Chicken exports in April 2024 decreased 14.7 percent in quantity and decreased 7.8 percent in value when compared with April 2023, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for April 2024 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of April | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 303,578 | 253,721 | -16.4 | 386.19 | 340.48 | -11.8 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 6,120 | 9,961 | 62.8 | 26.33 | 39.89 | 51.5 |
| Whole Chickens | 1,464 | 1,592 | 8.7 | 2.39 | 2.32 | -3.1 |
| Total | 311,162 | 265,274 | -14.7 | 414.91 | 382.69 | -7.8 |
Chicken exports for January-April 2024 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-April | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 1,220,923 | 1,081,569 | -11.4 | 1,468.37 | 1,381.11 | -5.9 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 23,834 | 32,192 | 35.1 | 101.54 | 135.58 | 33.5 |
| Whole Chickens | 7,286 | 7,005 | -3.9 | 11.58 | 11.42 | -1.5 |
| Total | 1,252,043 | 1,120,766 | -10.5 | 1,581.49 | 1,528.10 | -3.4 |
Chicken parts exports April 2024 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of April | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 51,017 | 58,885 | 15.4 | 54.92 | 73.48 | 33.8 |
| Cuba | 15,108 | 14,139 | -6.4 | 16.18 | 16.84 | 4.0 |
| Taiwan | 35,867 | 13,039 | -63.6 | 48.80 | 15.69 | -67.9 |
| China | 43,496 | 12,527 | -71.2 | 72.09 | 22.71 | -68.5 |
| Guatemala | 9,043 | 11,966 | 32.3 | 10.78 | 16.22 | 50.4 |
| Philippines | 14,474 | 11,373 | -21.4 | 14.66 | 11.43 | -22.0 |
| Canada | 9,666 | 10,531 | 8.9 | 27.03 | 30.64 | 13.4 |
| Angola | 8,199 | 9,488 | 15.7 | 9.42 | 10.84 | 15.0 |
| Vietnam | 8,948 | 8,930 | -0.2 | 8.30 | 10.34 | 24.7 |
| Colombia | 3,613 | 8,782 | 143.1 | 4.74 | 10.51 | 121.7 |
| Hong Kong | 3,456 | 8,176 | 136.6 | 4.99 | 12.12 | 142.6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,283 | 8,059 | 10.7 | 7.37 | 8.91 | 20.9 |
| Iraq | 2,746 | 6,070 | 121.0 | 2.49 | 5.88 | 135.8 |
| Ghana | 5,488 | 4,308 | -21.5 | 6.17 | 5.35 | -13.3 |
| Gambia | 3,274 | 3,833 | 17.1 | 3.49 | 4.27 | 22.3 |
| Top 15 Countries | 221,678 | 190,106 | -14.2 | 291.45 | 255.23 | -12.4 |
| Other Countries | 81,900 | 63,615 | -22.3 | 94.74 | 85.26 | -10.0 |
| Grand Total | 303,578 | 253,721 | -16.4 | 386.19 | 340.48 | -11.8 |
Chicken parts exports in January-April 2024 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports in the Months of January-April | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 230,969 | 233,730 | 1.2 | 230.84 | 269.64 | 16.8 |
| Cuba | 85,153 | 85,828 | 0.8 | 83.35 | 97.58 | 17.1 |
| Taiwan | 101,806 | 72,869 | -28.4 | 131.62 | 89.45 | -32.0 |
| China | 165,611 | 64,234 | -61.2 | 269.93 | 121.55 | -55.0 |
| Philippines | 41,735 | 47,172 | 13.0 | 42.25 | 46.01 | 8.9 |
| Guatemala | 44,139 | 47,171 | 6.9 | 46.22 | 61.02 | 32.0 |
| Vietnam | 36,146 | 41,713 | 15.4 | 32.96 | 44.67 | 35.5 |
| Canada | 39,401 | 38,190 | -3.1 | 109.75 | 108.61 | -1.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 25,664 | 38,109 | 48.5 | 23.87 | 39.78 | 66.7 |
| Angola | 36,658 | 32,777 | -10.6 | 41.67 | 35.60 | -14.6 |
| Hong Kong | 9,501 | 30,346 | 219.4 | 14.66 | 44.55 | 203.8 |
| Georgia | 20,510 | 25,993 | 26.7 | 18.03 | 25.79 | 43.0 |
| Haiti | 29,608 | 19,756 | -33.3 | 26.46 | 19.78 | -25.2 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 25,337 | 18,633 | -26.5 | 23.32 | 15.58 | -33.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 21,285 | 17,455 | -18.0 | 24.26 | 26.39 | 8.8 |
| Top 15 Countries | 913,523 | 813,976 | -10.9 | 1,119.16 | 1,045.98 | -6.5 |
| Other Countries | 307,400 | 267,593 | -12.9 | 349.21 | 335.13 | -4.0 |
| Grand Total | 1,220,923 | 1,081,569 | -11.4 | 1,468.37 | 1,381.11 | -5.9 |
