Chicken exports in March 2026 increased 2.1 percent in quantity; decreased 2.6 percent in value when compared with March 2025, according to USDA.
Chicken exports for March 2026 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of March | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 258,408 | 264,236 | 2.3 | 361.05 | 352.49 | -2.4 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 11,971 | 11,200 | -6.4 | 48.88 | 45.27 | -7.4 |
| Whole Chickens | 1,479 | 2,223 | 50.3 | 2.31 | 3.61 | 56.3 |
| Total | 271,858 | 277,658 | 2.1 | 412.24 | 401.37 | -2.6 |
Chicken exports for January-March 2026 were as follows:
| U.S. Chicken Exports in the Months of January-March | ||||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Chicken Parts | 737,339 | 732,648 | -0.6 | 1,043.88 | 981.88 | -5.9 |
| Prepared Chicken & Sausages | 33,552 | 30,329 | -9.6 | 139.17 | 122.92 | -11.7 |
| Whole Chickens | 4,589 | 10,132 | 120.8 | 7.69 | 18.28 | 137.7 |
| Total | 775,479 | 773,110 | -0.3 | 1,190.74 | 1,123.08 | -5.7 |
Chicken parts exports March 2026 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of March | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 55,907 | 55,775 | -0.2 | 66.39 | 61.93 | -6.7 |
| Philippines | 22,894 | 17,394 | -24.0 | 27.17 | 19.11 | -29.7 |
| Cuba | 19,244 | 16,465 | -14.4 | 22.45 | 19.58 | -12.8 |
| Angola | 6,610 | 13,152 | 99.0 | 7.78 | 16.29 | 109.4 |
| Canada | 13,016 | 12,468 | -4.2 | 36.56 | 31.97 | -12.6 |
| Vietnam | 9,768 | 12,189 | 24.8 | 10.79 | 13.42 | 24.4 |
| Ghana | 6,382 | 11,474 | 79.8 | 9.10 | 17.14 | 88.4 |
| Guatemala | 11,164 | 11,161 | 0.0 | 15.15 | 13.78 | -9.0 |
| Taiwan | 6,576 | 10,116 | 53.8 | 9.51 | 11.68 | 22.8 |
| Haiti | 5,744 | 9,116 | 58.7 | 7.45 | 11.59 | 55.6 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 3,441 | 7,623 | 121.6 | 4.55 | 10.90 | 139.6 |
| Dominican Republic | 6,568 | 7,164 | 9.1 | 9.98 | 11.08 | 11.0 |
| Gambia, The | 2,635 | 6,795 | 157.9 | 3.47 | 8.39 | 141.8 |
| Turkmenistan | 1,958 | 6,719 | 243.2 | 2.37 | 7.89 | 232.9 |
| Georgia | 8,785 | 5,626 | -36.0 | 8.12 | 5.53 | -31.9 |
| Top 15 Countries | 180,690 | 203,237 | 12.5 | 240.84 | 260.28 | 8.1 |
| Other Countries | 77,718 | 60,999 | -21.5 | 120.21 | 92.21 | -23.3 |
| Grand Total | 258,408 | 264,236 | 2.3 | 361.05 | 352.49 | -2.4 |
Chicken parts exports in January-March 2026 were as follows:
| Destination | U.S. Chicken Parts Exports in the Months of January-March | |||||
| Quantity | Value | |||||
| 2025 | 2026 | Change | 2025 | 2026 | Change | |
| metric tons | % | million dollars | % | |||
| Mexico | 174,362 | 166,882 | -4.3 | 208.17 | 184.99 | -11.1 |
| Cuba | 70,486 | 44,930 | -36.3 | 87.85 | 54.17 | -38.3 |
| Philippines | 42,997 | 42,563 | -1.0 | 51.24 | 47.15 | -8.0 |
| Vietnam | 22,733 | 39,455 | 73.6 | 25.72 | 43.21 | 68.0 |
| Canada | 38,610 | 37,873 | -1.9 | 104.58 | 99.48 | -4.9 |
| Taiwan | 49,181 | 37,721 | -23.3 | 68.40 | 43.91 | -35.8 |
| Guatemala | 33,748 | 34,383 | 1.9 | 45.87 | 42.69 | -6.9 |
| Angola | 18,631 | 28,450 | 52.7 | 22.37 | 34.87 | 55.9 |
| Haiti | 16,346 | 26,788 | 63.9 | 19.82 | 35.37 | 78.5 |
| Ghana | 17,348 | 24,427 | 40.8 | 24.61 | 36.67 | 49.0 |
| Dominican Republic | 18,682 | 20,548 | 10.0 | 29.07 | 33.89 | 16.6 |
| Turkmenistan | 5,366 | 18,062 | 236.6 | 6.10 | 20.81 | 241.1 |
| Gambia, The | 7,094 | 15,295 | 115.6 | 9.15 | 18.92 | 106.8 |
| Colombia | 10,585 | 14,458 | 36.6 | 18.51 | 23.40 | 26.4 |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 7,158 | 13,926 | 94.6 | 9.55 | 19.88 | 108.2 |
| Top 15 Countries | 533,324 | 565,761 | 6.1 | 731.01 | 739.41 | 1.1 |
| Other Countries | 204,015 | 166,887 | -18.2 | 312.87 | 242.47 | -22.5 |
| Grand Total | 737,339 | 732,648 | -0.6 | 1,043.88 | 981.88 | -5.9 |
