Imports of pork are lagging behind last year in Ukraine

The arrival of imported pork increased in August, but remains lower than last year, analysts of the Association "Swine Farmers of Ukraine" report. According to the results of August, external receipts of fresh, chilled and frozen pork amounted to 1.3 thousand tons or 3.28 million dollars. USA in monetary equivalent. "At the end of the summer, pork supplies picked up somewhat against the background of strengthening domestic quotations and reverse price dynamics in EU countries. On the other hand, although the August import of pork exceeds the July volume by more than one and a half times, in general, the share of such products in the domestic market remains insignificant (no more than 3-5% of the domestic industrial production of pork), so it currently does not have a significant impact on the market situation ", the industry association notes. It should be noted that the import of fresh, chilled and frozen pork (UKT ZED) for January-August amounted to 7.8 thousand tons. This is ...