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Projected Broiler Production in China Unchanged in 2023

10/02/2022

According to USDA-FAS report CH2022-0100 released on September 16th, broiler meat production in China will remain constant in 2023 compared to 2022 at 40.3 million metric tons.  Total imports will attain 750,000 metric tons, representing 5.0 percent of availability.  Given exports of 575,000 metric tons, net imports represent 1.2 percent of availability.  Per capita consumption will remain at 22.4 lbs., divided between traditional yellow birds purchased in wet markets and an increasing proportion of white-feathered conventional broiler purchased in supermarkets and stores with a cold chain or in QSRs.

 

The report did not provide a breakdown among yellow birds, conventional white-feathered broilers and hybrids.  Increases in production of white-feathered broilers will be favored based on growing demand for QSR meals and prepared products.  Production costs, in the face of high feed prices, represent an advantage over traditional yellow birds. Consumption of broiler meat will be influenced by the economy and by the price of pork reviewed in a companion article in this edition. 

 

For the first seven months of 2022, China imported 369,623 metric tons of broiler products from the U.S, valued at $662.4 million, respectively, 47 percent and 44 percent higher than the corresponding months in 2021.  Average unit price for all U.S. exports to China for the seven-month period was $1,792 per ton compared with $1,385 per ton for all exports, demonstrating the weighting of feet that accounted for 75 percent of volume with a unit price of $2,038 per metric ton.  For the first half of 2022, the U.S. supplied 40.4 percent of the 384,000 metric tons of chicken paws imported, followed by Brazil at 25.0 percent and Russia with 13.0 percent of volume.


 
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