May 9, 2022

Demand drives export of Mexican pork to US during first four months of 2022

Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that the demand for Mexican pork in the United States remained on the rise during the first four months of 2022, which caused exports to this destination to increase.

According to information from the Mexican Pork Producers Organization (Opormex), during the first fifteen weeks of this year, Mexican pork exports reached 14,624 tonnes, which represents an average growth of 0.85% per week compared to last year when the average growth was 0.27%.

With this rebound, the Mexican pork sector has displaced its Danish counterpart, which now ranks third as an exporter to the US, with the sales of 14,000 tonnes in the same period.

Opormex highlighted that the sanitary status of Mexican livestock allows for more markets to open to local pig farmers, who sell more than 250,000 tonnes of products in countries such as Japan, the US, Singapore, Canada, South Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Chile and China, each year.

- SENASICA