US pork industry breaks export record in 2004
The US pork exports totalled $2.015 billion in the first 11 months of 2004, according to the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), almost half a billion dollars more than the value of US pork exported in the whole of 2003.
2004 will be the 14th consecutive record breaking year for US pork exports by volume. In 1991 US pork exports broke the previous record set in 1989 and have been growing each year since. In 1991 the
January – November US pork exports were 36% higher in volume (928,693 mt) compared to the same period of 2003 and 40% higher in value at $2.015 billion. Exports to
The US Meat Export Federation is a trade association funded by USDA and export companies responsible for developing international markets for the
