U.S. pork exports remained ahead of last year’s pace through the first seven months of 2026, despite a slowdown in July. The U.S. Meat Export Federation says exports from January through July reached 1.73 million metric tons, up two percent from a year earlier. Export value increased by one percent to $4.86 billion. Japan was a key driver, with pork exports to that market up 16 percent in volume and 11 percent in value. Central America also reached a new high, moving ahead of Canada as the fifth-largest destination by volume. Colombia remained on a record pace, while demand strengthened in Canada and the Caribbean. The export value averaged $66.06 per head through July, up one percent from a year ago. July shipments were affected in part by restrictions related to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, or PRRS, but those restrictions have now been resolved.
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