The market for importing chicken feet to China, where they are considered a delicacy, from the US, where they are mostly dismissed as a waste product, is worth some $400 million a year. US-sourced chicken feet are particularly savoured by Chinese diners, says Dan Weil, because the growth hormones fed to the unfortunate birds result in larger, and therefore more appetizing, webs.
The market attracted some attention in 2009 after it was the subject of a mini trade war between the two countries but Weil thinks it’s an interesting example of one of the many China-related businesses not well understood outside the country.
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