Statistics Canada poultry and egg trade reports

Trade balance summary - All poultry and eggs

This section displays Statistics Canada trade data and balance, in quantity and value, for live poultry, chicken and mature chicken meat, turkey meat, ducks and geese meat, hatching eggs, shell eggs, and processed eggs.

2023

January to December 2023
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	13,891,339	60,371,815	28,603,691	113,017,958	(52,646,143)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	8,690,266	1,272,748	(1,272,748)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,246,928	16,268,317	146,681	2,021,389	14,246,928
Total - All live birds (head)	-	76,640,132	-	116,312,095	(39,671,963)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	112,702,945	768,757,395	196,355,553	807,777,651	(39,020,256)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	24,853,853	76,719,488	6,079,968	46,368,788	30,350,700
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)	908,255	13,979,563	2,706,731	20,479,528	(6,499,965)
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	2,065,441	6,542,054	4,975,967	13,729,542	(7,187,488)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	140,530,494	865,998,500	210,118,219	888,355,509	(22,357,009)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) [1]	3,315,993	86,005,562	14,503,584	116,449,245	(30,443,683)
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) [1]	2,333,876	4,506,893	47,257,427	132,036,794	(127,529,901)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) [1]	3,060,340	15,169,114	6,535,587	29,208,439	(14,039,325)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	1,048,320,201	-	1,282,362,082	(234,041,881)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	4,777,960	29,261,280	24,294,255	97,177,594	(67,916,314)
Live poults < 185g (head)	7,935,778	27,307,455	4,058,631	14,432,360	12,875,095
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	1,177,601	3,803,080	250,805	1,408,004	2,395,076
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	13,891,339	60,371,815	28,603,691	113,017,958	(52,646,143)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg) [2]	-	-	8,681,266	1,260,495	(1,260,495)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	136,822	886,285	-	-	886,285
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	9,000	12,253	(12,253)
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	1,110,106	15,382,032	146,681	2,021,389	13,360,643
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	16,268,317	-	3,294,137	14,234,675
Total - All live birds	-	76,640,132	-	116,312,095	(39,671,963)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	4,440,621	23,515,459	6,529,084	7,727,823	15,787,636
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	53,368,688	159,905,309	154,834,205	563,388,253	(403,482,944)
Prepared meals	15,893,000	140,020,103	4,616,512	33,807,230	106,212,873
Meat	39,000,636	445,316,524	29,330,690	196,164,404	249,152,120
Sausages	-	-	1,045,062	6,689,941	(6,689,941)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	112,702,945	768,757,395	196,355,553	807,777,651	(39,020,256)

Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	4,975,638	18,187,095	305,777	1,260,456	16,926,639
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	18,393,784	38,895,703	3,546,224	26,427,950	12,467,753
Prepared meals	20,978	123,210	1,945,385	14,702,257	(14,579,047)
Meat	1,463,453	19,513,480	163,029	2,614,454	16,899,026
Sausages	-	-	119,553	1,363,671	(1,363,671)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	24,853,853	76,719,488	6,079,968	46,368,788	30,350,700

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	489,940	3,805,095	-	-	3,805,095
Cuts	261,063	5,111,640	1,887,269	14,083,872	(8,972,232)
Livers / Paste	34,517	3,165,416	107,917	1,357,054	1,808,362
Prepared meals	86,665	1,465,838	6,990	21,562	1,444,276
Meat	36,070	431,574	704,555	5,017,040	(4,585,466)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	908,255	13,979,563	2,706,731	20,479,528	(6,499,965)

Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	-	-	-	-	-
Cuts	-	-	-	-	-
Livers / Paste	-	-	-	-	-
Prepared meals	-	-	-	-	-
Meat	1,539,426	5,974,761	108	502	5,974,259
Sausages	-	-	261,147	1,360,627	(1,360,627)
Fat	526,015	567,293	4,714,712	12,368,413	(11,801,120)
Total meat - Other poultry	2,065,441	6,542,054	4,975,967	13,729,542	(7,187,488)
All poultry meat	140,530,494	865,998,500	210,118,219	888,355,509	(22,357,009)

Processed eggs (kg) [1]
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	-	-	409,453	2,490,342	(2,490,342)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	356,090	2,425,915	811,785	2,381,955	43,960
Dried Whole	248,606	1,485,189	1,296,005	7,465,860	(5,980,671)
Liquid / Frozen whole	2,028,674	9,535,571	1,222,643	3,037,568	6,498,003
Dried Albumin	34,780	165,673	638,768	3,698,608	(3,532,935)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	392,190	1,556,766	1,198,384	4,941,239	(3,384,473)
Egg preparations	-	-	958,549	5,192,867	(5,192,867)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	3,060,340	15,169,114	6,535,587	29,208,439	(14,039,325)

