Washington Report

Chicken exports in January were up 21.8 percent in value and up 8.7 percent in quantity.  Exports totaled 262,639 metric tons valued at $328.74 million in January 2012 compared with 241,514 tons valued at $270.00 million in January 2011.

U.S. exports of paws/feet last year totaled 346,048 metric tons, 13 percent higher than the 306,853 tons in 2010 but 27 percent lower than the 473,691 tons in 2009, according to the “International Egg and Poultry Review” this week from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).