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
Live poultry (head) 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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