Beef export values crowned the $1 billion mark once more in April. This is the 1/3 time that parent has been handed this yr, consistent with an evaluation from the U.S. Meat Export Federation. “Global call for for U.S. red meat keeps to conquer giant obstacles, from inflationary strain to logistical demanding situations to the latest lockdowns in a number of China`s primary metropolitan areas,” says USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom. “Most encouraging is that at the same time as red meat exports climb to unparalleled tiers in our biggest Asian markets, call for is strengthening in different areas as properly, fueled with the aid of using a robust rebound withinside the meals carrier sector.”

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Beef exports in April have been up 3% from a yr in the past and the 5th biggest on file. Export values have been up 33% from a yr in the past, reaching $1.05 billion. Record quantities of red meat have been despatched to Taiwan and the Philippines in April, consistent with the USMEF. For January via April, red meat exports elevated 5% from a yr in the past to 478,260 mt, valued at $4.05 billion (up 38%). For South Korea, the main cost vacation spot for U.S. red meat, export cost already crowned $1 billion, growing almost 50% from a yr in the past. April beef exports have been 212,876 mt, down 21% from the big quantity said a yr in the past.

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Export cost was $600.6 million, down 20%. The USMEF says exports to Mexico remained robust in April and are walking properly beforehand of final yr`s file pace. April exports additionally elevated to Japan, Honduras and Colombia and exports to the Dominican Republic reached a brand new file. Through April, beef exports fell 20% from a yr in the past to 842,804 mt, valued at $2.31 billion (down 18%). “The sharp decline in China`s call for for imported beef keeps to weigh closely at the yr-over-yr consequences for U.S. exports, and the COVID lockdowns dampened call for even in addition with the aid of using restricting patron spending and slowing pastime withinside the wholesale marketplace and the beef processing sector,” Halstrom said. “We do count on exports to China to regain a few momentum withinside the fourth sector of this yr – clearly now no longer returned to the height volumes of 2020, however enhancing over modern tiers.”

Source: Iowa Farm Today