What is the price of chicken meat in South Africa?

As of January 2025, chicken meat in South Africa is US$ 1.43 per kg (27.77 ZAR), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

How much chicken meat did South Africa export in 2024?

20,378 tonnes, valued at US$24,759,776.

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Chicken Meat Prices in South Africa

US$ 1.43 / kg

27.77 ZAR / kg

MoM ▲ 17.6% YoY ▲ 17.6%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (ZAR)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	1.43	27.77	▲ 17.6%	▲ 17.6%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the chicken meat price in South Africa available is US$ 1.43 per kg (27.77 ZAR), up 17.6% year-on-year.

South Africa exported 20,378 tonnes of chicken meat in 2024, valued at US$24.76 million, ranking #13 among 87 global exporters and accounting for 0.7% of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with production reaching 1,915,000 tonnes (#17 globally), representing 1.4% of world output and growing by 3.1% year-on-year. The latest export unit value is US$1.4291 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - chicken meat in South Africa

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, South Africa exported $24.8M (20.4 kt) of chicken meat▼ 2.3% YoY. That ranks #13 worldwide (0.7% of global exports).

$24.8M

Export value

20.4 kt

Export volume

#13 / 87

World rank

0.7%

Global share

$1.22

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top chicken meat exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 Brazil $1.85B · 55.2%
#2 Turkey $328.3M · 9.8%
#3 Ukraine $247.6M · 7.4%
#4 Poland $199M · 5.9%
#5 France $179.7M · 5.4%

Annual export data South Africa · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$24.8M	20.4 kt	$1.22
2023	$25.3M	21.5 kt	$1.18
2022	$24.2M	15.7 kt	$1.54
2021	$20.6M	16 kt	$1.29
2020	$13.8M	11.5 kt	$1.2

Production FAOSTAT · 2024

South Africa produced 1.92 Mt of chicken meat in 2024▲ 3.1% YoY. It ranks #17 among producing countries (1.4% of world output).

1.92 Mt

mi_production

0.18 t/ha

Yield

#17

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

chicken meat is traded under Harmonized System code 0207.12. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; production - FAOSTAT (FAO). Values are official reported figures.

South Africa chicken meat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

In 2019 South Africa exported 34,916,946 tonnes of chicken meat. For 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa chicken meat (meat category) has improved, changing by 2.245 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chicken meat's exports increased by 145.18 pc netting the country US$160.93m for the year 2019. South Africa's chicken meat exports are classified as:

Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
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)
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)

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South Africa chicken meat export values

In 2019, South Africa supplied chicken meat worth 160.93m USD, a drop of -5.98% from 2018's total chicken meat export of 171.164m USD. The annual change in value of South Africa chicken meat between 2017 to 2018 was -13.058 percent.

The annual/yearly change in the volume of South Africa's chicken meat exports between 2017 and 2019 was 145.18 pc when compared to a variation of 2.245% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

South Africa's share of the world's total chicken meat's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Africa is ranked position 8 in world exports of chicken meat.

Export markets for South Africa chicken meat ( in '000$ )

South Africa's leading export markets for chicken meat are Poland, Lesotho, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mozambique and Brazil.

Import/Export Trends

South Africa is a net exporter of chicken meat. The annual growth of South Africa chicken meat in value between 2015 to 2019 was 4%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 41%, per annum.

South Africa bought 1,022,634 tonnes of chicken meat in 2019.

Chicken Meat Prices Across Africa

Compare the latest chicken meat prices in other Africa countries:

Kenya$6.96/kg Senegal$8.70/kg Egypt$1.66/kg Ghana$6.23/kg Mauritius$3.82/kg Zambia$1.28/kg Morocco$0.62/kg Angola$2.46/kg Tanzania$4.35/kg Malawi$1.69/kg Uganda$2.46/kg Botswana$4.00/kg Cape Verde$3.41/kg Djibouti$2.42/kg Gabon$7.42/kg

Other Meat Prices in South Africa

Latest prices for other meat in South Africa:

Rabbit Meat$6.14/kg Camel Meat$8.44/kg Pork$2.99/kg Beef$6.66/kg Goat Meat$8.59/kg Geese Meat$2.31/kg Horse Meat$4.00/kg Mutton$6.67/kg Frog Legs$5.67/kg Ossein and bones$18.93/kg Pig Fat$0.94/kg Chicken Fat$0.97/kg Duck Meat$3.52/kg

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