date:May 14, 2012
ume (162,721 metric tons) and value ($299.7 million), maintaining Mexicos position as the leading market for US pork on a volume basis. Exports to Japan climbed 1 percent in volume (122,899 metric tons) and achieved a 17 percent increase in value to $530.6 million, according to USMEF. Exports to the China Hong/Kong region, which came on very strong in the second half of 2011, increased 30 percent in volume in the first quarter (115,642 metric tons) and surged 82 percent in value to $234.9 millio