Chicken exports in December 2023 increased 3.5 percent in quantity and increased seven percent in value when compared with December 2023, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for December 2023 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of December | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 298,175 | 306,046 | 2.6 | 358.26 | 374.48 | 4.5 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 5,733 | 8,408 | 46.7 | 24.79 | 35.58 | 43.5 |
| Whole Chickens | 1,058 | 1,055 | -0.3 | 2.11 | 2.13 | 1.1 |
| Total | 304,966 | 315,509 | 3.5 | 385.16 | 412.20 | 7.0 |
Chicken exports for January-December 2023 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-December | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 3,716,113 | 3,561,839 | -4.2 | 4,955.46 | 4,443.67 | -10.3 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 76,848 | 80,352 | 4.6 | 303.98 | 353.25 | 16.2 |
| Whole Chickens | 26,618 | 18,583 | -30.2 | 42.59 | 32.16 | -24.5 |
| Total | 3,819,579 | 3,660,774 | -4.2 | 5,302.02 | 4,829.08 | -8.9 |
Chicken parts exports in December 2023 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of December | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 59,850 | 59,910 | 0.1 | 55.74 | 67.09 | 20.3 |
| Taiwan | 17,306 | 30,365 | 75.5 | 20.12 | 37.90 | 88.3 |
| Cuba | 26,259 | 26,936 | 2.6 | 32.57 | 33.61 | 3.2 |
| Philippines | 10,460 | 16,551 | 58.2 | 10.51 | 15.98 | 52.1 |
| China | 38,632 | 13,348 | -65.4 | 63.12 | 26.38 | -58.2 |
| Guatemala | 7,990 | 12,900 | 61.5 | 8.40 | 15.99 | 90.4 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 7,163 | 12,523 | 74.8 | 7.42 | 11.08 | 49.3 |
| Canada | 9,510 | 9,439 | -0.7 | 24.28 | 25.02 | 3.1 |
| Georgia | 10,442 | 9,434 | -9.7 | 9.08 | 8.74 | -3.8 |
| Angola | 17,410 | 9,420 | -45.9 | 20.56 | 9.61 | -53.3 |
| Vietnam | 4,826 | 8,156 | 69.0 | 4.62 | 8.42 | 82.1 |
| Hong Kong | 1,573 | 7,629 | 385.0 | 2.41 | 10.96 | 355.2 |
| Haiti | 6,863 | 5,944 | -13.4 | 6.44 | 5.61 | -12.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,763 | 5,572 | 48.1 | 3.22 | 5.51 | 70.8 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,743 | 4,830 | 177.1 | 3.09 | 8.05 | 160.5 |
| Top 15 Countries | 223,790 | 232,957 | 4.1 | 271.57 | 289.92 | 6.8 |
| Other Countries | 74,385 | 73,089 | -1.7 | 86.69 | 84.56 | -2.5 |
| Grand Total | 298,175 | 306,046 | 2.6 | 358.26 | 374.48 | 4.5 |
Chicken parts exports in January-December 2023 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Months of January-December | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | Change | 2022 | 2023 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 646,559 | 702,714 | 8.7 | 715.21 | 739.40 | 3.4 |
| China | 616,008 | 399,993 | -35.1 | 1,078.09 | 692.09 | -35.8 |
| Taiwan | 234,620 | 271,090 | 15.5 | 282.19 | 350.24 | 24.1 |
| Cuba | 276,766 | 257,846 | -6.8 | 294.38 | 275.54 | -6.4 |
| Philippines | 181,117 | 172,506 | -4.8 | 210.16 | 176.96 | -15.8 |
| Guatemala | 126,683 | 142,107 | 12.2 | 156.44 | 169.64 | 8.4 |
| Canada | 135,312 | 126,796 | -6.3 | 404.76 | 350.69 | -13.4 |
| Vietnam | 116,492 | 114,333 | -1.9 | 121.90 | 110.84 | -9.1 |
| Angola | 178,510 | 103,720 | -41.9 | 230.57 | 114.06 | -50.5 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 83,811 | 92,749 | 10.7 | 86.36 | 86.53 | 0.2 |
| Georgia | 79,053 | 82,838 | 4.8 | 68.08 | 77.41 | 13.7 |
| Haiti | 70,661 | 79,527 | 12.5 | 82.66 | 74.13 | -10.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 53,674 | 62,394 | 16.2 | 52.90 | 59.92 | 13.3 |
| Hong Kong | 18,612 | 55,528 | 198.3 | 32.21 | 91.04 | 182.7 |
| Dominican Republic | 41,553 | 54,086 | 30.2 | 63.56 | 76.46 | 20.3 |
| Top 15 Countries | 2,859,431 | 2,718,227 | -4.9 | 3,879.46 | 3,444.94 | -11.2 |
| Other Countries | 856,682 | 843,612 | -1.5 | 1,076.00 | 998.74 | -7.2 |
| Grand Total | 3,716,113 | 3,561,839 | -4.2 | 4,955.46 | 4,443.67 | -10.3 |