2022

January to December 2022
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	13,923,750	52,811,684	31,384,294	103,750,542	(50,938,858)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	8,608,258	707,997	(707,997)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,094,055	14,556,453	92,495	2,289,309	12,267,144
Total - All live birds (head)	-	67,368,137	-	106,747,848	(39,379,711)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	111,901,262	662,137,235	188,147,721	862,133,072	(199,995,837)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	25,524,354	83,450,900	6,624,527	37,652,369	45,798,531
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)	1,045,970	19,168,462	1,946,378	12,626,377	6,542,085
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	2,767,883	7,047,312	5,561,729	17,119,174	(10,071,862)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	141,239,469	771,803,909	202,280,355	929,530,992	(157,727,083)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) [1]	3,234,044	77,351,176	12,826,069	92,237,625	(14,886,449)
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) [1]	2,018,036	3,647,636	30,372,956	121,794,542	(118,146,906)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) [1]	5,366,547	23,512,826	10,992,292	35,519,695	(12,006,869)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	943,683,684	-	1,285,830,702	(342,147,018)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	4,800,280	20,857,379	25,290,904	84,671,228	(63,813,849)
Live poults < 185g (head)	7,994,364	28,731,634	5,835,679	18,107,008	10,624,626
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	1,129,106	3,222,671	257,711	972,306	2,250,365
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	13,923,750	52,811,684	31,384,294	103,750,542	(50,938,858)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg) [2]	-	-	8,593,318	694,545	(694,545)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	137,681	900,309	-	-	900,309
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	14,940	13,452	(13,452)
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	956,374	13,656,144	92,495	2,289,309	11,366,835
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	14,556,453	-	2,997,306	12,253,692
Total - All live birds	-	67,368,137	-	106,747,848	(39,379,711)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	7,048,705	27,718,525	4,245,527	3,915,281	23,803,244
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	56,392,838	153,145,490	144,264,506	594,683,366	(441,537,876)
Prepared meals	14,741,679	112,741,337	6,938,169	48,773,664	63,967,673
Meat	33,718,040	368,531,883	31,662,914	208,501,735	160,030,148
Sausages	-	-	1,036,605	6,259,026	(6,259,026)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	111,901,262	662,137,235	188,147,721	862,133,072	(199,995,837)

Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	4,926,487	19,912,030	-	-	19,912,030
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	19,030,064	45,533,296	4,020,393	18,948,840	26,584,456
Prepared meals	71,535	299,776	2,328,302	14,972,375	(14,672,599)
Meat	1,496,268	17,705,798	156,791	2,400,970	15,304,828
Sausages	-	-	119,041	1,330,184	(1,330,184)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	25,524,354	83,450,900	6,624,527	37,652,369	45,798,531

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	154,959	995,137	-	-	995,137
Cuts	566,156	8,851,082	1,365,459	9,214,123	(363,041)
Livers / Paste	247,893	7,915,152	85,562	940,431	6,974,721
Prepared meals	41,969	641,836	9,373	30,394	611,442
Meat	34,993	765,255	399,725	2,400,456	(1,635,201)
Fat	-	-	86,259	40,973	(40,973)
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,045,970	19,168,462	1,946,378	12,626,377	6,542,085

Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	-	-	-	-	-
Cuts	-	-	-	-	-
Livers / Paste	-	-	-	-	-
Prepared meals	-	-	-	-	-
Meat	2,090,781	6,312,331	11	52	6,312,279
Sausages	-	-	1,454,422	6,564,297	(6,564,297)
Fat	677,102	734,981	4,107,296	10,554,825	(9,819,844)
Total meat - Other poultry	2,767,883	7,047,312	5,561,729	17,119,174	(10,071,862)
All poultry meat	141,239,469	771,803,909	202,280,355	929,530,992	(157,727,083)

Processed eggs (kg) [1]
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	13,411	73,365	461,228	1,610,442	(1,537,077)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	607,842	4,113,752	1,077,901	2,607,629	1,506,123
Dried Whole	201,006	1,037,148	3,556,825	15,312,243	(14,275,095)
Liquid / Frozen whole	3,420,942	14,815,669	1,547,339	2,992,151	11,823,518
Dried Albumin	117,041	541,982	925,940	4,138,739	(3,596,757)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	1,006,305	2,930,910	2,000,698	1,633,362	1,297,548
Egg preparations	-	-	1,422,361	7,225,129	(7,225,129)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	5,366,547	23,512,826	10,992,292	35,519,695	(12,006,869)

