Chicken exports in April 2025 decreased 2.3 percent in quantity and remained unchanged in value when compared with April 2024, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for April 2025 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of April | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 253,721 | 247,282 | -2.5 | 340.48 | 340.14 | -0.1 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 9,961 | 9,261 | -7.0 | 39.89 | 38.75 | -2.9 |
| Whole Chickens | 1,592 | 2,709 | 70.2 | 2.32 | 3.70 | 59.5 |
| Total | 265,274 | 259,252 | -2.3 | 382.69 | 382.59 | 0.0 |
Chicken exports for January-April 2025 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-April | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 1,081,569 | 984,621 | -9.0 | 1,381.11 | 1,384.02 | 0.2 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 32,192 | 42,813 | 33.0 | 135.58 | 177.92 | 31.2 |
| Whole Chickens | 7,005 | 7,298 | 4.2 | 11.42 | 11.40 | -0.2 |
| Total | 1,120,766 | 1,034,731 | -7.7 | 1,528.11 | 1,573.34 | 3.0 |
Chicken parts exports April 2025 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of April | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 58,885 | 52,671 | -10.6 | 73.48 | 63.34 | -13.8 |
| Taiwan | 13,039 | 20,051 | 53.8 | 15.69 | 27.24 | 73.6 |
| Philippines | 11,373 | 17,727 | 55.9 | 11.43 | 21.75 | 90.3 |
| Cuba | 14,139 | 17,124 | 21.1 | 16.84 | 21.63 | 28.4 |
| Canada | 10,531 | 12,432 | 18.1 | 30.64 | 36.72 | 19.8 |
| Vietnam | 8,930 | 11,811 | 32.3 | 10.34 | 13.63 | 31.8 |
| Guatemala | 11,966 | 10,626 | -11.2 | 16.22 | 14.88 | -8.3 |
| Angola | 9,488 | 8,806 | -7.2 | 10.84 | 9.33 | -13.9 |
| Georgia | 3,576 | 8,464 | 136.7 | 3.51 | 7.42 | 111.4 |
| Ghana | 4,308 | 6,798 | 57.8 | 5.35 | 9.84 | 83.9 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 794 | 6,788 | 754.9 | 0.99 | 8.98 | 807.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8,059 | 6,715 | -16.7 | 8.91 | 7.66 | -14.0 |
| Turkmenistan | 1,643 | 4,577 | 178.6 | 1.76 | 6.01 | 241.5 |
| Colombia | 8,782 | 4,564 | -48.0 | 10.51 | 6.59 | -37.3 |
| Haiti | 3,332 | 4,357 | 30.8 | 3.71 | 5.75 | 55.0 |
| Top 15 Countries | 168,845 | 193,509 | 14.6 | 220.22 | 260.77 | 18.4 |
| Other Countries | 84,876 | 53,773 | -36.6 | 120.26 | 79.37 | -34.0 |
| Grand Total | 253,721 | 247,282 | -2.5 | 340.48 | 340.14 | -0.1 |
Chicken parts exports in January-April 2025 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports in the Months of January-April | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 233,730 | 227,032 | -2.9 | 269.64 | 271.51 | 0.7 |
| Cuba | 85,828 | 87,610 | 2.1 | 97.58 | 109.48 | 12.2 |
| Taiwan | 72,869 | 69,231 | -5.0 | 89.45 | 95.64 | 6.9 |
| Philippines | 47,172 | 60,724 | 28.7 | 46.01 | 73.00 | 58.7 |
| Canada | 38,190 | 51,041 | 33.7 | 108.61 | 141.31 | 30.1 |
| Guatemala | 47,171 | 44,375 | -5.9 | 61.02 | 60.75 | -0.4 |
| Vietnam | 41,713 | 34,544 | -17.2 | 44.67 | 39.35 | -11.9 |
| Angola | 32,777 | 27,437 | -16.3 | 35.60 | 31.70 | -11.0 |
| Georgia | 25,993 | 25,963 | -0.1 | 25.79 | 24.87 | -3.6 |
| Ghana | 16,132 | 24,146 | 49.7 | 20.42 | 34.45 | 68.7 |
| Dominican Republic | 17,455 | 22,705 | 30.1 | 26.39 | 34.77 | 31.8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 38,109 | 21,797 | -42.8 | 39.78 | 25.18 | -36.7 |
| Haiti | 19,756 | 20,703 | 4.8 | 19.78 | 25.57 | 29.3 |
| China | 64,234 | 19,000 | -70.4 | 121.55 | 66.11 | -45.6 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 18,633 | 16,448 | -11.7 | 15.58 | 15.94 | 2.3 |
| Top 15 Countries | 799,760 | 752,755 | -5.9 | 1,021.87 | 1,049.63 | 2.7 |
| Other Countries | 281,809 | 231,866 | -17.7 | 359.24 | 334.39 | -6.9 |
| Grand Total | 1,081,569 | 984,621 | -9.0 | 1,381.11 | 1,384.02 | 0.2 |
