date:May 12, 2012
arter broiler meat shipments to Mexico, the top market for U.S. poultry, rose by 11% year over year to 128,274 metric tons, while exports to Russia increased 91% percent to 52,968 tons. Exports to Cuba climbed four-fold to 45,072 tons, while shipments to Taiwan rose by nine percent to 40,962 tons.
Exports to other important markets in the first quarter were Hong Kong, 37,226 tons, down 34%; Canada, 35,965 tons, up 11%; Iraq (including transshipments via Turkey) 35,875 tons, up seven percent; An