Red meat exports by country - year to date cumulative

These annual reports display red meat exports by country of beef and veal combined, and pork.

1 - Beef and veal
Beef and veal exports by country - year-to-date
  2026 - April
(Canadian dollars)
2025 - April
(Canadian dollars)
% Difference 2026 - April
quantity(kg)
2025 - April
quantity(kg)
% Difference
United States of America 1,411,567,193 1,337,244,998 5.56% 116,596,942 118,637,989 -1.72%
Mexico 164,715,911 118,389,399 39.13% 15,094,817 11,817,905 27.73%
Japan 119,465,188 127,816,493 -6.53% 11,448,555 14,862,598 -22.97%
Viet Nam 44,586,028 30,727,095 45.10% 5,480,280 3,277,471 67.21%
Korea, South 25,169,796 59,187,815 -57.47% 2,576,876 5,681,711 -54.65%
China 64,594,992 671,673 9517.03% 4,441,535 52,389 8377.99%
Hong Kong 17,562,761 14,310,909 22.72% 1,452,962 953,058 52.45%
Colombia 5,492,128 3,525,196 55.80% 993,851 806,180 23.28%
Peru 2,155,285 1,133,747 90.10% 1,326,800 463,190 186.45%
Philippines 4,344,381 5,146,572 -15.59% 1,057,583 548,793 92.71%
Others 22,826,446 26,186,008 -12.83% 2,746,171 3,002,455 -8.54%
Total 1,882,480,109 1,724,339,905 9.17% 163,216,372 160,103,739 1.94%
Domestic exports only (excludes re-exports)
Source: Statistics Canada
Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section
2 - Pork
Pork exports by country - year-to-date
  2026 - April
(Canadian dollars)
2025 - April
(Canadian dollars)
% Difference 2026 - April
quantity(kg)
2025 - April
quantity(kg)
% Difference
Japan 597,387,104 649,239,218 -7.99% 113,270,759 123,091,979 -7.98%
United States of America 666,220,650 606,571,750 9.83% 132,500,617 126,778,485 4.51%
Korea, South 137,003,436 162,899,639 -15.90% 24,323,199 32,927,238 -26.13%
China 91,499,427 152,956,635 -40.18% 45,042,476 71,015,042 -36.57%
Mexico 192,291,607 151,499,862 26.93% 73,635,704 75,169,989 -2.04%
Philippines 54,231,014 88,583,591 -38.78% 24,051,335 33,346,102 -27.87%
Taiwan 59,630,798 76,461,222 -22.01% 16,331,144 21,059,205 -22.45%
Colombia 30,245,620 32,358,322 -6.53% 8,667,471 9,697,566 -10.62%
Australia 11,750,802 10,423,927 12.73% 3,577,581 2,824,051 26.68%
Malaysia 6,665,221 7,703,641 -13.48% 2,120,891 2,038,262 4.05%
Others 54,437,863 71,131,439 -23.47% 17,359,623 22,175,418 -21.72%
Total 1,901,363,542 2,009,829,246 -5.40% 460,880,800 520,123,337 -11.39%
Domestic exports only (excludes re-exports)
Source: Statistics Canada
Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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