Ukraine: This year's trend in the pork market is a regional price divergence

The loss of a significant part of the pork market operators this year, and therefore the supply, affected the price situation. The first is with the formation of regional pork markets. This was emphasized by Oleksandra Bondarska, head of the analytical department of the "Swinemakers of Ukraine" association. "When we observe a significant difference in purchase prices depending on the region to which one or another operator belongs," she explained. - Sometimes, of course, there is a certain convergence of the purchase price with the national average. The difference in prices between regions can be 2-3 hryvnias. In some places, the "fork" between east and west reached about UAH 5, which significantly distorted the price situation on the entire pork market." According to Oleksandra Bondarska, the main prerequisite for such circumstances was, first of all, significant changes in the distribution of forces in the market, as some operators decided to leave the market due to serious ...