date:May 25, 2012
Exports for both beef and pork are expected to match last year's, said the trade promotion group's president and CEO, Phil Seng.
A flat projection might sound ho-hum, but it's not when you consider that it follows record performance in beef and pork exports in 2011.
This year, Seng expects pork export volume to match last year's level of 2.3 million metric tons (mmt), whose value will also be about the same as last year's $6.1 billion. Beef export value could rise by 4%, to hit $5.6 billion.