What is the price of chicken meat per kilogram/pound in Australia today?
The retail price range for Australia chicken meat is between US$ 4.39 and US$ 9.26 per kilogram or between US$ 1.99 and US$ 4.20 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of chicken meat in Australia
The retail price range in Australian Dollar for chicken meat is between AUD 6.60 and AUD 13.93 per kilogram or between AUD 2.99 and AUD 6.32 per pound(lb) in Canberra and Melbourne.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Australia chicken meat is between US$ 3.07 and US$ 6.48 per kilogram or between US$ 1.39 and US$ 2.94 per pound(lb).
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Australia Chicken Meat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from Australia has seen a steady increase over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 1.27 US$ per kg, and in 2021 it was 1.54 US$ per kg. The highest price was recorded in 2020, at 1.47 US$ per kg. The most recent price in 2022 was 1.59 US$ per kg. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from Australia will continue to increase in the next two years, with an estimated price of 1.63 US$ per kg in 2023 and 1.68 US$ per kg in 2024.The exports of chicken meat from Australia are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
- Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excluding sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160232)
- Fresh or chilled fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020711)
- Frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020712)
- Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
Australia Chicken Meat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Australia has been relatively stable over the last five years. In 2016, the price was $1.23, followed by $1.27 in 2017, $1.36 in 2018, $1.31 in 2019, and $1.47 in 2020. This year, 2021, the price has increased to $1.54, and is expected to rise further to $1.59 in 2022. Looking ahead, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Australia will remain around the same level in 2023, at approximately $1.59, and will increase slightly to $1.63 in 2024.Export values for Australia chicken meat
The total values in export for chicken meat in Australia were US$ 79,558, US$ 103,286, US$ 103,326 and US$ 114,828 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Meat category in Australia: Pork, Mutton, Goat Meat, Horse Meat, Turkey Meat, Duck Meat, Geese Meat, Guinea Fowls Meat, Rabbit Meat & Frog Legs.
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Australia chicken meat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of chicken meat sold by Australia in 2020 was 79,786 tonnes. In 2019 Australia shipped 87,700 tonnes of chicken meat. Through 2019 alone, the market for Australia chicken meat (meat category) has increased, changing by 15.071 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chicken meat's exports grew by 7.82 pc netting Australia US$114.83m for the year 2019. Australia's chicken meat exports are classified as:
- Frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020712)
- Fresh or chilled fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020711)
- Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
- Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excluding sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160232)
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
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Australia chicken meat export values
In 2019, Australia supplied chicken meat costing 114.83m USD, an increment of 11.13% from 2018's total chicken meat export of 103.326m USD. The yearly growth in value of Australia chicken meat between 2017 to 2018 was 0.03872742 pc.
The per year variation in the volume of Australia's chicken meat exports between 2017 and 2019 was 7.82 pc compared to a variation of 15.071% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Australia chicken meat ( in '000$ )
Australia's top destinations for chicken meat are Papua New Guinea, Gabon, Myanmar, Benin and Equatorial Guinea.
Australia ordered 14,150 tonnes of chicken meat in 2019.