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.

2025

January to December 2025
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	11,625,370	58,331,175	39,401,927	122,153,408	(63,822,233)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	12,500,344	2,592,496	(2,592,496)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,257,294	11,661,685	81,802	1,039,099	10,622,586
Total - All live birds	-	69,992,860	-	125,785,003	(55,792,143)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	106,705,567	753,801,191	231,359,269	1,063,302,270	(309,501,079)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	32,736,630	133,958,761	3,394,387	36,729,075	97,229,686
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,804,488	18,701,952	2,547,862	15,464,049	3,237,903
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	1,572,472	6,247,081	5,631,025	17,441,282	(11,194,201)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	142,819,157	912,708,985	242,932,543	1,132,936,676	(220,227,691)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) ^[1]	3,058,007	77,401,197	13,583,682	131,844,776	(54,443,579)
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) ^[1]	3,724,045	8,048,089	45,061,033	293,124,009	(285,075,920)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) ^[1]	2,526,148	14,614,631	3,289,233	26,010,613	(11,395,982)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	1,082,765,762	-	1,709,701,077	(626,935,315)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	3,823,432	25,785,317	35,031,391	113,189,416	(87,404,099)
Live poults < 185g (head)	6,488,249	28,568,433	4,139,074	7,624,626	20,943,807
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	1,313,689	3,977,425	231,462	1,339,366	2,638,059
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	11,625,370	58,331,175	39,401,927	122,153,408	(63,822,233)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg) ^[2]	-	-	12,495,280	2,518,696	(2,518,696)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	88,407	549,989	-	-	549,989
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	5,064	73,800	(73,800)
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	1,168,887	11,111,696	81,802	1,039,099	10,072,597
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	11,661,685	12,582,146	3,631,595	10,548,786
Total - All live birds	-	69,992,860	51,984,073	125,785,003	(55,792,143)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	3,800,825	18,295,616	5,080,715	9,182,019	9,113,597
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	47,436,838	142,656,025	186,952,879	757,154,900	(614,498,875)
Prepared meals	17,487,032	139,431,753	6,068,560	50,054,437	89,377,316
Meat	37,980,872	453,417,797	32,178,287	237,455,588	215,962,209
Sausages	-	-	1,078,828	9,455,326	(9,455,326)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	106,705,567	753,801,191	231,359,269	1,063,302,270	(309,501,079)

Poultry meat - Turkey
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	7,110,688	29,206,689	5	157	29,206,532
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	22,402,048	70,958,257	2,434,251	23,588,070	47,370,187
Prepared meals	161,903	1,998,521	648,959	7,810,448	(5,811,927)
Meat	3,061,991	31,795,294	176,900	3,499,181	28,296,113
Sausages	-	-	134,272	1,831,219	(1,831,219)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	32,736,630	133,958,761	3,394,387	36,729,075	97,229,686

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	899,501	5,790,828	-	-	5,790,828
Cuts	471,932	5,463,496	1,392,948	6,952,351	(1,488,855)
Livers / Paste	203,833	4,804,095	118,422	883,928	3,920,167
Prepared meals	94,204	1,289,628	70,914	521,196	768,432
Meat	135,018	1,353,905	965,578	7,106,574	(5,752,669)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,804,488	18,701,952	2,547,862	15,464,049	3,237,903

Poultry meat - Other poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Meat	1,343,749	6,002,605	35	1,471	6,001,134
Sausages	-	-	401,289	2,899,983	(2,899,983)
Fat	228,723	244,476	5,229,701	14,539,828	(14,295,352)
Total meat - Other poultry	1,572,472	6,247,081	5,631,025	17,441,282	(11,194,201)
All poultry meat	142,819,157	912,708,985	242,932,543	1,132,936,676	(220,227,691)

Processed eggs ^[1]
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	4,401	23,068	51,771	2,001,261	(1,978,193)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	194,191	1,883,699	172,978	2,141,080	(257,381)
Dried Whole	252,891	920,878	1,099,174	6,450,952	(5,530,074)
Liquid / Frozen whole	1,113,047	7,371,787	947,226	4,920,335	2,451,452
Dried Albumin	162,377	672,823	109,622	3,195,423	(2,522,600)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	799,241	3,742,376	270,080	2,522,092	1,220,284
Egg preparations	-	-	638,382	4,779,470	(4,779,470)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	2,526,148	14,614,631	3,289,233	26,010,613	(11,395,982)