2021

January to December 2021
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	12,872,331	47,036,108	34,062,976	92,391,337	(45,355,229)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	10,882,241	700,856	(700,856)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,129,969	16,507,749	68,692	1,671,618	14,836,131
Total - All live birds (head)	-	63,543,857	-	94,763,811	(31,219,954)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	133,612,305	555,167,248	185,613,594	587,549,616	(32,677,212)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	27,564,309	70,660,177	5,207,470	27,424,618	43,235,559
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)	1,974,699	23,914,515	2,616,182	12,954,230	10,960,285
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	2,993,220	8,887,791	6,727,219	13,591,587	(4,784,512)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	166,144,533	658,629,731	200,164,465	641,520,051	17,109,680
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) [1]	3,386,326	74,730,394	12,384,221	66,020,705	8,709,689
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) [1]	1,776,913	2,737,688	28,068,699	40,629,587	(37,891,899)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) [1]	6,529,912	17,967,723	9,636,778	28,378,926	(10,411,203)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	817,609,393	-	871,313,080	(53,703,687)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	3,788,390	15,842,812	29,438,151	78,764,452	(62,921,640)
Live poults < 185g (head)	8,291,653	28,840,141	4,342,027	12,474,985	16,365,156
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	792,288	2,353,155	282,798	1,151,900	1,201,255
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	12,872,331	47,036,108	34,062,976	92,391,337	(45,355,229)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg) [2]	-	-	10,882,241	700,856	(700,856)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	121,974	888,505	-	-	888,505
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	-	-	-
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	1,007,995	15,619,244	68,692	1,671,618	13,947,626
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	16,507,749	-	2,372,474	14,836,131
Total - All live birds	-	63,543,857	-	94,763,811	(31,219,954)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	5,326,477	22,781,947	1,310,639	1,054,517	21,727,430
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	87,074,872	182,457,597	146,660,423	388,974,400	(207,024,533)
Prepared meals	8,985,800	61,795,019	6,331,734	33,561,787	27,996,734
Meat	32,225,156	288,132,685	29,741,002	155,481,725	133,062,887
Sausages	-	-	1,569,796	8,477,187	(8,439,730)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	133,612,305	555,167,248	185,613,594	587,549,616	(32,677,212)

Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	2,699,275	9,089,679	74	260	9,089,419
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	23,900,608	48,186,235	2,817,913	13,065,515	35,120,720
Prepared meals	185,434	445,195	2,074,255	10,555,790	(10,110,595)
Meat	778,992	12,939,068	193,736	2,456,463	10,482,605
Sausages	-	-	121,492	1,346,590	(1,346,590)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	27,564,309	70,660,177	5,207,470	27,424,618	43,235,559

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	574,292	3,150,558	-	-	3,150,558
Cuts	972,529	9,742,873	1,841,232	9,639,724	103,149
Livers / Paste	240,314	7,598,062	122,934	1,683,713	5,914,349
Prepared meals	50,694	450,513	11,048	32,850	417,663
Meat	136,870	2,972,509	243,502	1,409,147	1,563,362
Fat	-	-	397,466	188,796	(188,796)
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,974,699	23,914,515	2,616,182	12,954,230	10,960,285

Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	-	-	-	-	-
Cuts	-	-	-	-	-
Livers / Paste	-	-	-	-	-
Prepared meals	-	-	-	-	-
Meat	2,561,607	8,428,255	68	292	8,346,562
Sausages	-	-	934,469	4,132,643	(4,132,643)
Fat	431,613	459,536	5,792,682	9,458,652	(8,998,431)
Total meat - Other poultry	2,993,220	8,887,791	6,727,219	13,591,587	(4,784,512)
All poultry meat	166,144,533	658,629,731	200,164,465	641,520,051	16,734,120

Processed eggs (kg) [1]
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	3,192	14,842	224,966	798,410	(783,568)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	1,160,068	3,182,935	682,259	1,702,460	1,480,475
Dried Whole	217,890	1,055,010	5,863,155	16,808,757	(15,753,747)
Liquid / Frozen whole	4,440,834	11,994,766	1,154,474	2,960,798	9,033,968
Dried Albumin	100,379	398,860	329,564	1,572,914	(1,174,054)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	607,549	1,321,310	548,159	447,183	874,127
Egg preparations	-	-	834,201	4,088,404	(4,088,404)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	6,529,912	17,967,723	9,636,778	28,378,926	(10,411,203)

