May Chicken Exports Increased 2.4 Percent in Quantity and 5.5 Percent in Value

On July 7, 2017, in Chicken Exports, by Debra Newman

Chicken exports in May 2017 increased 2.4 percent in quantity and increased 5.5 percent in value when compared with 2016. Chicken exports for May 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of May
Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts  263,620  270,590 2.6  257.73  273.68  6.2
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  7,243  7,554  4.3 24.68  26.09  5.7
Whole Chickens  6,801  6,120  -10.0  7.61  6.24  -18.0
Total  277,664  284,264  2.4  290.02  306.01  5.5

Chicken parts exports in May 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of May
Destination Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 54,528  52,895  -3.0  45.96 47.07  2.4
Hong Kong  26,910  26,795  -0.4 33.12  36.82  11.2
Angola  4,322  21,072  387.6  3.32  17.99  441.9
Cuba  16,665  13,718  -17.7  12.04 10.56  -12.3
Philippines  6,260  11,543  84.4  4.42 9.16  107.2
Taiwan  17,559  11,506  -34.5  15.41 11.68  -24.2
Guatemala 10,777  10,693  -0.8  8.55  9.88  15.6
Kazakhstan  5,121  9,844  92.2  5.42  8.33  53.7
Canada 12,204  9,343  -23.4  31.83 22.01  -30.9
South Africa  3,387  7,479  120.8  2.58  6.62  156.6
Chile  6,794  6,701  -1.4  6.16  6.74  9.4
Iraq 4,601  6,242  35.7  3.59  5.66  57.7
Vietnam  12,512  6,169  -50.7  10.58  5.90  -44.2
United Arab Emirates  5,801  5,983  3.1  4.53  5.09  12.4
Colombia 2,632  5,013  90.5  2.19 4.22  92.7
Top 15 Markets  190,073  204,996  7.9  189.70 207.73  9.5
Other Countries 73,547  65,594  -10.8  68.03 65.95  -3.1
Grand Total  263,620  270,590  2.6  257.73  273.68  6.2

Chicken exports for January-May 2016 and January-May 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-May
Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts  1,249,442 1,307,641 4.7 1,128.53 1,214.72 7.6
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  34,148  38,553 12.9  119.20  137.06  15.0
Whole Chickens  35,243  27,931  -20.7  43.06  27.84  -35.3
Total  1,318,833  1,374,125  4.2  1,290.79  1,379.62  6.9

Chicken parts exports during January-May 2016 and January-May 2017 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-May
Destination Quantity Value
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico  269,858  241,925  -10.4 212.45  197.55  -7.0
Hong Kong  121,218  126,052  4.0  145.16  166.39  14.6
Angola  33,851  84,264  148.9  21.26  68.34  221.4
Cuba  54,853  77,347  41.0  33.43  52.78  57.9
Taiwan  72,631  62,258  -14.3  53.94  52.32  -3.0
Canada  55,991  51,321  -8.3  145.78  112.04 -23.1
South Africa  17,959  50,021  178.5  11.65  41.29  254.4
Guatemala  46,982  49,941  6.3  35.41  40.09  13.2
Kazakhstan  20,498  42,329  106.5  19.69  30.64  55.6
Philippines  34,652  40,959  18.2 25.12  29.47  17.3
Chile  35,603  32,840  -7.8  26.39  29.97  13.6
United Arab Emirates  32,573  31,550  -3.1  23.68  23.47  -0.9
Vietnam  38,067  30,735  -19.3  30.25  25.03 -17.3
Haiti  31,097  27,220 -12.5  22.13  20.96  -5.3
 Iraq  42,965  24,299   -43.4  30.26  19.66  -35.0
Top 15 Markets  908,798  973,061 7.1  836.60  910.00  8.8
Other Countries  340,644  334,580  -1.8  291.93  304.72  4.4
Grand Total  1,249,442  1,307,641  4.7  1,128.53  1,214.72  7.6

 

 



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