Thursday, February 21, 2013
Pork exports soared in 2012
Last year the nation exported 5.4 billion pounds of pork and imported only 802 million pounds. Pork imports were the lowest since 1998. Japan was the top destination for U.S. pork followed by Mexico, China, Canada, South Korea, Russia and Australia. 78 of our imports came from Canada with 9 percent coming from Denmark. Pork exports equaled a record 23.15 percent of U.S. pork production. Pork imports equaled 3.53 percent of production, the lowest since 1981. We exported an average of $48.21 worth of pork and $7.66 of pork by products for each hog slaughtered n 2012. I hope we export more pork so our country can make more money. What do you think?
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Well our family hauls pork for a living and most of what we haul either goes to Russia or China. When we haul swine that goes to Russia or China they all are mostly drug free hogs since they are being shipped over seas. I hope that we keep exporting pork across the nation because it gives lots of people jobs in the United States.
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