United States By-product insights

According to Colombia's Republic newspaper, Paula Andrea Cepeda, manager of the Agricultural Research Institute (ICA), which is responsible for certification, monitoring, and control of the livestock supply chain, stated that 65% of Colombia's 5,500 poultry farms have obtained biosecurity certification, which greatly enhances product competitiveness. "We are currently negotiating poultry meat trade matters with markets including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Egypt, the United States, Lebanon, Venezuela, Vietnam, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and Chile; simultaneously, we are also negotiating egg trade matters with markets such as Aruba, Japan, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Guyana, El Salvador, the United States, Uruguay, and Japan," Cepeda said. In recent decades, Colombia's poultry industry has developed rapidly, with current annual production of chicken meat and eggs reaching 3 million tons. According to the National Poultry Farmers Association (Fenavi), Colombia is the world's tenth-largest poultry producer and the third-largest in Latin America. Colombia's poultry industry not only meets domestic demand but also has the capacity to export over 350,000 tons of chicken meat and 1 billion eggs. "Last year, we produced 1.9 million tons of chicken meat, compared to just 700,000 tons 20 years ago; egg production also reached 18 billion eggs, up from 6 billion 20 years ago," recalled Gonzalo Moreno, the association's president. "In 2005, we established a regulatory framework for safe poultry farms, which enabled us to achieve world-class hygiene standards." Moreno noted that Colombia currently faces a significant opportunity: Canada, the United States, and Mexico are affected by avian flu, while Colombia maintains a disease-free status. Colombia has been striving to sell chicken meat and eggs to the US market but has not yet met sanitary entry conditions. Francisco Ross, director of the National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (Invima), responsible for final export product certification, stated: "Entering the US market is a long, cautious, and meticulous process. We have been working with agricultural and health regulatory agencies for years to certify all meat products." Additionally, Colombia is seeking to enter the Chinese market.

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Brazil's EXAME magazine reported that the association stated that the United States is still suffering from avian flu (which has caused over 100 million chickens to die), and its strong demand is driving the growth of Brazilian egg exports compared to the same period in 2024. In May, the United States purchased 4,166 tons of Brazilian eggs, an increase of 1,384% compared to May last year. From January to May, US egg imports grew by 996%, reaching 9,735 tons. "The egg industry's exports are showing strong growth. Even with the temporary suspension of egg exports due to the avian flu outbreak, sales continue to grow significantly," said ABPA President Ricardo Santin. In the first five months of 2025, total egg exports reached 18,357 tons, a 165.6% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Export value grew by 196%, reaching $42.1 million. Following the United States, Chile imported 2,354 tons (a 10.8% increase), the UAE imported 1,422 tons (a 13.8% decrease), Japan imported 1,422 tons (+160.9%), and Mexico imported 1,050 tons (no comparative data available). In Brazil, due to the detection of highly pathogenic avian flu virus in a poultry farm, some countries implemented restrictions on Brazilian chicken meat, leading to a drop in domestic market prices. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)'s Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA) released on Tuesday, chicken meat and egg prices in May decreased by 0.17%, with egg prices falling by 3.98%. As Brazilian chicken meat exports decrease, domestic market supply will increase, causing prices to drop. In Porto Alegre, the state capital where cases were discovered, the chicken meat and egg price index declined by 0.56%.