Livestock farmers from Ukraine oppose an increase in the quota for pork imports from the EU

Of the Meat Industry Association opposes the increase of the annual quota of 20 thousand tons of duty-free pork imports from the EU, which will be revised in 2021 under the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the EU (February 11 in Brussels will be a regular meeting of the Association Council Ukraine-EU). This was reported in the department. According to the report, there are currently no pork exports from Ukraine to the EU for two reasons: Ukraine's unfavorable status due to the ASF outbreak and the significantly higher cost and price of Ukrainian pork. "The rapid spread of ASF in Ukraine and the EU, combined with restrictions on meat processing plants and food establishments due to the pandemic, have affected traditional pork sales channels around the world. One of the consequences was the reduction of pork prices in the EU to the cost level, "the Association notes. Read also: Ukrainian animal husbandry became unprofitable for the first time in 13 years - expert The ...