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UKRAINE INCREASES EXPORTS OF PORK BY 5.2 TIMES, POULTRY BY 1% IN EIGHT MONTHS

9 September , 2015  

KYIV. Sept 9 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-August 2015 exported 19,540 tonnes of pork, which is 5.2 times more than in the same period in 2014.

According to customs statistics made public by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, in monetary terms exports of these products for the eight months totaled $41 million.

Pork imports for the period amounted to 2,867 tonnes against 21,300 tonnes a year earlier. In monetary terms, the figure amounted to $6.54 million.

Exports of poultry and offal rose by 1%, to 105,365 tonnes. Poultry exports amounted to almost $147.073 million. Imports amounted to 32,790 tonnes, worth $21.617 million, which is 2% more than in January-August 2014 when the figure was 32,160 tonnes, worth $33 million.