March 10, 2014

US pork export to Russia remains closed

No official decision has been made on when the market will re-open, after more than a year of pork exports from the US to Russia was halted.

Jim Herlihy, the vice president of communications with the US Meat Export Federation noted that prior to the close of the market in February of 2013, Russia had been an important red meat export market for the US

He said, in 2012, Russia was the sixth largest exporter of US pork.

Before the close of the pork export market, Herlihy noted that exports between the US and Russia had gone up substantially in 2012, which included a one-third increase in the volume exported, and the value was up 22%.