Brazil exports more chicken than the US and EU combined
Chicken meat exports, million tonnes, 2022–2027. 2026 and 2027 are USDA forecasts.
- 1. Brazil has all but caught the US in farm exports
- 2. Brazil exports more chicken than the US and EU combined
- 3. India now ships over a third of world rice exports
- 4. Russia now exports twice as much wheat as the US
- 5. Egypt exports more fresh oranges than any other country
- 6. China buys three in ten of the world's beef imports
- 7. Farmed seafood now outweighs the wild catch
- 8. Spanish olive oil mill prices are back at 2021 levels
- 9. Ukraine sells a fifth less grain than before the war
- 10. Brazil overtook the US as the world's top cotton exporter
- 11. Laos now mines more potash than Israel or Jordan
- 12. India now grows more rice than China
- 13. Côte d'Ivoire grows more cashews than India
- 14. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
- 15. Mato Grosso grows more soy than China and India combined
- 16. Africa now has more hungry people than Asia
Brazil's 2025 chicken exports, 35.0% of the world total, against 4.78 Mt for the US and EU together.
The year Brazil passed the US and EU combined. In 2023 it was still 0.18 Mt behind.
China's chicken exports doubled from 0.53 Mt in 2022 to 1.09 Mt in 2025, and are forecast at 1.54 Mt in 2026.
the numbers & method
| Year | Brazil (Mt) | US + EU combined (Mt) | United States (Mt) | European Union (Mt) | China (Mt) | Thailand (Mt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.45 | 5.03 | 3.31 | 1.71 | 0.53 | 1.02 |
| 2023 | 4.77 | 4.94 | 3.29 | 1.65 | 0.55 | 1.10 |
| 2024 | 4.90 | 4.81 | 3.04 | 1.77 | 0.77 | 1.17 |
| 2025 | 4.97 | 4.78 | 3.04 | 1.74 | 1.09 | 1.25 |
| 2026 | 5.45 | 4.80 | 3.06 | 1.74 | 1.54 | 1.23 |
| 2027 | 5.50 | 4.67 | 3.02 | 1.65 | 1.93 | 1.24 |
Claim types Fact · Forecast
Ready-to-cook equivalent. The US + EU line is a progrss sum of USDA figures; Brazil's world share is a progrss calculation from USDA's world total (14.19 Mt in 2025). USDA's report notes Brazil must offset the loss of the EU market. EU = 27 members, external trade only.
Published 3 Nov 2026
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