Pork exports from Ukraine increased by 31%

In the first 8 months of this year, Ukrainian pork producers exported 1.85 thousand tons of products totaling $ 4.2 million. Thus, the volume of foreign sales increased by 31% compared to January-August 2019, according to analysts of the Association "Pig Farmers of Ukraine" (ACS). Exports of pork offal also increased. 80% of foreign sales of pork are carried out in two directions. “The United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong remain the main sales channels for domestic pork. Thus, if a year earlier a little more than half of pork shipments were sent there, this year the share of these markets in the geography of exports has grown to 80%. At the same time, the volume of supplies to Hong Kong increased 1.6 times, and to the UAE - 2.25 times compared to the results of 2/3 of 2019. In addition to the revival of foreign trade in pork, it is worth noting the increase in exports of pork offal. Thus, for 8 months Ukraine sold 4.37 thousand tons of frozen pork offal with a total value of 2.34 ...