2024

January to December 2024
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	12,789,228	65,354,042	30,438,168	113,338,834	(47,984,792)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	9,560,296	2,047,540	(2,047,540)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,299,424	15,535,032	133,739	2,062,098	13,472,934
Total - All live birds	-	80,889,074	-	117,448,472	(36,559,398)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	120,819,918	885,453,240	208,757,462	899,513,268	(14,060,007)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	29,012,321	87,415,966	2,760,730	26,264,666	61,151,300
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,390,038	16,529,331	2,922,248	17,971,652	(1,442,321)
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	2,567,748	9,299,679	6,102,749	16,405,437	(7,105,758)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	153,790,025	998,698,216	220,543,189	960,155,023	38,543,214
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) ^[1]	2,913,278	77,349,999	12,720,894	107,200,302	(29,850,303)
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) ^[1]	2,766,022	5,493,726	61,547,655	202,545,503	(197,051,777)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) ^[1]	3,181,419	15,456,489	4,751,850	27,909,773	(12,453,284)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	1,177,887,504	-	1,415,259,073	(237,371,569)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	3,740,246	30,694,291	25,681,696	103,804,076	(73,109,785)
Live poults < 185g (head)	7,979,548	31,243,014	4,477,300	8,484,690	22,758,324
Live birds nes < 185g (head)	1,069,434	3,416,737	279,172	1,050,068	2,366,669
Total - Live birds < 185g (head)	12,789,228	65,354,042	30,438,168	113,338,834	(47,984,792)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg) ^[2]	-	-	9,560,294	2,047,506	(2,047,506)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (head)	75,902	498,780	-	-	498,780
Live poultry excluding chicken (kg)	-	-	2	34	(34)
Live poultry excluding chicken (head)	1,223,522	15,036,252	133,739	2,062,098	12,974,154
Total - Live birds > 185g	-	15,535,032	9,694,035	4,109,638	13,472,900
Total - All live birds	-	80,889,074	40,132,203	117,448,472	(36,559,398)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	4,545,349	24,333,024	2,894,045	6,172,016	18,161,008
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	56,193,953	182,606,893	170,997,688	638,353,098	(455,746,205)
Prepared meals	18,657,573	174,195,006	5,903,144	44,934,918	129,260,088
Meat	41,423,043	504,318,317	28,089,229	204,239,568	300,078,749
Sausages	-	-	873,349	5,813,647	(5,813,647)
Fat	-	-	7	21	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	120,819,918	885,453,240	208,757,462	899,513,268	(14,060,007)

Poultry meat - Turkey
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	2,612,899	8,337,852	-	-	8,337,852
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	23,616,057	52,695,099	1,608,851	10,848,227	41,846,872
Prepared meals	205,683	1,392,205	846,752	11,134,361	(9,742,156)
Meat	2,577,682	24,990,810	167,509	2,486,013	22,504,797
Sausages	-	-	137,618	1,796,065	(1,796,065)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	29,012,321	87,415,966	2,760,730	26,264,666	61,151,300

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	715,883	5,710,777	-	-	5,710,777
Cuts	330,877	3,938,423	2,117,862	11,776,653	(7,838,230)
Livers / Paste	70,125	4,494,960	195,646	1,885,618	2,609,342
Prepared meals	144,641	1,504,054	23,740	223,965	1,280,089
Meat	128,512	881,117	585,000	4,085,416	(3,204,299)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,390,038	16,529,331	2,922,248	17,971,652	(1,442,321)

Poultry meat - Other poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Meat	1,722,737	8,300,917	41	395	8,300,522
Sausages	-	-	530,109	3,663,075	(3,663,075)
Fat	845,011	998,762	5,572,599	12,741,967	(11,743,205)
Total meat - Other poultry	2,567,748	9,299,679	6,102,749	16,405,437	(7,105,758)
All poultry meat	153,790,025	998,698,216	220,543,189	960,155,023	38,543,214

Processed eggs ^[1]
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Dried yolk	19,588	102,840	13,255	220,846	(118,006)
Liquid / Frozen yolk	291,947	1,952,468	292,952	2,831,379	(878,911)
Dried Whole	339,092	1,496,507	1,702,841	8,379,503	(6,882,996)
Liquid / Frozen whole	1,876,233	9,316,504	759,579	3,005,537	6,310,967
Dried Albumin	95,726	395,509	610,810	6,401,102	(6,005,593)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	558,833	2,192,661	670,676	2,248,068	(55,407)
Egg preparations	-	-	701,737	4,823,338	(4,823,338)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	3,181,419	15,456,489	4,751,850	27,909,773	(12,453,284)

