Chicken exports in September this year increased 3.3 percent in quantity and 2.7 percent in value, respectively when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for September 2013 and September 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of September
Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 290,983 301,321 3.6 360.74 369.40 2.4
Prepared Chicken Sausages 7,868 8,895 13.1 27.54 32.07 16.4
Whole Chickens 6,003 4,777 -20.4 8.31 5.68 -31.6
Total 304,854 314,993 3.3 396.59 407.15 2.7

Chicken parts exports in September 2013 and September 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of September
Destination Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 45,705 57,242 25.2  51.06  54.72  7.2
Hong Kong 14,071 31,805 126.0  19.15  48.52 153.4
Angola 14,383 19,208 33.5  17.01  24.23 42.4
China 22,745 17,274 -24.1  28.92  22.19 -23.3
Canada 13,720 12,234 -10.8  39.43  38.19 -3.1
Cuba 11,915 11,285 -5.3  12.15  12.33 1.5
United Arab Emirates 4,615 10,172 120.4  4.82  9.69 101.0
Georgia 4,306 8,327 93.4  4.05  8.81 117.5
Philippines 7,690  7,896 2.7  7.10  8.19 15.4
Ghana 3,628  7,632 110.4  4.94  9.40 90.3
Iraq 9,560  7,321 -23.4  10.50  7.19 -31.5
Guatemala 6,138  6,655 8.4  7.23  7.20 -0.4
Kazakhstan 10,119  6,416 -36.6  11.21  6.10 -45.6
Haiti 3,636  5,741 57.9  3.89  6.25 60.7
Congo (Kinshasa) 5,004  5,484 9.6  5.00  6.03 20.6
Top 15 Markets 177,235  214,692 21.1  226.46  269.04 18.8
Other Countries 113,748  86,629 -23.8  134.28  100.36 -25.3
Grand Total 290,983  301,321 3.6  360.74  369.40  2.4

Chicken exports for January-September 2013 and January-September 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-September
Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – perce-42.3nt –
Chicken Parts 2,632,291 2,671,881 1.5 3,253.73 3,190.73 -1.9
Prepared Chicken Sausages 80,534 76,142 -5.5 254.89 259.23 1.7
Whole Chickens 61,757 41,772 -32.4 88.76 51.19 -42.3
Total 2,774,582 2,789,795 0.5 3,597.38 3,501.15 -2.7

Chicken parts exports during January-September 2013 and January-September 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-September
Destination Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 462,768 517,183 11.8  514.88  510.14 -0.9
Hong Kong 112,958  240,338  112.8  152.09  362.93  138.6
Angola 147,460  156,317  6.0  167.29  171.99  2.8
Russia 211,999  142,768  -32.7  232.69  148.06  -36.4
China 225,733  140,787  -37.6  275.82  178.91  -35.1
Cuba 109,303  111,517  2.0  111.95  115.33  3.0
Canada 106,229  95,966  -9.7  319.35  289.34  -9.4
Taiwan 95,780  93,880  -2.0  117.55  108.02  -8.1
Georgia 59,786  66,676  11.5  63.88  63.28  -0.9
Iraq 77,510  64,854  -16.3  85.39  64.47  -24.5
Philippines 51,786  64,729  25.0  50.84  60.24  18.5
Guatemala 57,330  57,897  1.0  68.78  63.49  -7.7
United Arab Emirates 48,002  55,298  15.2  53.81  55.23  2.6
Korea, South 37,571  52,166  38.8  56.06  75.91  35.4
Turkey 41,759  48,959  17.2  46.03  43.14  -6.3
Top 15 Markets 1,845,964  1,909,335  3.4  2,316.41  2,310.48  -0.3
Other Countries 786,327  762,546  -3.0  937.32  880.25  -6.1
Grand Total 2,632,291  2,671,881  1.5  3,253.73  3,190.73  -1.9