I know they don’t fly first class.
A few months ago I heard the same thing about chickens being raised in the U. S., shipped to China where they’re dressed out and shipped back here.
China imports pork from the US, not the other way around. Any pork headed to there would lose value to send it back.
https://www.pork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pork-checkoff-report-newsletter-july-2015.pdf
It makes no sense to ship the animals there and try to keep them alive until slaughtered and processed and then shipped back here.
I'm not buying the cost effectiveness of this article.
I haven't bought Smithfield since years ago they protected their illegal alien workers. I kicked Paula Deen off my viewing list, not because of that hoo ha over race but because she made a statement that she would continue as Smithfield's spokesperson even after they continued to hire illegals.