Whole Turkey: export from Canada to Southeast Asia

Whole turkey is a seasonal trade into Southeast Asia, concentrated around year-end, and that shape drives everything about how it is bought.

Because demand arrives in a window, the ordering calendar runs much earlier than buyers new to the line expect. Production is planned against Canadian and United States seasonal demand first, and export volume is contracted well ahead of the shipping date. A buyer who starts the conversation in the autumn is usually too late for that year.

Specify the weight band in kilograms, because turkey bands are wide and the difference between the bottom and the top of one is substantial on a retail shelf price. Specify also whether the bird is basted or unbasted, since basted product carries added solution and is a different quantity of meat, and whether giblets travel with it.

Frozen is the format, and storage history matters on a product that may sit between production and the selling window.

Establishment eligibility for the destination is confirmed first, and turkey approval is not automatically implied by chicken approval.