August Chicken Exports Increased 19.5 Percent in Quantity; 16 Percent in Value

On October 7, 2016, in Chicken Exports, by Debra Newman

Chicken exports in August increased 19.5 percent in quantity and 16.0 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for August 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of August
Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 224,279  270,596  20.7 210.45 250.28  18.9
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 7,775 7,860  1.1 27.70 28.17  1.7
Whole Chickens 6,889 6,973  1.2 8.14 7.25 -10.9
Total  238,943 285,429  19.5 246.29 285.70  16.0

Chicken parts exports in August 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of August
Destination Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 54,114 54,021  -0.2 41.27 38.34  -7.1
Hong Kong 10,882 26,826 146.5 13.00 34.62 166.3
Taiwan 11,134 15,189 36.4 7.75 12.95 67.1
Cuba 0 14,163  0.0 0.00 10.29 0.0
Philippines 6,510 11,552  77.5 4.97 9.12  83.5
Canada 14,581 11,485  -21.2 39.25 29.49 -24.9
Guatemala 7,918 10,254  29.5 6.14 7.97  29.8
Kazakhstan 10,544 9,939  -5.7 6.87 9.43  37.3
Congo (Brazzaville) 4,141 7,290  76.0 2.60 5.50  111.5
Angola 14,900 6,940 -53.4 10.84 5.72  -47.2
Colombia 2,987 6,119  104.9 2.39  4.77  99.6
Haiti 5,667 6,026 6.3 3.80 4.62 21.6
Chile 3,898 5,859 50.3 2.79 4.70  68.5
Vietnam 5,300 5,228 -1.4 3.79 4.61  21.6
Ghana 4,515 5,201 15.2 4.56 3.86 -15.4
Top 15 Markets 157,091 196,092 24.8 150.02 185.99 24.0
Other Countries 67,188 74,504  10.9 60.43 64.29 6.39
Grand Total 224,279 270,596 20.7 210.45 250.28  18.9

Chicken exports for January-August 2015 and January-August 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-August
Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 2,040,229 2,013,266  -1.3 2,133.14 1,855.51  -13.02
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 60,728 55,986 -7.8 216.17 195.59 -9.5
Whole Chickens 46,185 53,716 16.3 57.41 62.66  9.1
Total 2,147,142 2,122,968  -1.1 2,406.72 2,113.76 -12.2

Chicken parts exports during January-August 2015 and January-August 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-August
Destination Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 436,506 422,290  -3.3 378.68 326.53  -13.8
Hong Kong 203,985 196,667 -3.6 282.81 241.51 -14.6
Taiwan 126,219 114,023  -9.7 122.86 90.47 -26.4
Cuba 75,719 101,629  34.2 63.17 65.42  3.6
Canada 102,072 91,768 -10.1 279.38 236.91  -15.2
Guatemala 62,107 77,303  24.5 58.15 59.87  3.0
Vietnam 59,122 62,220  5.2 58.20 51.46  -11.6
Philippines 46,565 61,777 32.7 38.46 47.44  23.3
Angola 93,905 59,040 -37.1 79.39 42.84 -46.0
Chile 32,537 53,708 65.1 28.84 41.33  43.3
Iraq 52,864 51,396 -2.8 40.76 36.42 -10.6
Haiti 42,879 47,291  10.3 36.14 34.97 -3.2
Kazakhstan 40,854 45,880 12.3 27.63 43.03 55.7
United Arab Emirates 45,077 42,087  -6.6 34.89 30.67 -12.1
Ghana 25,019 33,062  32.1 29.65 25.64  -13.5
Top 15 Markets 1,445,430 1,460,141 1.0 1,559.01 1,374.51 -11.8
Other Countries 594,799 553,125  -7.0 574.13 481.00 -16.2
Grand Total 2,040,229 2,013,266  -1.3 2,133.14 1,855.51 -13.0

 

 



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