2020

January to December 2020
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	11,680,307	42,654,072	30,053,210	85,779,598	(43,125,526)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	12,146,065	832,974	(832,974)
Live birds > 185g (head)	861,960	12,970,787	33,319	1,039,685	11,931,102
Total - All live birds (head)	-	55,624,859	-	87,652,257	(32,027,398)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	128,582,868	501,470,744	191,811,102	545,843,060	(44,372,316)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	25,484,930	57,133,635	4,922,788	25,181,032	31,952,603
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)	1,627,654	19,217,898	2,305,781	12,299,537	6,918,361
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	4,780,529	11,115,519	7,976,559	13,722,744	(2,607,225)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	160,475,981	588,937,796	207,016,230	597,046,373	(8,108,577)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) [1]	3,031,754	66,026,944	11,452,906	59,723,454	6,303,490
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) [1]	1,828,376	2,774,118	22,882,879	35,269,386	(32,495,268)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) [1]	6,872,298	18,478,214	9,134,051	30,658,555	(12,180,341)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	731,841,931	-	810,350,025	(78,508,094)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	2,630,368	14,439,351	26,937,464	78,747,968	(64,308,617)
Live poults < 185g (head)	8,248,414	25,993,030	2,960,310	6,391,927	19,601,103
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	801,525	2,221,691	155,436	639,703	1,581,988
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	11,680,307	42,654,072	30,053,210	85,779,598	(43,125,526)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg)	-	-	12,137,650	824,307	(824,307)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	82,527	754,844	-	-	754,844
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	8,415	8,667	(8,667)
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	779,433	12,215,943	33,319	1,039,685	11,176,258
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	12,970,787	-	1,872,659	11,922,435
Total - All live birds	-	55,624,859	-	87,652,257	(32,027,398)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	4,613,599	19,344,208	3,879,412	3,125,976	16,218,232
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	87,132,961	169,008,551	152,321,940	352,762,325	(183,753,774)
Prepared meals	6,496,238	49,330,114	8,106,361	44,006,827	5,323,287
Meat	30,340,070	263,787,871	23,953,527	137,994,630	125,793,241
Sausages	-	-	3,549,862	7,953,302	(7,953,302)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	128,582,868	501,470,744	191,811,102	545,843,060	(44,372,316)

Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	2,098,070	6,062,067	9	49	6,062,018
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	22,649,969	40,861,513	2,586,628	10,675,210	30,186,303
Prepared meals	18,621	91,840	1,789,187	9,116,059	(9,024,219)
Meat	718,270	10,118,215	418,278	3,962,624	6,155,591
Sausages	-	-	128,686	1,427,090	(1,427,090)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	25,484,930	57,133,635	4,922,788	25,181,032	31,952,603

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	621,899	3,396,346	-	-	3,396,346
Cuts	715,683	7,823,756	1,944,486	10,188,728	(2,364,972)
Livers / Paste	183,626	5,762,090	78,437	856,189	4,905,901
Prepared meals	25,651	437,104	11,033	33,018	404,086
Meat	80,795	1,798,602	206,320	1,190,487	608,115
Fat	-	-	65,505	31,115	(31,115)
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,627,654	19,217,898	2,305,781	12,299,537	6,918,361

Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	-	-	-	-	-
Cuts	-	-	-	-	-
Livers / Paste	-	-	-	-	-
Prepared meals	-	-	-	-	-
Meat	4,380,354	10,640,790	5,307	22,553	10,618,237
Sausages	-	-	1,028,621	4,561,637	(4,561,637)
Fat	400,175	474,729	6,942,631	9,138,554	(8,663,825)
Total meat - Other poultry	4,780,529	11,115,519	7,976,559	13,722,744	(2,607,225)
All poultry meat	160,475,981	588,937,796	207,016,230	597,046,373	(8,108,577)

Processed eggs (kg) [1]
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	24,472	107,496	40,530	165,702	(58,206)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	1,606,570	4,069,912	644,224	1,595,453	2,474,459
Dried Whole	90,161	263,864	5,498,339	14,989,252	(14,725,388)
Liquid / Frozen whole	4,730,677	12,987,198	981,704	2,108,502	10,878,696
Dried Albumin	80,441	354,068	169,461	1,189,144	(835,076)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	339,977	695,676	575,430	469,487	226,189
Egg preparations	-	-	1,224,363	10,141,015	(10,141,015)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	6,872,298	18,478,214	9,134,051	30,658,555	(12,180,341)

