Production of ready-to-use fish products and canned fish products in Ukraine increased in January-July 2021 by 36% compared to January-July 2020, to 8,300 tonnes, the State Fisheries Agency said on the website on Thursday evening.
The agency said with reference to the State Statistics Service that production of jerked, dried, salted or unsalted fish; salted fish (but not dried); fish in brine (except for smoked fish, fish fillets, fish heads, tails and bellies) in January-July 2021 amounted to 5,990 tonnes (more by 4% compared to January-July 2020). During this period, production of jerked and dried fish amounted to 2,820 tonnes (more by 9%), fish caviar – 2,140 tonnes (more by 30%), smoked fish – 2,370 tonnes (more by 10%), ready-to-use products and canned food from herring – 1,790 tonnes (more by 1%), and salted fish (except for herring) – 1,170 tonnes (more by 1.2%).