2023

January to December 2023
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	13,354,363	60,371,815	29,314,032	113,139,896	(52,768,081)
Live birds > 185g (kg)	-	-	8,676,651	1,274,272	(1,274,272)
Live birds > 185g (head)	1,246,928	16,268,317	146,681	2,021,389	14,246,928
Total - All live birds	-	76,640,132	-	116,435,557	(39,795,425)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	113,788,586	770,756,947	198,413,711	812,521,703	(41,764,756)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	25,559,630	79,113,091	6,098,262	46,450,982	32,662,109
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	907,689	13,977,621	2,706,745	20,479,994	(6,502,373)
Poultry meat - Other poultry (kg)	2,081,786	6,607,332	4,976,874	13,731,765	(7,124,433)
Total - All poultry meat (kg)	142,337,691	870,454,991	212,195,592	893,184,444	(22,729,453)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) ^[1]	3,315,993	86,005,562	14,520,118	116,436,628	(30,431,066)
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) ^[1]	2,333,876	4,506,893	47,233,001	132,061,463	(127,554,570)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) ^[1]	3,060,340	15,169,114	6,535,674	29,212,007	(14,042,893)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	1,052,776,692	-	1,287,330,099	(234,553,407)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	4,240,984	29,261,280	24,233,113	97,299,532	(68,038,252)
Live poults < 185g (head)	7,935,778	27,307,455	4,830,114	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)	13,354,363	60,371,815	29,314,032	113,139,896	(52,768,081)
Live chicken & mature chicken > 185g (kg) ^[2]	-	-	8,667,651	1,262,019	(1,262,019)
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	-	3,295,661	14,234,675
Total - All live birds	-	76,640,132	-	116,435,557	(39,795,425)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	4,567,613	23,875,232	6,529,084	7,727,823	16,147,409
Cuts / Edible offal / Livers / Paste	54,327,375	161,398,039	156,830,658	567,790,058	(406,392,019)
Prepared meals	15,908,456	140,167,152	4,616,943	33,816,673	106,350,479
Meat	38,985,142	445,316,524	29,391,949	196,496,969	248,819,555
Sausages	-	-	1,045,077	6,690,180	(6,690,180)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	113,788,586	770,756,947	198,413,711	812,521,703	(41,764,756)

Poultry meat - Turkey
	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	19,099,561	41,289,306	3,564,513	26,509,913	14,779,393
Prepared meals	20,978	123,210	1,945,385	14,702,257	(14,579,047)
Meat	1,463,453	19,513,480	163,034	2,614,685	16,898,795
Sausages	-	-	119,553	1,363,671	(1,363,671)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	25,559,630	79,113,091	6,098,262	46,450,982	32,662,109

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	489,940	3,805,095	-	-	3,805,095
Cuts	260,497	5,109,698	1,887,269	14,083,872	(8,974,174)
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	704,569	5,017,501	(4,585,927)
Fat	-	-	-	5	(5)
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	907,689	13,977,621	2,706,745	20,479,994	(6,502,373)

Poultry meat - Other poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Meat	1,555,771	6,040,039	108	502	6,039,537
Sausages	-	-	261,147	1,360,627	(1,360,627)
Fat	526,015	567,293	4,715,619	12,370,636	(11,803,343)
Total meat - Other poultry	2,081,786	6,607,332	4,976,874	13,731,765	(7,124,433)
All poultry meat	142,337,691	870,454,991	212,195,592	893,184,444	(22,729,453)

Processed eggs ^[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	7,466,293	(5,981,104)
Liquid / Frozen whole	2,028,674	9,535,571	1,222,727	3,039,773	6,495,798
Dried Albumin	34,780	165,673	638,771	3,699,538	(3,533,865)
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	6,535,674	29,212,007	(14,042,893)

