date:May 25, 2012
ell, the MEF regional director for Mexico and Central America. And the Peso remains undervalued, creating an affordability issue.
So Mexico has been importing more pork and poultry instead, he said.
Mexicans like meat and they need to fill that gap, Russell said.
Mexico remains the top market for U.S. pork exports, on a volume basis. (Japan, which imports higher value cuts, is number one in export value.)
U.S. exports of pork to China and Korea were strong last year due to disease problems