2019

January to December 2019
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	14,464,082	53,593,912	31,377,178	80,891,819	(27,297,907)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	20,048,802	1,261,144	(1,261,144)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,919,181	16,328,640	70,667	1,666,113	14,662,527
Total - All live birds (head)	-	69,922,552	-	83,819,076	(13,896,524)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	124,491,945	473,428,004	175,320,470	577,100,621	(103,672,617)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	21,282,654	42,663,640	5,691,221	32,114,120	10,549,520
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)	2,477,765	20,879,678	2,436,496	12,145,789	8,733,889
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	8,679,800	15,263,619	7,907,698	11,775,211	3,488,408
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	156,932,164	552,234,941	191,355,885	633,135,741	(80,900,800)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen)	3,398,640	71,502,560	12,023,811	60,581,115	10,921,445
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen)	1,811,687	2,681,138	50,236,627	51,505,692	(48,824,554)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	4,092,094	11,260,625	9,387,471	40,592,171	(29,331,546)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	707,601,816	-	869,633,795	(162,031,979)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	3,441,175	19,808,639	27,264,497	73,095,630	(53,286,991)
Live poults < 185g (head)	9,678,685	29,744,191	4,005,237	7,003,501	22,740,690
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	1,344,222	4,041,082	107,444	792,688	3,248,394
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	14,464,082	53,593,912	31,377,178	80,891,819	(27,297,907)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg)	-	-	19,747,988	958,041	(958,041)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	218,155	1,599,491	-	-	1,599,491
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	300,814	303,103	(303,103)
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	1,701,026	14,729,149	70,667	1,666,113	13,063,036
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	16,328,640	-	2,927,257	14,359,424
Total - All live birds	-	69,922,552	-	83,819,076	(13,896,524)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	5,345,212	20,119,796	3,339,967	3,240,835	16,878,961
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	83,731,371	168,017,162	134,444,782	367,783,319	(199,766,157)
Prepared meals	8,797,064	64,631,618	7,254,082	41,620,719	23,010,899
Meat	26,618,298	220,659,428	27,083,431	156,151,479	64,507,949
Sausages	-	-	3,198,208	8,304,269	(8,304,269)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	124,491,945	473,428,004	175,320,470	577,100,621	(103,672,617)

Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	2,356,147	5,187,596	237	407	5,187,189
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	17,991,259	29,251,316	2,546,924	11,183,485	18,067,831
Prepared meals	317,950	695,335	2,082,445	11,095,493	(10,400,158)
Meat	617,298	7,529,393	549,236	5,155,486	2,373,907
Sausages	-	-	512,379	4,679,249	(4,679,249)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	21,282,654	42,663,640	5,691,221	32,114,120	10,549,520

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	958,638	4,877,115	-	-	4,877,115
Cuts	1,372,149	10,590,947	1,851,106	10,024,399	566,548
Livers / Paste	128,034	5,001,282	106,866	832,740	4,168,542
Prepared meals	9,636	171,288	102,013	325,757	(154,469)
Meat	9,308	239,046	82,012	823,006	(583,960)
Fat	-	-	294,499	139,887	(139,887)
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	2,477,765	20,879,678	2,436,496	12,145,789	8,733,889

Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	-	-	-	-	-
Cuts	-	-	-	-	-
Livers / Paste	-	-	-	-	-
Prepared meals	-	-	-	-	-
Meat	8,167,580	14,651,746	8,766	37,256	14,614,490
Sausages	-	-	531,566	2,231,820	(2,231,820)
Fat	512,220	611,873	7,367,366	9,506,135	(8,894,262)
Total meat - Other poultry	8,679,800	15,263,619	7,907,698	11,775,211	3,488,408
All poultry meat	156,932,164	552,234,941	191,355,885	633,135,741	(80,900,800)

Processed eggs (kg)
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	45,360	165,036	59,030	233,669	(68,633)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	1,139,054	2,984,637	707,007	1,721,053	1,263,584
Dried Whole	22,680	73,674	3,670,636	10,946,375	(10,872,701)
Liquid / Frozen whole	2,422,584	6,398,127	1,801,789	3,385,666	3,012,461
Dried Albumin	156,200	987,484	218,356	1,469,042	(481,558)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	306,216	651,667	786,198	640,986	10,681
Egg preparations	-	-	2,144,455	22,195,380	(22,195,380)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	4,092,094	11,260,625	9,387,471	40,592,171	(29,331,546)

- nil or not available
Includes quantities imported under the import for re-export program.
[1] includes multiple species
[2] inlcudes live chicken for breeding purposes and started pullets
Source: Statistics Canada
Calculations done by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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