2022

January to December 2022
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	13,367,641	52,811,684	31,383,831	103,769,056	(50,957,372)
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	-	67,368,137	-	106,766,362	(39,398,225)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	112,387,512	662,863,451	188,092,947	861,712,276	(198,848,825)
Poultry meat - Turkey (kg)	25,651,894	83,741,652	6,613,112	37,652,370	46,089,282
Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,045,970	19,168,462	1,946,378	12,629,627	6,538,835
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)	141,853,259	772,820,877	202,214,166	929,113,447	(156,292,570)
Total - Hatching eggs (dozen) ^[1]	3,234,044	77,351,176	12,819,060	92,221,158	(14,869,982)
Total - Shell Eggs fresh/preserved/cooked (dozen) ^[1]	2,018,036	3,647,636	30,372,966	121,794,550	(118,146,914)
Total - Processed eggs (kg) ^[1]	5,391,047	23,616,783	9,422,320	35,514,835	(11,898,052)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	944,804,609	-	1,285,410,352	(340,605,743)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	4,281,263	20,857,379	25,290,441	84,689,742	(63,832,363)
Live poults < 185g (head)	7,957,272	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)	13,367,641	52,811,684	31,383,831	103,769,056	(50,957,372)
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	-	106,766,362	(39,398,225)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken
	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	56,855,548	153,682,300	144,212,952	594,405,654	(440,723,354)
Prepared meals	14,804,229	113,164,787	6,928,114	48,734,047	64,430,740
Meat	33,679,030	368,297,839	31,669,749	208,398,268	159,899,571
Sausages	-	-	1,036,605	6,259,026	(6,259,026)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Chicken & mature chicken	112,387,512	662,863,451	188,092,947	861,712,276	(198,848,825)

Poultry meat - Turkey
	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	19,157,604	45,824,048	4,020,393	18,948,840	26,875,208
Prepared meals	71,535	299,776	2,247,948	14,688,229	(14,388,453)
Meat	1,496,268	17,705,798	156,791	2,400,970	15,304,828
Sausages	-	-	187,980	1,614,331	(1,614,331)
Fat	-	-	-	-	-
Total meat - Turkey	25,651,894	83,741,652	6,613,112	37,652,370	46,089,282

Poultry meat - Ducks, geese & guinea
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Whole	154,959	995,137	-	-	995,137
Cuts	566,156	8,851,082	1,383,599	9,282,836	(431,754)
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	381,585	2,334,993	(1,569,738)
Fat	-	-	86,259	40,973	(40,973)
Total meat - Ducks, geese & guinea	1,045,970	19,168,462	1,946,378	12,629,627	6,538,835

Poultry meat - Other poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
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	141,853,259	772,820,877	202,214,166	929,113,447	(156,292,570)

Processed eggs ^[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	632,342	4,217,709	1,077,901	2,607,629	1,610,080
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	866,865	4,070,803	(3,528,821)
Liquid / Frozen albumin	1,006,305	2,930,910	452,044	1,633,362	1,297,548
Egg preparations	-	-	1,460,118	7,288,205	(7,288,205)
Total - Processed eggs (kg)	5,391,047	23,616,783	9,422,320	35,514,835	(11,898,052)

2021

January to December 2021
Live poultry (head)	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live birds < 185g (head)	12,447,913	47,036,108	34,066,812	92,396,649	(45,360,541)
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	-	63,543,857	-	94,769,123	(31,225,266)
Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken (kg)	133,612,305	555,167,248	185,613,593	587,545,118	(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	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	200,164,464	641,515,553	17,114,178
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	9,699,745	28,537,416	(10,569,693)
Total - Poultry and eggs	-	817,609,393	-	871,472,384	(53,862,991)

Live poultry
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
Live chicken & mature chicken < 185g (head)	3,363,972	15,842,812	29,441,987	78,769,764	(62,926,952)
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)	12,447,913	47,036,108	34,066,812	92,396,649	(45,360,541)
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	-	94,769,123	(31,225,266)

Poultry meat - Chicken & mature chicken
	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	146,660,422	388,969,902	(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	185,613,593	587,545,118	(32,677,212)

Poultry meat - Turkey
	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
	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
	Exports Quantity	Exports Value ($)	Imports Quantity	Imports Value ($)	Trade balance Value ($)
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	200,164,464	641,515,553	16,734,120

Processed eggs ^[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	5,926,122	16,967,247	(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	9,699,745	28,537,416	(10,411,203)

- nil or not available
Includes quantities imported under the import for re-export program.
Source: Statistics Canada
Calculations done by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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