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Weekly Beef Export Sales      09/17 07:35

Hides and Skins: Net sales of 204,500 pieces for 2026 were up 43 percent 
from the previous week, but down 18 percent from the prior 4-week average. 
Increases primarily for China (140,200 whole cattle hides, including 
decreases of 64,300 pieces), South Korea (31,100 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 1,600 pieces), Mexico (25,700 whole cattle hides, 
including decreases of 3,300 pieces), Turkey (2,500 whole cattle hides), 
and Thailand (2,400 whole cattle hides, including decreases of 5,400 
pieces), were offset by reductions for India (200 pieces). Exports of 
262,200 whole cattle hides were up 38 percent from the previous week and 6 
percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to 
China (153,800 pieces), Mexico (40,500 pieces), South Korea (21,100 
pieces), Thailand (17,600 pieces), and Italy (9,500 pieces). 

Net sales of 81,400 wet blues for 2026 were down 20 percent from the 
previous week and 28 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
reported for Thailand (29,000 unsplit), Bangladesh (28,800 unsplit), 
Vietnam (21,600 unsplit), China (1,200 unsplit), and Italy (800 unsplit, 
including decreases of 100 unsplit). Net sales of 8,800 other excluding 
wet blues were reported for China (5,600 pounds) and Mexico (3,200 pounds, 
including decreases of 400 pounds). Exports of 78,700 wet blues were down 
57 percent from the previous week and 38 percent from the prior 4-week 
average. The destinations were primarily to Vietnam (30,200 unsplit), 
Italy (25,000 unsplit), China (8,200 unsplit), Hong Kong (7,900 unsplit), 
and Thailand (4,200 unsplit). No exports of other excluding wet blues were 
reported for the week. No net sales or exports of splits were reported for 
the week.

Beef: Net sales of 14,200 MT for 2026 were up 65 percent from the previous 
week and 42 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for 
South Korea (6,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Mexico (2,000 MT), 
Taiwan (1,400 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), Japan (1,300 MT, 
including decreases of 300 MT), and Hong Kong (1,300 MT, including 
decreases of 100 MT), were offset by reductions for Indonesia (100 MT). 
Exports of 9,900 MT were down 14 percent from the previous week and 18 
percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to 
South Korea (3,300 MT), Japan (1,500 MT), Taiwan (1,400 MT), Mexico (1,300 
MT), and Hong Kong (600 MT). 

Pork: Net sales of 30,100 MT for 2026 were up 10 percent from the previous 
week, but down 6 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were 
primarily for Mexico (12,300 MT, including decreases of 600 MT), Japan 
(5,600 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), South Korea (4,000 MT, 
including decreases of 200 MT), China (2,500 MT, including decreases of 
100 MT), and Canada (1,800 MT, including decreases of 200 MT). Total net 
sales of 300 MT for 2027 were for Japan. Exports of 27,600 MT were down 9 
percent from the previous week and 6 percent from the prior 4-week 
average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (13,400 MT), Japan 
(2,900 MT), China (2,700 MT), South Korea (2,200 MT), and Canada (2,000 
MT).