ApprovedbyUSDA’sWorldAgriculturalOutlookBoardLivestock,Dairy,andPoultryOutlookMexicoWastheMostImportantDestinationforSeveralU.S.MeatProteinExportsin2019WilliamHahnAsignificantproportionofmajorU.S.meatproteinproductionwasexportedin2019.Themostimportantmeatexportvolumeslastyearwereall-chicken(broilerandother)meat,thelargestat7.2billionpounds,followedbyporkat6.3billionpounds,beefat3billionpounds,andturkeymeatwith639millionpounds.Intermsofshareofproductionexported,porkwasbyfarthelargestlastyear:22.9percentofcommercialporkproductionwasexportedin2019.All-chickencameinsecond,withexportsaccountingfor16.2percentofproduction.Forbothbeefandturkeylastyear,about11percentofproductionwasexported.In2019MexicowasthelargestforeigndestinationforU.S-exportedall-chicken,pork,andturkey,andthethird-largestforbeef.ThetoptwoU.S.beefexportdestinationsin2019wereJapanandSouthKorea.0510152025303540455055606570BeefPorkAll-chickenTurkey20182019*All-chickenisthesumofbroilerandotherchickenexportdata.Source:USDA,EconomicResearchService.Mexico's2018/19shareofU.S.exportsofmajormeatproteins%24.720.921.614.21430.162.361EconomicResearchService|SituationandOutlookReportNextreleaseisApril15,2020LDP-M-309|March16,20202Livestock,Dairy,andPoultryOutlook,LDP-M-309,March16,2020USDA,EconomicResearchServiceBeef/Cattle:Beefproductionin2020wasraisedonafasterpaceoffedcattleslaughterandheavierdressedweights.Cattlepriceswerereducedonpriceweaknessandhigherproduction.Pricesforfedsteersinthe5-Areamarketingregionareexpectedtoaverage6percentbelowayearagointhefirstquarter.Thebeefimportforecastwasraisedonhigherexpectedimportsofprocessing-gradebeef,whilebeefexportswerereducedonweakerdemandoverseas.Dairy:Basedonrecentmilkproductiondata,the2020forecasthasbeenraised.Thedairyexportforecastonaskim-solidsmilk-equivalentbasishasbeenincreasedduetorobustexportsinJanuary,improvedaccesstoChina’smarkets,andtheimpactofdroughtonNewZealand’sdairysector.However,withpotentialeffectsofcoronavirus(COVID-19),expectationsforhigherdairyexpor...
