U.S. pork exports will fall short of the huge records set in 2020 and 2021, while beef exports will set a record in 2022, likely approaching $12 billion. U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom says the drop in pork exports is driven in part by African swine fever, but came on strong late in the year and the industry is well positioned for growth in 2023.
“If you all remember in 2020 at the height of African swine fever in China, we just set all kinds of records, but it was mainly China,” Halstrom says. “We’ve now seen extremely good diversification on the pork…
