Chicken exports in June dropped 11.4 percent in quantity and 24.5 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for June 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of June
Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 300,339 265,358 -11.6 357.50 262.22 -26.7
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  9,697  8,202  -15.4  28.29  27.34  -3.4
Whole Chickens  4,371  5,010  14.6  5.29  5.52  4.3
Total  314,407  278,570  -11.4  391.08  295.08  -24.5

Chicken parts exports in June 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of June
Destination Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 66,207 56,244 -15.0 60.13 46.88 -22.0
Hong Kong  27,276  26,796  -1.8  42.06  33.68  -19.9
Taiwan  15,198  18,399  21.1  17.34  16.58  -4.4
Angola  15,661  14,861  -5.1  17.60  11.96  -32.0
Canada  10,160  13,820  36.0  34.30  38.00  10.8
Cuba 11,255  11,101  -1.4  11.37  7.58  -33.3
Guatemala  6,342  8,409  32.6  7.05  7.65  8.5
United Arab Emirates  1,855  7,363 296.9  2.13  5.15  141.8
Iraq  3,243  5,707  76.0  3.46  3.81  10.1
 Haiti  3,067  5,526  80.2 3.80  4.24 11.6
 Georgia  5,971  5,464 -8.5  5.58  4.12  -26.2
 Vietnam  5,663  5,435  -4.0  5.82  5.35  -8.1
 Kazakhstan  2,836  5,380  89.7  2.85  3.27  14.7
 Turkey  1,497  4,693  213.5  1.32  3.66  177.3
 Philippines  5,448  4,135  -24.1  4.89  3.32  -32.1
Top 15 Markets  181,679 193,333  6.4  219.70 195.25  -11.1
Other Countries  118,660  72,025  -39.3  137.80  66.97  -51.4
Grand Total  300,339  265,358  -11.6  357.50 262.22  -26.7

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

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-June
Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 1,761,370 1,587,666 -9.9 2,066.73 1,704.13 -17.5
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  49,726  45,962  -7.6 167.62  164.29  -2.0
Whole Chickens  27,915  34,214  22.6  34.18  44.43  30.0
Total  1,839,011  1,667,842  -9.3  2,268.53  1,912.85  -15.7

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

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-June
Destination Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico  343,025 322,448  -6.0  340.67  292.61  -14.1
Hong Kong  147,689  180,339  22.1  223.11  253.52  13.6
Taiwan  71,759  106,875  48.9  81.12  109.15  34.6
Canada  58,303  72,964  25.1  172.39  202.31  17.4
Cuba  70,292  71,076  1.1  71.58  59.94  -16.3
Angola  95,186  67,420  -29.2  97.73  59.31  -39.3
Vietnam  26,560  48,496  82.6  29.02  49.95  72.1
Guatemala 38,075  46,690  22.6 41.15  45.79 11.3
Georgia  44,797  46,363  3.5  40.57  37.64 -7.2
United Arab Emirates 31,662  38,774  22.5  31.28  29.07  -7.1
Iraq  51,204  38,221  -25.4  50.20  29.58  -41.1
Philippines  41,122  33,263  -19.1  36.58  28.40  -22.4
Haiti  23,860  32,015  34.2  26.77  28.63  6.9
Chile  18,833  24,704  31.2  23.50  22.41  -4.6
Lithuania  10,896  22,179  103.6  13.29  24.55  84.7
Top 15 Markets  1,073,263  1,151,827  7.3  1,278.96  1,272.86  -0.5
Other Countries  688,107  435,839  -36.7  787.77  431.27  45.3
Grand Total 1,761,370 1,587,666 -9.9  2.066.73  1,704.13  -17.5