For the first four months of 2021 China imported 488,000 metric tons of broiler products. Of this total, Brazil supplied 41.1 percent; the U.S. 36.5 percent; Russia 7.5 percent; Thailand 6.8 percent; Argentina 5.1 percent and others combined 3.0 percent.
For the month of April, China imported 123,000 metric tons of broiler products. The major suppliers were Brazil with 44.8 percent; the U.S. 30.1 percent; Thailand 9.1 percent; Russia 7.4 percent; Argentina 4.9 percent and others combined 3.7 percent.
Of the April shipments of 37,000 metric tons to China, paws represented 62.5 percent of volume, bone-in legs, 30 percent; ‘byproducts’ (presumably gizzards, hearts and livers), 6.5 percent and wings, one percent. The value of April shipments from the U.S. attained $77.8 million representing a unit price of $2,103 per metric ton.