May Chicken Exports Slipped 11.4 Percent in Quantity and 19.6 Percent in Value

On July 10, 2015, in Chicken Exports, by Debra Newman

Chicken exports in May decreased 11.4 percent in quantity and 19.6 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for May 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of May
Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 308,266 271,564 -11.9 362.78 285.66 -21.3
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 7,722 7,223 -6.5 28.02 25.28 -9.8
Whole Chickens 5,383 6,064 12.7 6.40 8.32 30.0
Total 321,371 284,851 -11.4 397.20 319.26 -19.6

Chicken parts exports in May 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of May
Destination Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 70,518 49,240  -30.2 65.57 43.43  -33.8
Hong Kong 25,965 31,718 22.2 38.83 42.28 8.9
Taiwan 17,563 17,345 -1.2 18.59 18.69  0.5
Angola 15,443 15,963  3.4 15.29 13.36  -12.6
Canada 10,663 13,957  30.9 33.02 40.38 22.3
Cuba 13,100 12,758  -2.6 13.65 10.30 -24.5
Guatemala 6,083 8,505 39.8 6.84 7.99 16.8
United Arab Emirates 1,312 8,398  540.1 1.40 5.61 300.7
Iraq 55,999 7,588 -86.4 5.88 4.87 -17.2
Lithuania 729 6,661  813.7 0.90 5.13  470.0
Georgia 108 5,750  5,224.1 0.10 4.68  4,580.0
Vietnam 3,195 5,654  77.0 3.55 5.44 53.2
Philippines 5,937 5,184 -12.7 5.22 4.94  -5.4
Chile 3,995 5,087  27.3 4.97 3.67  -26.2
Haiti 4,396 4,570  4.0 5.00 3.95 -21.0
Top 15 Markets 235,006 198,378  -15.6 218.81 214.72  -1.9
Other Countries 73,260 73,186 -0.1 143.97 70.94  -50.7
Grand Total 308,266 271,564  -11.9 362.78 285.66  -21.3

Chicken exports for January-May 2014 and January-May 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-May
Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 1,460,492 1,322,308 -9.5 1,708.95 1,441.91 -15.6
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 39,977 37,760 -5.5 139.20  136.95  -1.6
Whole Chickens 23,507 29,204 24.2 28.85  38.91  34.9
Total 1,523,976 1,389,272 -8.8 1,877.00  1,617.77  -13.8

Chicken parts exports during January-May 2014 and January-May 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-May
Destination Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 276,531 266,205  -3.7 280.25  245.73  -12.3
Hong Kong 120,524  153,544  27.4  181.22  219.84  21.3
Taiwan  56,574  88,477  56.4  63.87  92.57  44.9
Cuba  58,943  59,974  1.7  60.10 52.36  -12.9
Canada  48,120  59,144  22.9 138.10  164.31  19.0
Angola 79,453 52,560  -33.8  80.05 47.35  -40.8
Vietnam  20,724  43,061  107.8 23.04  44.60  93.6
Georgia  39,420  40,900  3.8  35.47 33.53  -5.5
Guatemala  31,812  38,281  20.3  34.22 38.14  11.5
Iraq  47,852  32,514  -32.1 46.66  25.77  -44.8
United Arab Emirates  29,835  31,411  5.3  29.18 23.91  -18.1
Philippines  35,725  29,128  -18.5  31.72 25.08  -20.9
Haiti  20,766  26,490  27.6 22.92  24.40  6.5
Lithuania  9,586  22,017  129.7  11.67 24.39  109.0
Chile  16,513  21,095  27.7  20.72 19.27  -7.0
Top 15 Markets  892,378  964,801  8.1  1,059.19 1,081.25  2.1
Other Countries  568,114  357,507  -37.1  649.76 360.66  -44.5
Grand Total  1,460,492  1,322,308  -9.5  1,708.95  1,441.91  -15.6

 

 



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