The quota for bone-in poultry imports is divided into four equal portions, but only 60 per cent of the quota was filled in the first quarter (January 2016 to March 2016). While the expectation was for poultry bone-in imports from the United States to peak in the second quarter, they however declined by 47 per cent between April 2016 and June 2016.
The third quarter (July 2016 and September 2016) saw a further decline of 36 per cent, with US bone-in poultry imports coming in at only 3,262 tons.