Ukraine is one of the five world exporters of poultry, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Tymofiy Mylovanov has stated.
“Ukraine has entered the top five of the world’s poultry exporters. Brazil, the EU and Thailand are ahead of Ukraine,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
In addition, the minister said that the EU issued import permits for 58,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat as part of the first distribution of the tariff quota (TRQ) for 2020.
“Almost the entire quota was issued for duty-free supplies of Ukrainian wheat,” he said.
As reported, with reference to the ministry, Ukraine as of January 10, 2019 and since the beginning of the 2019/2020 marketing year (MY, July-June) has exported 32.08 million tonnes of grain, which is 7.8 million tonnes more than for the same period of the last marketing year.
In particular, the following amount was delivered to foreign markets: wheat in the amount of 15.1 million tonnes, corn some 12.8 million tonnes, and barley some 3.8 million tonnes.
Ukraine in the 2018/2019 MY exported a record 50.4 million tonnes of grain, legumes and flour, which is 23% more than in the previous MY. It is expected that 54 million tonnes will be exported in the current MY.
Ukraine in January-November 2019 increased export of poultry by 23.4%, to 375,110 tonnes, the State Fiscal Service has reported. According to the service, in monetary terms exports of these products rose by 12.7%, to $531.74 million.
At the same time, import of poultry in January-November 2019 slightly decreased, to 121,100 tonnes, in money terms to $48.2 million.
In addition, according to the service, pork exports in January-November 2019 amounted to 2,050 tonnes compared to 1,650 tonnes for the same period in 2018. These products were delivered for $4.69 million against $3.55 million for the eleven months of 2018.
Pork imports to Ukraine during this period decreased by 16.8%, to 21,920 tonnes. Pork worth $41.85 million was imported to the country compared to $48.12 million in January-November 2018.
Ukraine in January-October 2019 increased export of poultry by 23%, to 333,810 tonnes, the State Fiscal Service has reported.
According to the service, in monetary terms exports of these products rose by 12.8%, to $479.73 million.
At the same time, import of poultry for the ten months of 2019 decreased by 2.1%, to 108,660 tonnes, in money terms by 2%, to $43.29 million.
In addition, according to the service, pork exports in January-October 2019 amounted to 1,790 tonnes compared to 1,540 tonnes for the same period in 2018. These products were delivered for $3.95 million against $3.34 million for the ten months of 2018.
Pork imports to Ukraine during this period decreased by 12.5%, to 20,460 tonnes. Pork worth $39 million was imported to the country compared to $43.17 million in January-October 2018.
Cattle livestock in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions) as of September 1, 2019 amounted to 3.67 million animals, which is 4.6% down on the same date in 2018, the State Statistics Service has reported. The number of cows by this date also decreased 4.6%, to 1.91 million head.
According to the State Statistics Service, the number of pigs as of September 1, 2019, fell by 2.6%, to 6.29 million animals, the number of sheep and goats declined by 3.1%, to 1.52 million animals compared to the same period of 2018.
The number of poultry in the country compared with September 1, 2018, increased 3.8%, to 254.79 million birds.
Ukraine in January-August 2019 exported 275,470 tonnes of poultry, which is 28.4% more than in the same period in 2018, the State Fiscal Service has reported.
According to its data, in monetary terms exports of these products increased by 20.4%, to $401.78 million.
Poultry and offal imports for the seven months fell by 4.4%, to 82,200 tonnes, in monetary terms by 3.7%, to $32.86 million.
According to the State Fiscal Service, exports of pork in January-August 2019 rose by 4.2% compared to the corresponding period of 2018, to 1,410 tonnes. In monetary terms exports of this product amounted to $3.13 million compared with $2.96 million a year ago.
Pork imports to Ukraine during this period grew by 3.9%, to 16,330 tonnes. The country received this meat for a total of $31.1 million compared with $29.5 million in January-August 2019.
Cattle livestock in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions) as of August 1, 2019 amounted to 3.72 million animals, which is 4.4% down on the same date in 2018, the State Statistics Service has reported.
The number of cows by this date also decreased by 4.4%, to 1.92 million head.
According to the State Statistics Service, the number of pigs as of August 1, 2019, fell by 1.5%, to 6.5 million animals, the number of sheep and goats declined by 3.2%, to 1.54 million animals compared to the same period of 2018.
At the same time, the number of poultry in the country compared with August 1, 2018, increased by 3.9%, to 257.62 million birds.
