What is the price of live chicken per kilogram/pound in US today?
The retail price range for US live chicken is between US$ 1.92 and US$ 5.76 per kilogram or between US$ 0.87 and US$ 2.61 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of live chicken in US
The retail price range in Euro for live chicken is between EUR 1.76 and EUR 5.28 per kilogram or between EUR 0.80 and EUR 2.39 per pound(lb) in Washington and New York.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for US live chicken is between US$ 1.34 and US$ 4.03 per kilogram or between US$ 0.61 and US$ 1.83 per pound(lb).
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US Live Chicken Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Live Chicken from the US over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2011 and 2015, the export price was 0.00 US dollars per kilogram. In 2012 and 2013, the export price was 73.36 and 73.37 US dollars per kilogram respectively. In 2014, the export price was 69.90 US dollars per kilogram. For the years 2016 to 2022, the export price has remained at 0.00 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price for 2023 and 2024 will remain at 0.00 US dollars per kilogram.US Live Chicken Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Live Chicken into the US over the last five years has been quite volatile. In 2012, the price was 48.11 US dollars per kg, which dropped to 43.11 US dollars per kg in 2013. This was followed by a sharp increase in 2014, when the price rose to 52.69 US dollars per kg. However, the prices dropped to 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2015 and remained at that level for the next six years. Looking ahead, it is difficult to predict the import price per kilogram of Live Chicken into the US for 2023 and 2024. However, based on the data from the last five years, it is likely that the prices will remain at 0.00 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for US live chicken
The total values in export for live chicken in US were US$ 157,814, US$ 188,592, US$ 203,491 and US$ 283,965 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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US live chicken - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of live chicken exported by US in 2020 was 50,891,740 metric tonnes. In 2019 US exported 67,211,656 tonnes of live chicken. Across 2019 alone, the demand for US live chicken (livestock category) has escalated, flactuating by 14.249 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, live chicken's exports reduced by -1.26% netting the exporter US$283.96m for the year 2019. US' live chicken exports are categorised as:
- Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing <= 185 g (excluding turkeys and guinea fowls) (HS code 010511)
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US live chicken export values
In 2019, US sold live chicken with a value of 283.96m USD, a surge of 39.54% from 2018's total live chicken export of 203.491m USD. The yearly change in value of US live chicken between 2017 to 2018 was 7.9 per cent.
The annual variation in the amount of US' live chicken exports between 2017 and 2019 was -1.26% in comparison to a variation of 14.249% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
US' portion of the world's total live chicken's exports in 2019 was 4.2%. US holds position 9 in world exports of live chicken.
Export markets for US live chicken ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
US is a net exporter of live chicken. The annual growth of US live chicken in value between 2015 to 2019 was 3%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 7%, per annum.
US ordered 1,602,043 tonnes of live chicken in 2019.