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Strong pork sales to Central, South America

The latest report on U.S. pork exports showed impressive growth in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean.  U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO Phil Seng says USMEF has been more aggressive with U.S. pork promotions in those regions.

“We’ve see Central America and we see the Caribbean as very important destinations for us, because we’re up basically—on a volume basis—34 percent in Central and South America, Honduras, Guatemala, Columbia—all these markets are performing very well for us,” Seng says.

The value of U.S. pork exports to Mexico alone, so far in 2010, is 644 million dollars—that’s 32 percent higher than the pace set in the first eight months of 2009, which was a record year for pork exports to Mexico.