What is the price of chicken meat per kilogram/pound in South Korea today?
The retail price range for South Korea chicken meat is between US$ 9.51 and US$ 17.47 per kilogram or between US$ 4.31 and US$ 7.92 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of chicken meat in South Korea
The retail price range in South Korean won for chicken meat is between KRW 12,681.20 and KRW 23,292.00 per kilogram or between KRW 5,751.11 and KRW 10,563.27 per pound(lb) in Seoul and Busan.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for South Korea chicken meat is between US$ 6.66 and US$ 12.23 per kilogram or between US$ 3.02 and US$ 5.55 per pound(lb).
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South Korea Chicken Meat Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from South Korea has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 2.68 US dollars per kg, but by 2021, it had dropped to 1.56 US dollars per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2018, when it was 1.28 US dollars per kg. The price has since increased slightly to 1.35 US dollars per kg in 2020 and 1.56 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Chicken Meat from South Korea will be 1.48 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 1.41 US dollars per kg in 2024.The chicken meat exports from South Korea are categorised as:
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
South Korea Chicken Meat Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into South Korea has been relatively stable over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 2.68 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 1.28 US dollars per kg in 2018. The price then remained steady at 1.24 US dollars per kg in 2019 and 1.35 US dollars per kg in 2020. In 2021, the price rose to 1.56 US dollars per kg, before dropping slightly to 1.52 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Chicken Meat into South Korea will remain steady at 1.52 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for South Korea chicken meat
The total values in export for chicken meat in South Korea were US$ 74,372, US$ 31,932, US$ 83,762 and US$ 122,988 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Meat category in South Korea: Pork, Mutton, Goat Meat, Horse Meat, Turkey Meat, Duck Meat, Geese Meat, Guinea Fowls Meat, Rabbit Meat & Frog Legs.
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South Korea chicken meat - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of chicken meat sold by South Korea in 2020 was 111,614 tonnes. In 2019 South Korea sold 99,086 tonnes of chicken meat. Through 2019 alone, the demand for South Korea chicken meat (meat category) has improved, changing by 51.786 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, chicken meat's exports increased by 731.4 pc earning the exporter US$122.99m for the year 2019. South Korea's chicken meat exports are categorised as:
- Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excluding sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code 160232)
- Frozen fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020712)
- Fresh or chilled cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020713)
- Fresh or chilled fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces (HS code 020711)
- Frozen cuts and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (HS code 020714)
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South Korea chicken meat export values
In 2019, South Korea exported chicken meat valued at 122.99m USD, a surge of 46.83% from 2018's total chicken meat export of 83.762m USD. The yearly growth in value of South Korea chicken meat between 2017 to 2018 was 162.314%.
The per year change in the amount of South Korea's chicken meat exports between 2017 and 2019 was 731.4 per cent compared to a variation of 51.786% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for South Korea chicken meat ( in '000$ )
South Korea's top destinations for chicken meat are Hong Kong, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore and China.
South Korea imported 355,594 tonnes of chicken meat in 2019.