PH chicken imports peak in Q4 as EU shipments climb 63%
The Philippines imported 173,200 tonnes of chicken meat in the fourth quarter…
Philippine chicken meat imports peak in the last three months of the year, as demand rises ahead of the holidays, government data show.
The Philippines imported 173,200 tonnes of chicken meat in the fourth quarter of 2025, the highest quarterly volume that year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The figure was 39.1% higher than in the same period of 2024.
For the whole of 2025, chicken meat imports reached 545,700 tonnes. Almost a third of that volume arrived in the final quarter.
The European Union (EU) is one of the country’s poultry sources. European Commission data show the EU exported about 67,300 tonnes of poultry meat to the Philippines in 2025, up more than 63% from the previous year.
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