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Meat Exports
Fri, 14 May 2010 5:51:35 CDTThe U.S. Meat Export
Federation reports U.S. beef and pork muscle cut exports performed well in March
- concluding the first quarter of 2010 with increasing momentum. A sluggish
global market for variety meat held down the overall totals - but muscle cut
export value for both products are running ahead of their 2009 pace. The results
for both beef and pork exports were achieved despite significant declines in
each of their leading value markets. Beef exports to Mexico continue to struggle
and pork exports to Japan have slowed.
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Beef muscle cuts are off to a
particularly strong start in 2010 - increasing 22-percent in volume. The
increase in value was even higher - up 24-percent. Pork muscle cut exports
pulled ahead of their 2009 pace by one-percent in volume and two-percent in
value. Combined pork/pork variety meat totals are slightly behind last year in
both volume and value.
style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The value of total pork exports in
March edged up one-percent compared to a year ago. Pork exports accounted for
22.5-percent of total production compared to 25-percent in March 2009 - but
muscle cut exports accounted for 19-percent of production - the same as one year
ago. Per-head pork export value equated to $39.80 - which is down about
one-dollar from March 2009.
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