What is the price of chicken meat per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya chicken meat is between US$ 4.12 and US$ 4.55 per kilogram or between US$ 1.87 and US$ 2.06 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of chicken meat in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for chicken meat is between KES 572.81 and KES 632.26 per kilogram or between KES 259.78 and KES 286.74 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya chicken meat is between US$ 2.89 and US$ 3.19 per kilogram or between US$ 1.31 and US$ 1.45 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Chicken Meat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from Kenya over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 3.91 US$ per kg, followed by 4.24 US$ per kg in 2018, 4.68 US$ per kg in 2019, 4.25 US$ per kg in 2020 and 4.31 US$ per kg in 2021. There was a significant increase in 2014, when the price rose to 6.07 US$ per kg. The prices have since been decreasing, with the lowest price being 3.54 US$ per kg in 2013. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from Kenya in 2023 will be around 4.17 US$ per kg and in 2024 will be around 4.04 US$ per kg.The chicken meat exports from Kenya are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
- 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)
- 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)
Kenya Chicken Meat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Kenya has been fluctuating over the past five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at 6.52 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 3.91 US dollars per kg in 2017. The price then rose to 4.68 US dollars per kg in 2019, before dropping to 4.25 US dollars per kg in 2020. The most recent data shows that the import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Kenya is 4.31 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Kenya will be 4.37 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 4.43 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Kenya chicken meat
The total values in export for chicken meat in Kenya were US$ 404, US$ 172, US$ 212 and US$ 178 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Kenya chicken meat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya sold 38 tonnes of chicken meat. For the year 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya chicken meat (meat category) has gone down, recording a change of -24 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chicken meat's exports reduced by -13.64 pc netting the country US$0.18m for the year 2019. Kenya's chicken meat exports are classified as:
- Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
- Frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020712)
- Fresh or chilled fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020711)
- Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excluding sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160232)
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Kenya chicken meat export values
In 2019, Kenya supplied chicken meat worth 0.18m USD, a decrease of -15.09% from 2018's total chicken meat export of 0.212m USD. The annual change in value of Kenya chicken meat between 2017 to 2018 was 23.256%.
The per year variation in the amount of Kenya's chicken meat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -13.64 pc when compared to a variation of -24% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Kenya chicken meat ( in '000$ )
Kenya's top destinations for chicken meat are Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia and Ethiopia.
Kenya procured 818 tonnes of chicken meat in 2019.