Chicken exports in October 2016 increased 7.4 percent in quantity and 4.4 percent in value when compared with 2015. Chicken exports for October 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of October
Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 243,011  264,842 9.0  220.87 237.56 7.6
Prepared Chicken & Sausages 8,282  7,310 11.7  29.51  26.55  -10.0
Whole Chickens 7,494  5,847  -22.0  7.95  5.65  -28.9
Total 258,787 277,999  7.4  258.33  269.76  4.4

Chicken parts exports in October 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of October
Destination Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 55,380 45,652  -17.6 39.81 34.04 -14.5
Hong Kong 22,861 27,380  19.8 24.64 34.00  38.0
Angola 10,283 19,064 85.4 6.84 14.19  107.5
Canada 13,458 12,681  -5.8 34.93 26.80  -23.3
Cuba 13,246 11,279 -14.8 6.53 7.44  13.9
Philippines 7,211 10,507  45.7 5.36 7.68  43.3
Colombia 3,812 9,758 156.0 3.09 7.28  1,35.6
Guatemala 9,608 9,661 0.6 7.54 7.45  -1.2
Kazakhstan 7,305 8,623  18.0 6.08 8.05  32.4
Congo (Kinshasa) 135 8,000  5,825.9 0.10 5.64 5,540.0
Iraq 3,596 7,094  97.3 2.57 4.98 93.8
United Arab Emirates 2,568 6,298  145.2 2.43 4.16  71.2
Taiwan 13,761 5,898  -57.1 9.32 4.40  -52.8
Ghana 2,997 5,444  81.6 2.38 4.40  84.9
Vietnam 6,813 5,358  -21.4 5.48 3.97 -27.6
Top 15 Markets 173,034 192,697  11.4 150.26 174.48  16.1
Other Countries 69,977 72,145  3.1 70.61 63.08  -10.7
Grand Total 243,011 264,842  9.0 220.87 237.56 7.6

Chicken exports for January-October 2015 and January-October 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-October
Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 2,512,453 2,552,092 1.6 2,568.87 2.336.17  -9.1
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  77,111  70,618  -8.4  274.53 248.28 -9.6
Whole Chickens  61,027  66,613  9.2  73.04  75.46  3.3
Total  2,650,591  2,689,323  1.5  2,916.44  2.659.91  -8.8

Chicken parts exports during January-October 2015 and January-October 2016 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-October
Destination Quantity Value
2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 543,646 517,859  -4.7 456.97 396.80  -13.2
Hong Kong 251,238 249,148  -0.8 332.86 305.28  -8.3
Cuba 88,965 135,990 52.9 69.70 89.19  28.0
Taiwan 151,263 131,654  -13.0 139.75 103.63  -25.8
Canada 130,018 116,464  -10.4 353.64 292.50  -17.3
Guatemala 80,970 95,823  18.3 72.80 73.65  1.2
Angola 118,686 94,266  -20.6 95.62 70.07 -26.7
Philippines 60,952 80,729  32.4 48.97 61.93  26.5
Vietnam 69,649 70,805  1.7 66.74 58.06 -13.0
Kazakhstan 54,760 65,963 20.5 38.72 60.97  57.5
Iraq 63,068 64,238 1.9 47.46 45.22  -4.7
Chile 40,312 63,313 57.1 34.52 49.62  43.7
Haiti 53,315 58,974  10.6 42.92 43.90  2.3
United Arab Emirates 49,469 54,914  11.0 39.07 39.27  0.5
Colombia 24,706 45,319  83.4 22.77 34.74 52.6
Top 15 Markets 1,781,017 1,845,459  3.6 1,862.51 1,724.83  -7.4
Other Countries 731,436 706,633  -3.4 706.36 611.34  -13.5
Grand Total 2,512,453 2,552,092  1.6 2,568.87 2,336.17 -9.1