# With falling prices, U.S. pork seeks new world markets | AP News

> US pork producers are losing money from retaliatory tariffs, with losses cited at roughly $20 per head and about $200 million a month across slaughter volumes. Producers are seeking new export markets as prices fall.

- Date: 2018-12-30 · published 2018-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61695-with-falling-prices-u-s-pork-seeks-new-world-markets-ap-news
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Tariff-driven export losses and the search for new buyers signal weaker US hog prices and reduced domestic feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-07-17 | [Trade war leaves U.S. with mountain of cheap pork](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5212-trade-war-leaves-u-s-with-mountain-of-cheap-pork.md) | -10.7% | -26.8% |
| HOGS | 2018-06-21 | [Trade Woes Shrink U.S. Pork Packer Margins To Three-Year Low - Perishable News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64668-trade-woes-shrink-u-s-pork-packer-margins-to-three-year-low-perishable-news.md) | -0.1% | -11.4% |
| HOGS | 2017-02-24 | [Prospects of new trade and tax policy pressures hog markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72640-prospects-of-new-trade-and-tax-policy-pressures-hog-markets.md) | -0.8% | -1.2% |
| HOGS | 2025-05-01 | [China cancels U.S. pork shipments after tariffs raise prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25255-china-cancels-u-s-pork-shipments-after-tariffs-raise-prices.md) | -0.1% | +6.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-02-22 | [Oversupply to change pork prices \| farmnewsNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60736-oversupply-to-change-pork-prices-farmnewsnow.md) | -1.1% | +25.0% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/article/business-canada-iowa-mexico-prices-e06d7a518e6e463d97b07e22de6d9c46

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