Released : Friday, July 25, 2008 3:01 AM

BEIJING, Jul 25, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- China exported 1,030,000 heads of poultry valued at 3.024 million US dollars in May 2008, and the export in January-May reached 681,000 heads valued at 17.325 million US dollars, down 0.8 percent and 27.1 percent respectively year on year.

Following is a table showing the export from 2004 to May 2008, released by the General Administration of Customs:

Cumulative Change y-o- Cumulative Change y-o-

Quantity ( y (%) Value ( y (%)

1,000 heads) million US

dollars)

2004 19,260 -50.7 33.329 -50.5

2005 25,020 29.9 37.400 12.2

2006 18,990 -24.1 31.645 -15.4

2007

January 1,210 -29.2 1.666 -41.6

February 2,800 -26.1 4.873 -21.4

March 4,350 -23.6 8.127 -6.6

April 5,630 -14.6 11.001 4.8

May 6,860 -15.3 13.631 5.7

June 8,260 -11.0 16.526 9.1

July 9,600 -9.3 19.526 15.1

August 10,880 -9.6 22.396 16.2

September 12,240 -9.6 25.344 16.2

October 13,590 -10.6 28.354 15.5

November 14,990 -11.1 31.350 14.5

December 16,350 -13.9 34.556 9.2

2008

January 146 20.9 3.540 112.5

February 304 8.6 7.501 53.9

March 454 4.4 11.264 38.6

April 578 2.6 14.301 30.0

May 681 -0.8 17.325 27.1