Business news from Ukraine

UKRAINE SEES PRODUCTION OF MEAT RISE BY 0.4%, EGGS BY 2.5%, MILK FALL BY 0.7% IN JANUARY

14 February , 2018  

Production of milk in Ukraine in January 2018 (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, part of the ATO zone) decreased by 0.7% compared to the same period in 2017, to 573,000 tonnes.
The State Statistics Service said meat production (live weight) in January amounted to 300,000 tonnes, which is 0.4% more than in the same period in 2017.
Production of eggs increased by 2.5%, to 1.081 billion units.
As reported, with reference to statistics, milk production in Ukraine in 2017 decreased by 0.5% compared to 2016, to 10.329 million tonnes, meat (in live weight) by 0.4%, to 3.259 million tonnes. Production of eggs in 2017 rose by 3.2%, to 15.578 billion units.