (mt), an increase of 7 percent from one year ago, while export value increased 25 percent to $585.1 million. For the first half of 2014, pork export volume (1.15 million mt, +9 percent) and value ($3.4 billion, +17 percent) racked up rec