January Chicken Exports Increased 11.5 Percent in Quantity and 11.3 Percent in Value

On March 10, 2017, in Chicken Exports, by Debra Newman

Chicken exports in January increased 11.5 percent in quantity and 11.3 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for January 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of January
Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 229,752 257,168  11.9 198.17 222.83 12.4
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 6,528 7,570 16.0 23.22 27.53  18.6
Whole Chickens 5,730 5,191  -9.4 8.09 5.04 -37.7
Total 242,010 269,929  11.5 229.48 255.40 11.3

Chicken parts exports in January 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of January
Destination Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 49,303 49,151  -0.3 35.05 36.92  5.3
Hong Kong 21,847 23,197 6.2 25.72 28.17  9.5
Taiwan 13,823 14,715  6.5 8.26 11.29 36.7
Cuba 13,875 12,774  -7.9 7.29 8.34  14.4
Canada 12,386 11,447  -7.6 31.74 23.51  -25.9
Guatemala 9,352 10,782  15.3 6.38 7.95  24.6
Angola 10,931 8,988 -17.8 5.89 7.13 21.1
South Africa 1,458 8,967 515.0 0.71 7.04 891.5
Kazakhstan 4,001 6,992  74.8 3.11 4.85 55.9
Vietnam 7,145 6,739  -5.7 5.52 4.97 -10.0
Chile 6,126 6,012  -1.9 4.27 4.91  15.0
Philippines 4,435 5,211 17.5 3.03 3.21 5.9
Haiti 4,814 5,098  5.9 3.29 3.65 10.9
Congo (Kinshasa) 0 4,828 0.0 0 3.91  0.0
Iraq 7,417 4,770 -35.7 4.63 3.28  -29.2
Top 15 Countries 166,913 179,671 7.6 144.89 159.13  9.8
Other Countries 62,839 77,497  23.3 53.28 63.70 19.6
Grand Total 229,752 257,168  11.9 198.17 222.83 12.4

 

 



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