Ten of the top 15 parts markets had increases in both quantity and value. Together, these top 15 markets had a 1.4 percent decline in quantity and a 0.5 percent slip in value. “Other countries” had an 8.3 percent decrease in quantity but a 1.9 percent gain in value.
Chicken parts exports in October 2011 and October 2012 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Parts for the Month of October | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Quantity | Value | ||||
| 2011 | 2012 | Change | 2011 | 2012 | Change | |
| – metric tons – | – percent – | – million dollars – | – percent – | |||
| Mexico | 34,930 | 50,145 | 43.6 | 32.90 | 55.04 | 67.3 |
| China | 9,966 | 25,497 | 155.8 | 11.57 | 30.77 | 166.0 |
| Russia | 28,828 | 24,644 | -14.5 | 35.80 | 29.25 | -18.3 |
| Angola | 26,677 | 19,454 | -27.1 | 31.47 | 23.18 | -26.3 |
| Hong Kong | 55,385 | 13,846 | -75.0 | 78.50 | 17.53 | -77.7 |
| Canada | 10,784 | 12,587 | 16.7 | 24.49 | 34.83 | 42.2 |
| Cuba | 14,026 | 12,075 | -13.9 | 14.40 | 13.13 | -8.8 |
| Taiwan | 4,674 | 10,276 | 119.9 | 5.07 | 12.55 | 147.3 |
| Lithuania | 7,826 | 8,369 | 6.9 | 7.98 | 9.49 | 19.0 |
| Philippines | 5,086 | 7,606 | 49.5 | 5.16 | 7.19 | 39.2 |
| Turkey | 651 | 7,580 | 1,064.4 | 1.08 | 9.14 | 743.5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5,868 | 7,210 | 22.9 | 6.46 | 8.54 | 32.1 |
| Georgia | 5,145 | 6,475 | 25.9 | 5.62 | 6.87 | 22.2 |
| Iraq | 8,316 | 6,415 | -22.9 | 9.24 | 7.66 | -17.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 3,457 | 6,346 | 83.6 | 4.19 | 7.42 | 77.0 |
| Top 15 Markets | 221,619 | 218,525 | -1.4 | 273.92 | 272.58 | -0.5 |
| Other Countries | 107,661 | 98,687 | -8.3 | 120.05 | 122.34 | 1.9 |
| Grand Total | 329,280 | 317,212 | -3.7 | 393.97 | 394.91 | 0.2 |
Chicken parts exports during January-October 2012 totaled 2,972,542 metric tons valued at $3,641.27 million compared with 2,747,701 tons valued at $3,127.35 million, an 8.2-percent increase in quantity and a 16.4-percent increase in value. Mexico, the top parts market during the first ten months of 2012, had a 22.3-percent increase in quantity and a 44.7-percent increase in value when compared to a year earlier. On the other hand, next top market Hong Kong experienced a 43.7-percent decrease in quantity and a 45.3- percent decrease in value. Of the top 15 parts markets, 12 countries had increases in quantity and 13 countries had increases in value. For the top 15 markets combined, the quantity increased 13.4 percent and the value increased 18.9 percent. “Other countries” parts exported dropped 2.3 percent in tonnage but increased 10.9 percent in dollars.
Chicken parts exports during January-October 2011 and January-October 2012 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Parts for the Period of January-October | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Quantity | Value | ||||
| 2011 | 2012 | Change | 2011 | 2012 | Change | |
| – metric tons – | – percent – | – million dollars – | – percent – | |||
| Mexico | 357,206 | 436,724 | 22.3 | 329.46 | 476.84 | 44.7 |
| Hong Kong | 476,430 | 268,275 | -43.7 | 657.51 | 359.35 | -45.3 |
| Russia | 157,313 | 229,586 | 45.9 | 180.68 | 257.40 | 42.5 |
| China | 77,430 | 189,355 | 144.5 | 95.12 | 225.42 | 137.0 |
| Angola | 129,626 | 142,498 | 9.9 | 144.67 | 164.89 | 14.0 |
| Cuba | 73,630 | 122,309 | 66.1 | 70.86 | 127.28 | 79.6 |
| Canada | 97,460 | 119,598 | 22.7 | 217.04 | 323.02 | 48.8 |
| Taiwan | 82,687 | 110,409 | 33.5 | 91.34 | 132.82 | 45.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 18,618 | 80,441 | 332.1 | 19.36 | 93.91 | 385.2 |
| Lithuania | 44,700 | 69,790 | 56.1 | 45.36 | 70.40 | 55.2 |
| Georgia | 84,211 | 65,415 | -22.3 | 84.35 | 71.80 | -14.9 |
| Iraq | 70,631 | 64,937 | -8.1 | 69.95 | 73.54 | 5.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 54,163 | 63,687 | 17.6 | 54.90 | 71.80 | 30.8 |
| Philippines | 57,098 | 61,377 | 7.5 | 53.89 | 60.35 | 12.0 |
| Guatemala | 52,790 | 55,725 | 5.6 | 50.55 | 64.91 | 28.4 |
| Top 15 Markets | 1,833,993 | 2,080,126 | 13.4 | 2,165.04 | 2,573.72 | 18.9 |
| Other Countries | 913,708 | 892,416 | -2.3 | 962.31 | 1,067.55 | 10.9 |
| Grand Total | 2,747,701 | 2,972,542 | 8.2 | 3,127.35 | 3,641.27 | 16.4 |
