Chicken exports in January 2024 decreased 3.8 percent in quantity but increased 3.7 percent in value when compared with January 2023, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for January 2024 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of January | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 308,045 | 295,804 | -4.0 | 354.16 | 364.29 | 2.9 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 5,737 | 6,144 | 7.1 | 24.07 | 27.66 | 14.9 |
| Whole Chickens | 1,653 | 1,643 | -0.6 | 2.68 | 3.09 | 15.3 |
| Total | 315,435 | 303,591 | -3.8 | 380.90 | 395.04 | 3.7 |
Chicken parts exports in January 2024 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of January | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 61,623 | 61,480 | -0.2 | 54.59 | 66.35 | 21.6 |
| Cuba | 29,243 | 30,204 | 3.3 | 27.12 | 33.23 | 22.5 |
| Taiwan | 17,784 | 28,243 | 58.8 | 21.78 | 34.98 | 60.6 |
| China | 40,419 | 20,184 | -50.1 | 65.47 | 38.17 | -41.7 |
| Guatemala | 12,230 | 12,357 | 1.0 | 12.01 | 15.22 | 26.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6,487 | 12,207 | 88.2 | 5.67 | 12.18 | 115.0 |
| Philippines | 7,185 | 11,987 | 66.8 | 7.61 | 12.04 | 58.2 |
| Vietnam | 6,776 | 10,469 | 54.5 | 6.36 | 10.96 | 72.4 |
| Canada | 10,013 | 9,051 | -9.6 | 26.07 | 25.48 | -2.3 |
| Hong Kong | 1,604 | 7,303 | 355.3 | 2.69 | 10.70 | 298.2 |
| Haiti | 10,049 | 7,081 | -29.5 | 9.02 | 6.65 | -26.2 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 8,046 | 6,605 | -17.9 | 7.43 | 5.18 | -30.3 |
| Angola | 13,049 | 6,416 | -50.8 | 15.45 | 6.56 | -57.5 |
| Georgia | 4,283 | 6,114 | 42.8 | 4.04 | 5.81 | 43.9 |
| Iraq | 3,455 | 4,192 | 21.3 | 3.06 | 4.54 | 48.4 |
| Top 15 Countries | 232,246 | 233,893 | 0.7 | 268.35 | 288.04 | 7.3 |
| Other Countries | 75,799 | 61,911 | -18.3 | 85.81 | 76.25 | -11.1 |
| Grand Total | 308,045 | 295,804 | -4.0 | 354.16 | 364.29 | 2.9 |
