US beef exports grow 16%
27/10/2010
US beef exports increased by 24% in volume and 43% in value in August compared with August 2009 exports.
Exports for the month totalled 92,579 tonnes, or $373.7 million, according to statistics from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
Beef exports for the first eight months of the year grew 16% year-on-year in volume to 680,609 tonnes and 27% in value to $2.57 billion.