Poultry: Movement
How Brazil came to ship a quarter of the world's chicken
How Brazil came to ship a quarter of the world's chicken What this tab covers How it flows between countries: the largest bilateral trade routes drawn on a world map, 2024 UN Comtrade export and import values with the top exporters and importers by share, plus shipping routes, chokepoints and trade restrictions.Comtrade records $34.2 billion of poultry meat and offal exports (HS 0207) in 2024. Brazil leads with 26.5%, ahead of Poland (14.1%), the United States (13.9%), the Netherlands, Thailand and Belgium. Imports are spread out: China takes 10.7%, then Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Much European trade is within the EU. Cut preferences shape flows, since Western buyers favour breast meat and leg quarters and paws go to Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Avian influenza triggers import bans that redirect trade quickly.
Where it is exported from and imported to, 2024
Chart: World map of the largest trade flows
Exporter (size = share of world exports) Importer (share of world imports) Shipping chokepoint UN Comtrade 2024. Bubbles: shares of reported world exports and imports for the main traded form. Country-to-country route lines are not available for this commodity yet. Hover a circle for values.