Chicken exports in January 2018 decreased 1.4 percent in quantity and increased 9.2 percent in value when compared with a year earlier.
Chicken exports for January 2018 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of January | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2017 | 2018 | Change | 2017 | 2018 | Change | |
| – metric tons – | – percent – | – million dollars – | – percent – | |||
| Chicken Parts | 257,168 | 253,952 | -1.3 | 222.83 | 246.50 | 10.6 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 7,570 | 8,329 | 10.0 | 27.53 | 28.22 | 2.5 |
| Whole Chickens | 5,191 | 3,911 | -24.7 | 5.04 | 4.12 | -18.3 |
| Total | 269,929 | 266,192 | -1.4 | 255.40 | 278.84 | 9.2 |
Chicken parts exports in January 2018 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of January | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Quantity | Value | ||||
| 2017 | 2018 | Change | 2017 | 2018 | Change | |
| — metric tons — | — percent — | — million dollars — | — percent — | |||
| Mexico | 49,151 | 50,008 | 1.7 | 36.92 | 38.88 | 5.3 |
| Hong Kong | 23,197 | 22,010 | -5.1 | 28.17 | 31.31 | 11.1 |
| Taiwan | 14,715 | 21,826 | 48.3 | 11.29 | 20.04 | 77.5 |
| Cuba | 12,774 | 20,534 | 60.7 | 8.34 | 15.92 | 90.9 |
| Guatemala | 10,782 | 10,729 | -0.5 | 7.95 | 8.84 | 11.2 |
| Angola | 8,988 | 9,698 | 7.9 | 7.13 | 8.27 | 16.0 |
| Canada | 11,447 | 9,269 | -19.0 | 23.51 | 21.10 | -10.3 |
| Turkey | 4,419 | 8,526 | 92.9 | 2.69 | 6.78 | 152.0 |
| Vietnam | 6,739 | 8,363 | 24.1 | 4.97 | 7.24 | 45.7 |
| South Africa | 8,967 | 7,900 | -11.9 | 7.04 | 7.05 | 0.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,744 | 7,699 | 62.3 | 3.40 | 5.74 | 68.8 |
| Philippines | 5,211 | 7,114 | 36.5 | 3.21 | 6.06 | 88.8 |
| Kazakhstan | 6,992 | 5,953 | -14.9 | 4.85 | 5.01 | 3.3 |
| Iraq | 4,770 | 4,436 | -7.0 | 3.28 | 3.44 | 4.9 |
| Chile | 6,012 | 4,371 | -27.3 | 4.91 | 3.69 | -24.8 |
| Top 15 Markets | 178,908 | 198,436 | 10.9 | 157.66 | 189.37 | 20.1 |
| Other Countries | 78,260 | 55,516 | -29.1 | 65.17 | 57.13 | -12.3 |
| Grand Total | 257,168 | 253,952 | -1.3 | 222.83 | 246.50 | 10.6 |
