# South Africa: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in South Africa- Update | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> USDA FAS reported that South Africa's HPAI outbreak, first detected in Western Cape in April 2023, has slowed, with 7.5 million birds culled from April to September and 750,000 in October and November. Import permits were issued for 9 million fertilized eggs, 945,000 day-old chicks, 62 metric tons of egg products and 30,986 metric tons of poultry meat to rebuild flocks.

- Date: 2023-12-20 · published 2023-12-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16133-south-africa-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-in-south-africa-update-usda
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Rising South African poultry imports support global poultry meat demand, which modestly supports chicken prices and feed use.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-05-11 | [Export Sales to Mexico and South Korea \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19206-export-sales-to-mexico-and-south-korea-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +1.4% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2025-07-25 | [Export Sales to Mexico and South Korea \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23716-export-sales-to-mexico-and-south-korea-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +0.8% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2019-12-10 | [Secretary Perdue Statement on USMCA Agreement \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55546-secretary-perdue-statement-on-usmca-agreement-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +4.3% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2025-05-09 | [Export Sales to Mexico and Pakistan \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24634-export-sales-to-mexico-and-pakistan-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +1.2% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2025-08-12 | [Export Sales to Mexico \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23295-export-sales-to-mexico-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| SBM | 2019-12-10 | [Secretary Perdue Statement on USMCA Agreement \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55546-secretary-perdue-statement-on-usmca-agreement-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +1.6% | +0.1% |
| SBM | 2017-03-07 | [Insights \| Trump Administration’s First Major Statement On Foreign Trade Affects Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71991-insights-trump-administration-s-first-major-statement-on-foreign-trade-affects.md) | -0.7% | -6.6% |
| SBM | 2020-10-30 | [Price for soybeans relatively high - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50666-price-for-soybeans-relatively-high-food-and-agribusiness.md) | +2.9% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/south-africa-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-south-africa-update

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