Chicken exports in September slipped at 22.9 percent in quantity and 38.5 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for September 2015 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of September | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2014 | 2015 | Change | 2014 | 2015 | Change | |
| – metric tons – | – percent – | – million dollars – | – percent – | |||
| Chicken Parts | 301,130 | 227,340 | -24.5 | 369.11 | 213.74 | -42.1 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 8,882 | 8,099 | -8.8 | 32.05 | 28.84 | -10.0 |
| Whole Chickens | 4,777 | 7,330 | 53.4 | 5.68 | 7.66 | 34.9 |
| Total | 314,789 | 242,769 | -22.9 | 406.84 | 250.24 | -38.5 |
Chicken parts exports in September 2015 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of September | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Quantity | Value | ||||
| 2014 | 2015 | Change | 2014 | 2015 | Change | |
| — metric tons — | — percent — | — million dollars — | — percent — | |||
| Mexico | 57,242 | 51,688 | -9.7 | 54.72 | 38.46 | -29.7 |
| Hong Kong | 31,808 | 24,369 | -23.4 | 48.53 | 25.43 | -47.6 |
| Canada | 12,220 | 14,508 | 18.7 | 38.19 | 39.45 | 3.3 |
| Angola | 19,208 | 13,487 | -29.8 | 24.23 | 8.74 | -63.9 |
| Taiwan | 3,524 | 11,367 | 222.6 | 4.58 | 7.65 | 67.0 |
| Guatemala | 6,617 | 9,257 | 39.9 | 7.14 | 7.11 | -0.4 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 5,484 | 7,386 | 34.7 | 6.03 | 5.22 | -13.4 |
| Philippines | 7,868 | 7,264 | -7.7 | 8.04 | 5.20 | -35.3 |
| Iraq | 7,321 | 6,747 | -7.8 | 7.19 | 4.20 | -41.6 |
| Haiti | 5,741 | 6,434 | 12.1 | 6.25 | 4.21 | -32.6 |
| Kazakhstan | 6,311 | 6,330 | 0.3 | 5.99 | 4.76 | -20.5 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 2,696 | 4,200 | 55.8 | 2.81 | 3.12 | 11.0 |
| Ghana | 7,632 | 3,711 | -51.4 | 9.40 | 3.42 | -63.6 |
| Georgia | 8,327 | 3,609 | -56.7 | 8.81 | 3.32 | -62.3 |
| Vietnam | 4,075 | 3,582 | -12.1 | 4.30 | 3.00 | -30.2 |
| Top 15 Markets | 186,074 | 173,939 | -6.5 | 236.21 | 163.29 | -30.9 |
| Other Countries | 115,056 | 53,401 | -53.6 | 132.90 | 50.45 | -62.0 |
| Grand Total | 301,130 | 227,340 | -24.5 | 369.11 | 213.74 | -42.1 |
Chicken exports for January-September 2014 and January-September 2015 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports During January-September | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2014 | 2015 | Change | 2014 | 2015 | Change | |
| – metric tons – | – percent – | – million dollars – | – percent – | |||
| Chicken Parts | 2,671,660 | 2,270,131 | -15.0 | 3,189.01 | 2,350.56 | -26.3 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 76,142 | 68,742 | -9.7 | 259.24 | 244.88 | -5.5 |
| Whole Chickens | 41,822 | 54,308 | 29.9 | 51.29 | 66.86 | 30.4 |
| Total | 2,789,624 | 2,393,181 | -14.2 | 3,499.54 | 2,662.30 | -23.9 |
Chicken parts exports during January-September 2014 and January-September 2015 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-September | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | Quantity | Value | ||||
| 2014 | 2015 | Change | 2014 | 2015 | Change | |
| — metric tons — | — percent — | — million dollars — | — percent — | |||
| Mexico | 517,395 | 488,625 | -5.6 | 510.33 | 417.67 | -18.2 |
| Hong Kong | 239,921 | 229,237 | -4.5 | 362.29 | 309.76 | -14.5 |
| Taiwan | 93,615 | 137,894 | 47.3 | 107.69 | 130.93 | 21.6 |
| Canada | 95,868 | 116,714 | 21.7 | 289.15 | 319.43 | 10.5 |
| Angola | 156,400 | 106,950 | -31.6 | 171.88 | 87.13 | -49.3 |
| Cuba | 111,611 | 75,814 | -32.1 | 115.45 | 63.28 | -45.2 |
| Guatemala | 57,780 | 71,227 | 23.3 | 63.28 | 65.14 | 2.9 |
| Vietnam | 43,066 | 62,668 | 45.5 | 46.96 | 61.06 | 30.0 |
| Iraq | 64,963 | 59,531 | -8.4 | 64.54 | 44.89 | -30.4 |
| Georgia | 67,085 | 59,499 | -11.3 | 64.08 | 49.63 | -22.5 |
| Philippines | 64,960 | 53,672 | -17.4 | 60.31 | 43.54 | -27.8 |
| Haiti | 37,901 | 49,352 | 30.2 | 42.36 | 40.32 | -4.8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 55,217 | 46,784 | -15.3 | 55.15 | 36.65 | -33.5 |
| Kazakhstan | 29,356 | 45,947 | 56.5 | 28.56 | 31.75 | 11.2 |
| Chile | 27,894 | 35,094 | 25.8 | 35.36 | 30.79 | -12.9 |
| Top 15 Markets | 1,663,032 | 1,639,008 | -1.4 | 2,017.39 | 1,731.97 | -14.1 |
| Other Countries | 1,008,628 | 631,123 | -37.4 | 1,171.62 | 618.59 | -47.2 |
| Grand Total | 2,671,660 | 2,270,131 | -15.0 | 3,189.01 | 2,350.56 | -26.3 |
