Chicken exports in April decreased 5.6 percent in quantity and 16.6 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for April 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of April
Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 269,536 252,784  -6.2 283.51 233.59  -17.6
Whole Chickens 5,598 7,148  27.7 7.59 7.94  4.6
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 7,290 6,727 -7-7 27.09 23.85 -12.0
Total 282,424 266,659  -5.6 318.19 265.38  -16.6

Chicken parts exports in April 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of April
Destination Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 53,360 52,327  -1.9 49.78 43.42  -12.8
Hong Kong 26,491 26,876  1.5 38.18 32.38  -15.2
Taiwan 19,280 15,762  -18.2 18.33 13.26  -27.7
Iraq 6,558 14,800  125.7 4.83 11.16  131.1
Guatemala 7,484 9,767  30.5 7.59 7.82 3.0
Philippines 5,506 9,359  70.0 4.65 7.11  52.9
Canada 13,116 8,962  -31.7 34.97 24.06 -31.2
Chile 4,649 8,954  92.6 4.30 6.91 60.7
United Arab Emirates 5,745 8,924 55.3 3.97 6.16  55.2
Haiti 5,768 7,387  28.1 5.07 5.40 6.5
Vietnam 7,015 6,651  -5.2 7.62 5.47  -28.2
Angola 9,619 5,719  -40.5 7.64 4.07 -46.7
Cuba 11,140 4,553  -59.1 9.12 3.79  -58.4
Ghana 2,478 3,930  58.6 3.45 3.03 -12.2
Congo (Brazzaville) 2,956 3,736  26.4 2.43 2.72  11.9
Top 15 Countries 181,165  187,707  3.6 201.93 176.76 -12.5
Other Countries 88,371 65,077  -26.4 81.58 56.83  -30.3
Grant Total 269,536 252,784  -6.2 283.51 233.59  -17.6

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

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-April
Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 1,050,743  981,005  -6.6 1,156.25 867.92 -24.9
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 30,538 26,915  -11.9 111.68 94.53  -15.4
Whole Chickens 23,140 26,448  14.3 30.59 32.87  7.5
Total 1,104,421 1,034,368  -6.3 1,298.52 995.32  -23.3

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

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-April
Destination Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 216,964 210,869  -2.8 202.30 164.04 -18.9
Hong Kong 121,825 93,835  -23.0 177.56 111.66  -37.1
Taiwan 71,131 54,933  -22.8 73.88 38.44 -48.0
Canada 45,187 43,777  -3.1 123.94 113.95  -8.1
Iraq 24,926 38,922  56.2 20.90 26.99  29.1
Cuba 47,216 38,189  -19.1 42.06 21.39  -49.1
Guatemala 29,776 36,245  21.7 30.15 26.88 -10.8
Angola 36,597 30,021  -18.0 34.00 18.21  -46.4
Chile 16,009 28,912  80.6 15.61 20.25  29.7
Philippines 23,944 28,311  18.2 20.14 20.65 2.5
United Arab Emirates 23,013 26,826  16.6 18.30 19.17 4.8
Haiti 21,920 25,486  16.3 20.45 17.86  -12.7
Vietnam 37,408 25,081  -33.0 39.16 19.45  -50.3
Ghana 9,231 16,597  79.8 11.97 12.32 2.9
Turkey 9,828 16,025  63.1 7.20 11.35  57.6
Top 15 Countries 734,975 714,029  -2.8 837.62 642.61  -23.3
Other Countries 315,768 266,976  -15.5 318.63 225.31 -29.3
Grand Total 1,050,743 981,005  -6.6 1,156.25 867.92  -24.9