Chicken exports in August 2023 decreased 1.4 percent in quantity and decreased 14.5 percent in value when compared with August 2022, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for August 2023 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of August | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 305,734 | 302,479 | -1.1 | 446.83 | 379.45 | -15.1 |
| Prepared Chicken Sausages | 6,978 | 6,342 | -9.1 | 28.97 | 27.82 | -4.0 |
| Whole Chickens | 2,372 | 1,888 | -20.4 | 4.69 | 3.65 | -22.2 |
| Total | 315,084 | 310,709 | -1.4 | 480.49 | 410.91 | -14.5 |
Chicken exports for January-August 2023 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-August | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 2,444,836 | 2,399,091 | -1.9 | 3,321.95 | 2,989.23 | -10.0 |
| Prepared Chicken Sausages | 54,352 | 48,661 | -10.5 | 207.49 | 213.00 | 2.7 |
| Whole Chickens | 20,487 | 13,585 | -33.7 | 30.63 | 22.88 | -25.3 |
| Total | 2,519,675 | 2,461,337 | -2.3 | 3,560.06 | 3,225.11 | -9.4 |
Chicken parts exports in August 2023 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of August | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 56,374 | 60,789 | 7.8 | 64.63 | 63.54 | -1.7 |
| Cuba | 20,834 | 34,922 | 67.6 | 26.37 | 36.73 | 39.3 |
| China | 59,737 | 28,206 | -52.8 | 102.19 | 54.81 | -46.4 |
| Taiwan | 14,675 | 17,424 | 18.7 | 19.88 | 22.45 | 12.9 |
| Philippines | 16,412 | 16,907 | 3.0 | 21.12 | 17.84 | -15.5 |
| Guatemala | 10,155 | 13,796 | 35.9 | 16.33 | 15.98 | -2.1 |
| Canada | 12,406 | 10,919 | -12.0 | 41.43 | 30.29 | -26.9 |
| Vietnam | 14,872 | 10,798 | -27.4 | 17.20 | 10.38 | -39.7 |
| Haiti | 5,619 | 8,660 | 54.1 | 6.25 | 7.83 | 25.2 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 7,665 | 8,657 | 12.9 | 8.34 | 8.17 | -2.0 |
| Angola | 14,278 | 7,501 | -47.5 | 19.27 | 7.86 | -59.2 |
| Georgia | 8,010 | 6,716 | -16.2 | 8.05 | 6.73 | -16.4 |
| Colombia | 5,713 | 6,586 | 15.3 | 8.24 | 6.83 | -17.2 |
| Hong Kong | 1,095 | 5,149 | 370.2 | 1.89 | 7.64 | 303.9 |
| Ghana | 2,329 | 3,600 | 54.6 | 2.93 | 4.37 | 49.4 |
| Top 15 Markets | 250,174 | 240,630 | -3.8 | 364.10 | 301.43 | -17.2 |
| Other Countries | 55,560 | 61,849 | 11.3 | 82.73 | 78.02 | -5.7 |
| Grand Total | 305,734 | 302,479 | -1.1 | 446.83 | 379.45 | -15.1 |
Chicken parts exports in January-August 2023 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Months of January-August | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 410,817 | 466,604 | 13.6 | 485.80 | 488.02 | 0.5 |
| China | 426,421 | 304,983 | -28.5 | 760.57 | 513.78 | -32.4 |
| Taiwan | 175,294 | 201,324 | 14.8 | 205.39 | 263.90 | 28.5 |
| Cuba | 182,012 | 194,915 | 7.1 | 178.07 | 198.19 | 11.3 |
| Philippines | 117,708 | 103,566 | -12.0 | 133.55 | 109.26 | -18.2 |
| Guatemala | 84,141 | 90,520 | 7.6 | 107.92 | 104.35 | -3.3 |
| Canada | 91,186 | 85,481 | -6.3 | 283.17 | 238.36 | -15.8 |
| Angola | 83,068 | 65,925 | -20.6 | 116.79 | 74.19 | -36.5 |
| Vietnam | 71,321 | 63,766 | -10.6 | 75.12 | 59.60 | -20.7 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 48,115 | 53,326 | 10.8 | 46.68 | 50.51 | 8.2 |
| Haiti | 56,766 | 52,011 | -8.4 | 68.90 | 47.28 | -31.4 |
| Georgia | 40,877 | 51,120 | 25.1 | 35.50 | 47.63 | 34.2 |
| Colombia | 41,052 | 40,291 | -1.9 | 56.02 | 45.78 | -18.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40,842 | 38,803 | -5.0 | 41.03 | 36.93 | -10.0 |
| Dominican Republic | 31,110 | 34,293 | 10.2 | 44.85 | 43.41 | -3.2 |
| Top 15 Markets | 1,900,730 | 1,846,928 | -2.8 | 2,639.35 | 2,321.21 | -12.1 |
| Other Countries | 544,106 | 552,163 | 1.5 | 682.60 | 668.02 | -2.1 |
| Grand Total | 2,444,836 | 2,399,091 | -1.9 | 3,321.95 | 2,989.23 | -10.0 |
