August Chicken Exports Increased 0.4 Percent in Quantity and 12.2 Percent in Value

On October 6, 2017, in Chicken Exports, by Phouth Gonzalez

Chicken exports in August 2017 increased 0.4 percent in quantity and increased 12.2 percent in value when compared with 2016. Chicken exports for August 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of August
Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts  270,052 273,212 1.2 249.70 287.92 15.3
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 7,822 7,354 -6.0 28.06 25.70 -8.4
Whole Chickens 6,935 5,270 -24.0 7.22 6.02 -16.6
Total 284,809 285,836  0.4 284.98 319.64 12.2

Chicken parts exports in August 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of August
Destination Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 54,021 48,958 -9.4 38.34 40.89 6.7
Hong Kong 26,444 25,246 -4.5 34.30 34.96 1.9
Cuba 14,163 20,760 46.6 10.29 18.23 77.2
Angola 6,940 18,655 168.8 5.72 18.62 225.3
Georgia 5,113 18,183 255.6 3.56 11.41 220.7
Canada 11,485 10,799 -6.0 29.50 26.16 -11.3
Taiwan 15,031 9,919 -34.0 12.80 10.30 -19.5
Philippines 11,106 9,543 -14.1 8.78 9.05 3.1
Guatemala 10,252 9,481 -7.5 7.96 9.39 17.9
Iraq 3,543 8,388 136.7 2.51 8.06 221.4
Kazakhstan 9,939 6,594 -33.7 9.43 6.28 -33.4
South Africa 1,339 5,974 346.2 1.13 6.00 431.2
Colombia 6,119 5,316 -13.1 4.77 5.17 8.5
Haiti 6,022 4,899 -18.6 4.62 4.53 -2.0
Qatar 1,794 4,859 170.8 1.41 4.47 217.5
Top 15 Markets 183,311 207,574 13.2 175.09 213.51 21.9
Other Countries 86,741 65,638 -24.3 74.61 74.40 -0.3
Grand Total 270,052 273,212 1.2 249.70 287.92 15.3

Chicken exports for January-August 2016 and January-August 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-August
Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts  2,017,432 2,096,734 3.9 1,857.57 2,049.50 10.3
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 55,994 59,947 7.1 195.63 211.70 8.2
Whole Chickens 55,672 45,813 -17.7 65.21 46.88 -28.1
Total 2,129,098 2,202,494 3.4 2,118.41 2,308.09 9.0

Chicken parts exports during January-August 2016 and January-August 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-August
Destination Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico  426,751 387,467  -9.2 328.98 322.05 -2.1
Hong Kong 196,412 199,733 1.7 241.28 270.67 12.2
Cuba 101,629 136,511 34.3 65.42 101.71 55.5
Angola 58,949 131,797 123.6 42.84 113.55 165.0
Taiwan 113,757 91,832 -19.3 90.20 82.25 -8.8
Canada 91,759 85,863 -6.4 236.73 197.95 -16.4
Guatemala 77,247 78,271 1.3 59.86 67.41 12.6
Philippines 61,097 71,487 17.0 46.89 56.93 21.4
South Africa 21,972 63,152 187.4 14.86 54.40 266.1
Kazakhstan 46,019 61,195 33.0 43.22 48.95 13.3
Chile 53,652 48,219 -10.1 41.38 46.07 11.3
Georgia 20,141 45,096 123.9 15.52 30.32 95.4
Vietnam 63,347 43,227 -31.8 51.99 37.29 -28.3
Iraq 51,717 43,056 -16.7 36.73 37.65 2.5
Turkey 26,547 41,546 56.5 18.88 32.37 71.4
Top 15 Markets 1,410,996 1,528,452 8.3 1,334.78 1,499.59 12.3
Other Countries 606,436 568,282 -6.3 522.78 549.92 5.2
Grand Total 2,017,432 2,096,734 3.9 1,857.57 2,049.50 10.3

 



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