Sales of meat for slaughter (in live weight) decreased by 2.6% in Ukraine in January-July 2021, year-over-year, to 1.84 million tonnes, milk production by 6%, to 5.19 million tonnes, eggs by 14.4%, to 8.64 billion pieces, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said on the website on Tuesday.
According to it, as of August 1, the poultry population in Ukraine decreased 3.5%, year-over-year, to 240.3 million heads, cattle by 6.4%, to 3.22 million heads (including the number of cows decreased by 5.9%, to 1.66 million heads), sheep and goats by 5.3%, to 1.37 million heads, while the number of pigs remained unchanged at 6.11 million heads.
The sale of poultry for slaughter by agricultural enterprises decreased 1.5% in January-July 2021 versus January-July 2020 and amounted to 381.1 million heads, the sale of pigs grew by 10.8%, to 2.94 million heads, cattle fell by 12.6%, to 185,200 heads, sheep by 26.1%, to 27,000 heads.
Agricultural enterprises for the same period sold 22.6% fewer eggs, reaching 4.03 billion pieces.
