Globally, US$2.88 billion worth of turkey meat was exported during 2022 comprising fresh, chilled and frozen products.

That dollar amount reflects an 8.9% increase since 2018 when overall turkey meat exports were valued at $2.44 billion.

Year over year, overall revenues from exported turkey meat accelerated by 9% compared to $2.48 billion during 2021.

Over half (54.5%) of turkey exports in 2022 was fresh or chilled meat compared to 45.5% for frozen turkey exports.

Applying another product-type perspective, whole turkey exports at 5.1% represent a much smaller percentage compared to the 94.9% for exported turkey cuts, pieces and edible offal.

For research purposes, the six-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefixes are 020724 for whole fresh or chilled turkey, 020726 for fresh or chilled turkey cuts and offal, 020725 for whole frozen turkey and 020727 for frozen turkey cuts and offal.

Turkey Exports by Country: Fresh

Worldwide shipments of fresh or chilled turkey meat totaled $1.5 billion worth in 2022, up 17.7% since 2018 and accelerating by 15.8% year over year from 2021.

Following are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of fresh or chilled turkey meat.

1. Poland: US$523 million (33.4% of exported fresh turkey meat)
2. Germany: $297.1 million (19%)
3. United States: $246.6 million (15.7%)
4. Italy: $117.9 million (7.5%)
5. Spain: $85.5 million (5.5%)
6. Hungary: $78.5 million (5%)
7. France: $74.8 million (4.8%)
8. Austria: $41.8 million (2.7%)
9. Netherlands: $19.5 million (1.2%)
10. Ireland: $15.9 million (1%)
11. Belgium: $15.3 million (1%)
12. Croatia: $10.4 million (0.7%)
13. Denmark: $8.6 million (0.5%)
14. Canada: $7.4 million (0.5%)
15. United Kingdom: $6.2 million (0.4%)

 
By value, the above countries produced 98.9% of fresh or chilled turkey meat exports during 2022.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing fresh turkey meat exporters since 2018 were: Croatia (up 66.1%), Netherlands (up 65.2%), Canada (up 36%) and Belgium (up 28.2%).

Major suppliers that posted declines in their exported fresh turkey meat sales were led by: United Kingdom (down -67.6% from 2018), Ireland (down -30.7%), France (down -25.6%) and Italy (down -21.9%).

Turkey Exports by Country: Frozen

Worldwide shipments totaled $1.31 billion worth of frozen turkey meat in 2022. That dollar amount reflects a 30.2% gain from $1 billion in 2018 and a 20.1% acceleration from 2021 to 2022.

Below, you will find the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of frozen turkey meat during the most recent annual reporting period.

1. Poland: US$276.7 million (21.1% of exported frozen turkey meat)
2. Brazil: $183.5 million (14%)
3. Chile: $174.1 million (13.3%)
4. United States: $166.1 million (12.7%)
5. Germany: $84.5 million (6.5%)
6. France: $71 million (5.4%)
7. Spain: $54.4 million (4.2%)
8. Netherlands: $44.9 million (3.4%)
9. Canada: $42.9 million (3.3%)
10. Hungary: $40.8 million (3.1%)
11. Russia: $31.7 million (2.4%)
12. Italy: $20.8 million (1.6%)
13. Türkiye: $17.7 million (1.4%)
14. Ukraine: $16.2 million (1.2%)
15. Belgium: $13.9 million (1.1%)

 
By value, the 15 countries listed above shipped 94.7% of all frozen turkey meat exports for 2022.

Among the above countries, the fastest-growing frozen turkey meat exporters since 2018 were: Ukraine (up 5471.7%), Russia (up 576.0%), Chile (up 161.1%) and Canada (up 142.6%).

A trio of leading suppliers posted declines in their exported turkey meat sales, namely: Italy (down -29.8% from 2018), Belgium (down -28.3%) and the United States of America (down -23.7%).

See also Chicken Exports by Country, Big Export Sales for Frozen Shrimps, Top Beef Exporting Countries and Pork Exports by Country

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 10, 2023

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 10, 2023