The trade mission team received market briefings from USDA and in-country USMEF marketing staff before touring a packing plant and several retail outlets, witnessing USMEF marketing initiatives at work in-market and attending Expo Carnes, the largest meat industry trade show in Mexico.
U.S. beef exports set annual records for both volume and value in 2022, according to year-end data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF. Pork exports finished lower year-over-year but export value was the third largest on record.
November exports of U.S. pork were the largest of 2022 in both volume and value, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF, while 2022 beef export value already set a full-year record of nearly $11 billion.