M. Shahbandeh
Research expert covering agriculture & FMCG
Poultry industry in the United States - statistics & facts
The United States has a robust poultry industry, with an inventory of over 520 million chickens and over 218 million turkeys. The market leader for poultry products in the U.S. is Tyson with over 43 billion U.S. dollars in sales . One of the biggest product segments of Tyson Foods is fresh and processed chicken meat.
Poultry trade
For the last decade, the United States shipped about seven billion pounds of broiler exports each year. The United States exports significantly more broilers than it imports. The country exports turkey meat as well, with the volume of turkey exported from the United States in 2023 amounting to about over 515 million pounds based on a carcass weight equivalent. The vast majority of U.S. turkey exports go to Mexico, which imported about 68 percent of the United States' turkey in that year.American consumers
Within the United States, consumers purchase a large amount of meat products. The chicken was the second most frequently bought fresh meat category, with sales of about 16 billion U.S. dollars. Chicken breasts were the most popular cut, comprising over 57 percent of product sales. Chicken and turkey were the only fresh meat categories with positive sales growth in 2023. As of 2023, U.S. sales of fresh chicken increased by eight percent compare to the previous year. In the processed sector, both chicken and turkey sausages are expected to increase in dollar sales and sales volume by 2023, perhaps as many people find chicken and turkey sausages to be the healthiest type of encased meat products.
