Chicken exports in May 2023 decreased 5.3 percent in quantity and decreased 9.1 percent in value when compared with May 2022, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for May 2023 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of May | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 318,814 | 303,312 | -4.9 | 430.87 | 388.03 | -9.9 |
| Prepared Chicken Sausages | 6,862 | 6,292 | -8.3 | 26.00 | 28.03 | 7.8 |
| Whole Chickens | 3,158 | 1,747 | -44.7 | 3.95 | 2.93 | -25.8 |
| Total | 328,834 | 311,351 | -5.3 | 460.82 | 418.99 | -9.1 |
Chicken exports for January-May 2023 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-May | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 1,531,384 | 1,524,235 | -0.5 | 1,974.79 | 1,856.40 | -6.0 |
| Prepared Chicken Sausages | 34,322 | 30,126 | -12.2 | 125.01 | 129.57 | 3.6 |
| Whole Chickens | 18,554 | 9,033 | -51.3 | 22.61 | 14.51 | -35.8 |
| Total | 1,584,259 | 1,563,394 | -1.3 | 2,122.41 | 2,000.48 | -5.7 |
Chicken parts exports in May 2023 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of May | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 51,054 | 56,974 | 11.6 | 62.61 | 64.09 | 2.4 |
| China | 54,375 | 42,213 | -22.4 | 96.83 | 66.72 | -31.1 |
| Taiwan | 34,295 | 32,754 | -4.5 | 41.15 | 44.53 | 8.2 |
| Cuba | 14,248 | 24,002 | 68.5 | 14.30 | 19.96 | 39.6 |
| Philippines | 17,401 | 14,436 | -17.0 | 20.26 | 15.94 | -21.3 |
| Guatemala | 9,354 | 12,459 | 33.2 | 10.73 | 15.89 | 48.1 |
| Canada | 9,517 | 11,317 | 18.9 | 36.59 | 32.11 | -12.2 |
| Georgia | 5,151 | 7,262 | 41.0 | 4.22 | 6.60 | 56.4 |
| Vietnam | 7,794 | 6,985 | -10.4 | 7.71 | 6.81 | -11.7 |
| Iraq | 2,952 | 6,907 | 133.9 | 2.23 | 6.97 | 212.6 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 4,879 | 6,467 | 32.5 | 4.28 | 6.35 | 48.4 |
| Angola | 6,619 | 6,005 | -9.3 | 7.01 | 7.12 | 1.6 |
| Colombia | 4,336 | 4,453 | 2.7 | 5.84 | 4.92 | -15.8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9,521 | 4,205 | -55.8 | 9.84 | 4.30 | -56.3 |
| Ghana | 8,308 | 3,967 | -52.3 | 9.91 | 5.08 | -48.7 |
| Top 15 Countries | 239,803 | 240,404 | 0.3 | 333.51 | 307.39 | -7.8 |
| Other Countries | 79,011 | 62,908 | -20.4 | 97.36 | 80.64 | -17.2 |
| Grand Total | 318,814 | 303,312 | -4.9 | 430.87 | 388.03 | -9.9 |
Chicken parts exports in January-May 2023 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Months of January-May | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 254,683 | 287,943 | 13.1 | 292.97 | 294.93 | 0.7 |
| China | 257,632 | 207,824 | -19.3 | 467.58 | 336.65 | -28.0 |
| Taiwan | 113,138 | 134,560 | 18.9 | 123.03 | 176.14 | 43.2 |
| Cuba | 113,252 | 109,155 | -3.6 | 103.10 | 103.31 | 0.2 |
| Guatemala | 55,756 | 56,598 | 1.5 | 65.40 | 62.10 | -5.0 |
| Philippines | 69,894 | 56,170 | -19.6 | 74.36 | 58.19 | -21.7 |
| Canada | 55,429 | 50,718 | -8.5 | 157.06 | 141.86 | -9.7 |
| Vietnam | 36,071 | 43,131 | 19.6 | 34.40 | 39.76 | 15.6 |
| Angola | 45,889 | 42,662 | -7.0 | 39.76 | 48.78 | 22.7 |
| Haiti | 35,911 | 33,402 | -7.0 | 42.57 | 29.83 | -29.9 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 29,096 | 31,804 | 9.3 | 26.29 | 29.67 | 12.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32,942 | 29,869 | -9.3 | 31.74 | 28.17 | -11.2 |
| Georgia | 22,663 | 27,771 | 22.5 | 18.26 | 24.63 | 34.9 |
| South Africa | 35,958 | 27,092 | -24.7 | 33.65 | 26.29 | -21.9 |
| Ghana | 24,178 | 25,141 | 4.0 | 30.55 | 26.46 | -13.4 |
| Top 15 Countries | 1,182,490 | 1,163,840 | -1.6 | 1,540.72 | 1,426.77 | -7.4 |
| Other Countries | 348,894 | 360,395 | 3.3 | 434.07 | 429.63 | -1.0 |
| Grand Total | 1,531,384 | 1,524,235 | -0.5 | 1,974.79 | 1,856.40 | -6.0 |
