USDA Expects Rise in US Pork Exports to Mexico
U.S. pork exports to Mexico rebounded this year and are expected to continue improving in 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service said Nov. 19. Mexico was the top international destination for U.S. pork in the second quarter…
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of 2021, USDA said, adding that shipments reached record highs in August and September. The turnaround comes after several years of lagging pork exports to Mexico, partly caused by Mexican retaliatory duties in response to the U.S.’s Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. Although the U.S. repealed its tariffs in 2019, recovery for the U.S. pork industry was slow due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which “quickly began to wreak havoc and weigh on pork shipments to Mexico,” USDA said. The agency said pent-up consumer demand, spilling over into next year, “should allow U.S. exports to return to the rising trend seen before the pandemic.”