What is the price of chicken meat per kilogram/pound in Malawi today?
The retail price range for Malawi chicken meat is between US$ 0.97 and US$ 3.88 per kilogram or between US$ 0.44 and US$ 1.76 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of chicken meat in Malawi
The retail price range in Malawi Kwacha for chicken meat is between MWK 999.28 and MWK 3,997.11 per kilogram or between MWK 453.19 and MWK 1,812.75 per pound(lb) in Lilongwe and Blantyre.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Malawi chicken meat is between US$ 0.68 and US$ 2.71 per kilogram or between US$ 0.31 and US$ 1.23 per pound(lb).
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Malawi Chicken Meat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from Malawi over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 2.04 US$ per kg, followed by 2.08 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to 1.00 US$ per kg, before increasing to 1.86 US$ per kg in 2020. The price then decreased slightly to 1.81 US$ per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from Malawi in 2023 will be around 1.76 US$ per kg and in 2024 will be around 1.71 US$ per kg.The exports of chicken meat from Malawi are classified as:
- Fresh or chilled fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020711)
- Frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020712)
- Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
- Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excluding sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160232)
Malawi Chicken Meat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Malawi over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was $2.04, followed by $2.08 in 2018. In 2019, the price dropped to $1.00, before increasing to $1.86 in 2020. The price then decreased to $1.81 in 2021. Overall, the import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Malawi has seen a slight increase over the last five years, with the highest price being $2.08 in 2018. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into Malawi will be $1.90 in 2023 and $1.95 in 2024.Export values for Malawi chicken meat
The total values in export for chicken meat in Malawi were US$ 564, US$ 832, US$ 692 and US$ 146 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Meat category in Malawi: Pork, Mutton, Goat Meat, Horse Meat, Turkey Meat, Duck Meat, Geese Meat, Guinea Fowls Meat, Rabbit Meat & Frog Legs.
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Malawi chicken meat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Malawi sold 146 tonnes of chicken meat. For 2019 alone, the interest in Malawi chicken meat (meat category) has reduced, recording a change of -56.024 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chicken meat's exports went down by -64.22 pc earning the exporter US$0.15m for the year 2019. Malawi's chicken meat exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
- Frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020712)
- Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
- Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excluding sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160232)
- Fresh or chilled fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020711)
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Malawi chicken meat export values
In 2019, Malawi supplied chicken meat with a value of 0.15m USD, a reduction of -78.32% from 2018's total chicken meat export of 0.692m USD. The annual reduction in value of Malawi chicken meat between 2017 to 2018 was -16.827%.
The yearly change in the quantity of Malawi's chicken meat exports between 2017 and 2019 was -64.22 pc compared to a variation of -56.024% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Malawi chicken meat ( in '000$ )
Malawi's best performing destinations for chicken meat are Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola.
Malawi ordered 494 tonnes of chicken meat in 2019.