date:May 12, 2012
, reaching 339,220 tons valued at $459.4 million, up 9.3% and 21.8%, respectively, over March 2011. Monthly exports of broiler meat -- excluding chicken paws - for the month were 269,755 tons, up seven percent from March 2011, while export value rose to $343.2 million, up 23%, fueled by increased shipments to Cuba, Russia, Mexico and Kazakhstan.
For the first quarter, broiler meat (excluding paws) exports were 787,722 tons valued at $796.3 million, up respectively by 14 and 31 percent. First-qu