Chicken Exports in July 2014 Increased 1.6 Percent in Quantity; Slipped 1.2 Percent in Value

On September 5, 2014, in Chicken Exports, by Debra Newman

Chicken exports in July this year increased 1.6 percent in quantity but slipped 1.2 percent in value, respectively when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for July 2013 and July 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of July
Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken parts 300,358 310,002 3.2 373.99 376.28 0.6
Prepared chicken & sausages 9,034 7,749 -14.2 29.19 26.45 -9.4
Whole chickens 7,646 4,477 -41.4 10.14 5.72 -43.6
Total 317,038 322,228 1.6 413.32 408.45 -1.2

Chicken parts exports in July 2013 and July 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of July
Destination Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico  52,601  62,692 19.2 62.98 58.33 -7.4
Hong Kong  12,796  30,177 135.8  16.71 45.59 172.8
Angola  18,106 18,189 0.5 21.47  20.47 -4.7
Cuba  16,339  16,918 3.5  16.74 17.17 2.6
Russia  26,925  14,470 -46.3  29.05 15.68 -46.0
China  24,776  13,877 -44.0 30.44  17.93 -41.1
Canada  11,755  11,485 -2.3 37.85  37.39 -1.2
Taiwan  9,707  11,275 16.2 11.86  13.24 11.6
Lithuania 7,580  9,260 22.2  7.69 10.31 34.1
Vietnam  6,075  7,337 20.8 6.31  7.75 22.8
Ghana  7,746  6,853 -11.5 10.91  8.37 -23.3
Guatemala 6,746  6,829 1.2  8.24 7.66 -7.0
Georgia  11,246  6,729 -40.2  11.26 6.89 -38.8
Philippines  5,667  6,115 7.9  5.01 5.86 17.0
Korea, South  4,199  5,751 37.0 5.41 8.57 58.4
Top 15 Markets  222,264  227,957 2.6  281.93 281.21 -0.3
Other Countries  78,094  82,045 5.1  92.06  95.07 3.3
Grand Total  300,358 310,002 3.2 373.99  376.28 0.6

Chicken exports for January-June 2013 and January-June 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-July
Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken parts  2,039,852 2,070,549 1.5  2,517.75 2,442.97 -3.0
Prepared chicken & sausages  63,402  57,443 -9.4  196.94  193.98 -1.5
Whole chickens  50,405  32,354 -35.8  73.26  39.86 -45.6
Total  2,153,659  2,160,346 0.3  2,787.95  2,676.81 -4.0

Chicken parts exports during January-July 2013 and January-July 2014 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-July
Destination Quantity Value
2013 2014 Change 2013 2014 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico  367,080  405,522  10.5 406.09 398.80 -1.8
Hong Kong  86,128  178,159  106.9 116.09  269.16 131.9
Russia  165,185  137,627  -16.7 182.14  142.83 -21.6
Angola  115,278  112,756 -2.2  130.44 117.67 -9.8
China  178,164  107,596  -39.6 216.22 136.66 -36.8
Cuba  89,939  87,116  -3.1  92.10  88.63 -3.8
Taiwan  75,794  83,185  9.8  93.28  94.63 1.4
Canada  79,667  69,760  -12.4  239.71  209.79 -12.5
Iraq  60,458  53,425  -11.6  67.07  52.80 -21.3
Georgia  49,736  52,229  5.0  54.22  48.08 -11.3
Philippines  39,049  47,046  20.5  39.11  42.27 8.1
Guatemala  44,470  44,982  1.2  53.32  48.97 -8.2
Korea, South 31,876  41,966  31.7  47.58  61.40 29.0
Turkey 30,373  38,147  25.6  33.91  33.15 -2.2
United Arab Emirates 39,844  36,036  -9.6  45.07  36.08 -19.9
Top 15 Markets 1,453,041 1,495,552 2.9  1,816.35 1,780.92 -2.0
Other Countries  586,811 574,997 -2.0  701.40  662.05 -5.6
Grand Total  2,039,852  2,070,549 1.5 2,517.75  2,442.97 -3.0

 



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