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As fall approaches, September celebrates the most-consumed meat in the United States: chicken. Two-thirds of U.S. chicken are raised in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. And did you know that U.S. chicken meat is also a top agricultural export for our nation?

May is World Trade Month, and USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service is marking the occasion by sharing some of the most recent facts and figures about U.S. agricultural trade.

Private exporters reported the following sales activity: 150,000 MT of hard red spring wheat for delivery to Iraq during MY 2022/2023 and 1,866,900 MT of corn for delivery to Mexico - 1,242,060 MT during MY 2022/2023 and 624,840 MT during MY 2023/2024.

Private exporters reported sales of 130,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to Egypt during MY 2021/2022.

Private exporters reported sales of 100,000 MT of soybeans for delivery to Egypt during MY 2021/2022.

WASHINGTON, October 28, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Optional origin sales of 207,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2020/2021 marketing year. An optional...

WASHINGTON, October 1, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Egypt during the 2020/2021 marketing year. The marketing year for soybeans began Sept. 1...

WASHINGTON, February 3, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Egypt during the 2019/2020 marketing year. The marketing year for soybeans began Sept. 1...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2020—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 30,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to Egypt during the 2019/2020 marketing year. The marketing year for soybean oil began Oct.1...

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2019—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Egypt. Of the total, 55,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2018/2019 marketing year and...

WASHINGTON, Mar. 29, 2019—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 816,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2018/2019 marketing year; and Export sales of 150,000...

WASHINGTON, Mar. 28, 2019—Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity: Export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soft red winter wheat for delivery to Egypt during the 2018/2019 marketing year; and Export...