Beef and veal: Monthly U.S. trade (carcass weight, 1,000 pounds)


Import/export, country code and name 1/			Sep-08	Oct-08	Nov-08	Dec-08	Jan-09	Feb-09	Mar-09	Apr-09	May-09	Jun-09	Jul-09	Aug-09	Sep-09
Beef and veal imports	6021	Australia	46,151	60,011	63,373	90,144	86,185	41,158	70,111	103,979	81,065	73,809	70,554	62,413	51,725
	1220	Canada	75,248	72,396	75,189	64,055	69,336	66,591	72,034	61,588	64,247	68,526	68,555	74,754	66,596
	6141	New Zealand	26,688	19,253	20,208	44,688	54,120	46,424	57,050	64,161	58,266	62,579	57,332	24,818	14,198
	3510	Brazil	13,867	4,886	22,803	29,142	20,712	21,546	18,241	17,318	15,364	15,503	19,199	14,982	16,202
	2190	Nicaragua	9,418	10,365	6,643	6,779	3,979	4,535	8,021	6,746	5,398	6,733	9,339	8,623	8,810
	3550	Uruguay	4,410	4,217	6,359	16,536	9,950	7,329	10,124	5,232	4,702	4,320	6,163	5,393	5,702
	3570	Argentina	7,271	6,951	7,079	8,469	6,163	4,125	3,588	3,228	1,083	3,181	2,679	3,375	5,165
	2010	Mexico	1	1,124	2,234	4,212	4,920	4,692	5,799	5,242	5,608	6,785	5,675	5,268	5,405
	2230	Costa Rica	1,973	2,766	1,628	1,514	1,014	2,073	1,960	1,774	1,496	1,482	2,399	2,176	2,354
	2150	Honduras	1,009	639	343	629	400	343	400	171	271	57	291	286	742
		Other countries	33	214	29	71	27	238	335	280	174	290	436	591	399
		Total	186,068	182,822	205,888	266,238	256,806	199,053	247,661	269,720	237,673	243,264	242,621	202,680	177,297
Beef and veal exports	2010	Mexico	55,981	44,694	40,055	49,533	45,456	40,343	40,738	41,566	46,263	60,314	54,103	48,354	49,355
	1220	Canada	32,068	26,101	25,700	26,327	20,744	20,449	23,246	30,266	42,355	38,064	32,782	32,575	33,163
	5880	Japan	19,804	21,191	15,626	14,219	13,124	13,316	17,208	19,049	26,453	32,216	33,726	30,647	22,185
	5800	South Korea	46,903	37,696	16,029	8,549	17,237	15,028	9,330	4,896	7,007	8,427	7,693	9,864	7,467
	5520	Vietnam	12,835	12,491	10,800	9,517	15,883	15,250	18,419	16,013	9,554	2,985	1,894	7,944	11,033
	5830	China (Taiwan)	5,644	5,712	6,113	7,376	3,581	5,068	5,692	6,710	8,785	7,882	8,447	6,583	7,130
	5820	Hong Kong	3,316	2,480	2,582	3,478	1,458	2,567	2,730	2,820	6,452	10,021	9,496	8,590	8,311
	4210	Netherlands	4,068	4,564	3,267	4,192	1,469	1,017	1,868	2,100	1,913	1,918	1,973	2,135	2,229
	7290	Egypt	44	707	2,600	1,947	1,829	1,387	750	1,728	1,185	2,044	4,380	6,268	7,031
	4621	Russia	8,717	3,916	512	97	44	222	213	301	245	332	1,678	2,056	3,422
	5650	Philippines	967	997	918	591	963	833	1,319	736	761	774	598	1,625	1,359
	5200	United Arab Emirates	732	1,545	1,161	620	594	440	1,185	1,410	835	900	1,081	1,296	467
	2360	Bahamas	660	823	877	671	799	734	1,252	962	844	820	1,085	717	759
	2470	Dominican Republic	557	1,179	511	1,766	202	362	914	1,006	857	592	792	889	527
	4870	Bulgaria	4,596	1,041	637	511	74	255	191	353				26
	5170	Saudi Arabia	547	784	1,005	257	462	251	379	175	647	415	925	1,130	240
	2410	Jamaica	341	422	572	259	362	464	468	499	396	392	526	365	543
	5130	Kuwait	206	370	526	128	224	299	533	263	907	207	310	401	418
	2771	Netherlands Antilles	151	291	417	424	425	354	284	281	268	354	233	257	302
	2050	Guatemala	232	379	540	325	387	440	366	249	194	157	411	191	167
		Other countries	4,718	6,225	5,492	4,745	3,311	3,588	5,364	4,887	4,540	5,216	4,250	5,035	6,327
		Total	203,086	173,607	135,940	135,533	128,626	122,666	132,449	136,271	160,460	174,029	166,385	166,949	162,433

1/ Countries are ranked by the sum of their trade for all months shown.
Source: ERS calculations using data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

Date run: 11/13/2009 12:47:40 PM

Livestock and Meat Trade Data Beef and veal: Monthly U.S. trade (carcass weight, 1,000 pounds)

Livestock and Meat Trade Data
Beef and veal: Monthly U.S. trade (carcass weight, 1,000 pounds)