Chicken exports in May 2025 decreased 11.3 percent in quantity and decreased 8.3 percent in value when compared with May 2024, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for May 2025 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of May | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 261,093 | 231,566 | -11.3 | 349.47 | 323.13 | -7.5 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 9,892 | 7,577 | -23.4 | 40.20 | 31.55 | -21.5 |
| Whole Chickens | 1,178 | 2,187 | 85.7 | 1.93 | 4.25 | 120.2 |
| Total | 272,163 | 241,330 | -11.3 | 391.59 | 358.92 | -8.3 |
Chicken exports for January-May 2025 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-May | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 1,332,969 | 1,216,186 | -8.8 | 1,717.44 | 1,707.15 | -0.6 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 41,758 | 50,390 | 20.7 | 174.76 | 209.46 | 19.9 |
| Whole Chickens | 8,180 | 9,485 | 16.0 | 13.35 | 15.64 | 17.2 |
| Total | 1,382,907 | 1,276,061 | -7.7 | 1,905.54 | 1,932.25 | 1.4 |
Chicken parts exports May 2025 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of May | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 63,579 | 57,456 | -9.6 | 79.47 | 66.58 | -16.2 |
| Philippines | 10,644 | 19,006 | 78.6 | 10.55 | 21.99 | 108.5 |
| Canada | 11,920 | 14,765 | 23.9 | 32.91 | 47.04 | 42.9 |
| Taiwan | 12,930 | 13,387 | 3.5 | 15.21 | 18.16 | 19.4 |
| Cuba | 17,232 | 12,215 | -29.1 | 23.16 | 16.18 | -30.1 |
| Guatemala | 10,541 | 9,902 | -6.1 | 14.80 | 14.23 | -3.8 |
| Vietnam | 10,725 | 7,873 | -26.6 | 11.74 | 9.58 | -18.4 |
| Haiti | 3,842 | 6,911 | 79.9 | 5.06 | 8.39 | 65.8 |
| Ghana | 5,825 | 6,545 | 12.4 | 7.26 | 9.48 | 30.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6,382 | 6,508 | 2.0 | 7.15 | 7.33 | 2.5 |
| Hong Kong | 7,520 | 5,850 | -22.2 | 11.53 | 8.63 | -25.1 |
| Georgia | 4,229 | 5,657 | 33.8 | 4.06 | 4.79 | 17.8 |
| Turkmenistan | 3,886 | 5,634 | 45.0 | 4.35 | 6.34 | 45.5 |
| Angola | 6,608 | 5,490 | -16.9 | 7.50 | 5.96 | -20.5 |
| Colombia | 7,392 | 4,288 | -42.0 | 9.14 | 5.95 | -35.0 |
| Top 15 Countries | 183,255 | 181,487 | -1.0 | 243.88 | 250.62 | 2.8 |
| Other Countries | 77,838 | 50,079 | -35.7 | 105.59 | 72.52 | -31.3 |
| Grand Total | 261,093 | 231,566 | -11.3 | 349.47 | 323.13 | -7.5 |
Chicken parts exports in January-May 2025 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports in the Months of January-May | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 | Change | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 297,309 | 284,488 | -4.3 | 349.12 | 338.09 | -3.2 |
| Cuba | 102,604 | 99,825 | -2.7 | 120.35 | 125.66 | 4.4 |
| Taiwan | 85,590 | 82,618 | -3.5 | 104.39 | 113.80 | 9.0 |
| Philippines | 55,161 | 79,730 | 44.5 | 53.82 | 94.98 | 76.5 |
| Canada | 50,063 | 65,806 | 31.4 | 141.49 | 188.35 | 33.1 |
| Guatemala | 57,624 | 54,276 | -5.8 | 75.73 | 74.98 | -1.0 |
| Vietnam | 51,779 | 42,417 | -18.1 | 55.58 | 48.93 | -12.0 |
| Angola | 39,190 | 32,927 | -16.0 | 42.79 | 37.65 | -12.0 |
| Georgia | 30,222 | 31,620 | 4.6 | 29.85 | 29.66 | -0.6 |
| Ghana | 22,649 | 30,691 | 35.5 | 28.52 | 43.94 | 54.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 44,440 | 28,305 | -36.3 | 46.77 | 32.51 | -30.5 |
| Haiti | 22,880 | 27,613 | 20.7 | 24.11 | 33.96 | 40.9 |
| Dominican Republic | 22,228 | 26,524 | 19.3 | 33.91 | 39.93 | 17.8 |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | 22,057 | 19,730 | -10.5 | 19.08 | 18.92 | -0.8 |
| Colombia | 20,412 | 19,436 | -4.8 | 25.65 | 31.05 | 21.0 |
| Top 15 Countries | 924,208 | 926,006 | 0.2 | 1,151.14 | 1,252.40 | 8.8 |
| Other Countries | 408,761 | 290,180 | -29.0 | 566.30 | 454.75 | -19.7 |
| Grand Total | 1,332,969 | 1,216,186 | -8.8 | 1,717.44 | 1,707.15 | -0.6 |
