I'd. notice U.S. pork imports totaled 90 million pounds during August. That is down 2.0% from a year ago and down 0.8% from the month before. More pork came in from Europe than during August 2015, but pork shipments from Canada were down 8.7%
U.S. pork exports totaled 416 million pounds in August. That is up 11.4% from a year ago and up 3.2% from the month before. Japan, Mexico, South Korea and China accounted for most of the increased purchases.
Pork exports equaled 19.4% of August U.S. pork production. Imports equaled 4.2% of our pork production.
