USDA Adds Weekly Export Reporting Requirement for Pork, but not DDG

The Department of Agriculture said it will require weekly export sales reporting for pork (here), but postponed its decision on whether to institute similar requirements for distiller’s dried grain (here). The final rule adds reporting for pork (fresh, chilled, or frozen muscle cuts, whether or not boxed) to the Export Sales Reporting Requirements, effective March 19, adopting a proposal from June 2012 (see 12030803). But due to a mixed reaction by stakeholders to the addition of reporting requirements for distillers dried grain, USDA didn’t finalize that part of the June 2012 proposal, instead asking for more comments on the issue by April 18.