date:May 14, 2012
Compared to the first quarter of 2011, January-March exportquantity of poultry meat reached 984,947 metric tons, up 14 %,while the value of those shipments climbed to $1.302 billion, up27%, both of which are all-time records.
US poultry exports for the month of March also set quantity andvalue records, reaching 339,220 tons valued at $459.4 million,up 9.3% and 21.8%, respectively, over March 2011. Monthlyexports of broiler meat -- excluding chicken paws - for themonth were 269,755 tons, up seve