China challenge remains for US beef exports
The US Department of Agriculture has reported US beef exports of 177,624 tonnes in the first two months of the year. Revenues from these exports were $1.5 billion. These figures represent a fall of 12% in volume and of 6% in value year on year.
Meat promotions non-profit the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) said that figures for shipments to China accounted for the overall decline. Without China, it said, volumes would have shown an increase of 2% and values a rise of 10%.
USMEF also noted that the overall beef figures include offal, which it refers to as “variety meats”. It said that, on their own, exports of variety meats were up by 9% in volume compared to the same months in 2025 to reach 51,592 tonnes, while the increase in value was 43% year on year, reaching $232 million.
