Meat processing enterprises in Ukraine in 2024 increased the purchase of farm animals for further processing by 11.5% compared to 2023 – up to 2.107 million tons, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the data, in 2024, processing enterprises increased the processing of animals of their own production by 5.4% to 1.654 million tons. At the same time, industrial enterprises specializing in livestock production increased the supply of animals for processing by 43.1% to 444.2 thousand tons, while households reduced it by 18.6% to 8.3 thousand tons.
Pork meat prevailed in the structure of purchases by processing enterprises, accounting for 65.7%. The share of beef and poultry meat was 16.5% and 16% respectively.
At the same time, purchases of poultry meat in 2024 quadrupled to 72.6 thousand tons, pork – by 38.1% to 305 thousand tons, and beef decreased by 8.7% to 74.3 thousand tons.
The cost of purchasing beef in 2024 amounted to 53.44 UAH/kg, which is 11.2% more expensive than a year earlier, pork fell by 20% to 48.86 UAH/kg, and the cost of poultry remained unchanged at 38.51 UAH/kg.
Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Dnipropetrovs’k regions were among the top 3 regions in terms of live animal supplies for processing. They supplied 640.74 thousand tons, 384.85 thousand tons and 342.91 thousand tons to processing companies, respectively.
