Turkey meat accounts for about 10% of the structure of poultry production in Ukraine

The structure of poultry meat production in Ukraine is dominated by chicken, which accounts for more than 90%. Turkey production is about 10%. Serhii Horlach, co-owner of the agro-industrial group "Pan Kurchak", told about this in an interview with the magazine "Our Poultry Farming". Thus, according to him, in 2023, the production of poultry meat in Ukraine amounted to 1.5 million tons, which is 5.5% more than the previous year. In particular, chicken ‒ 1.4 million tons, turkey ‒ 100 thousand tons. "Last year, poultry meat consumption in Ukraine was at the level of 11.5 kg per person, which is 5% more than in 2022," noted Serhiy Horlach. The export of poultry products in 2023 reached 900,000 tons, which is 10% more than in 2022. Its main buyers are China, EU, Turkey, Iraq, Iran. "The main factors positively affecting the development of the poultry meat market in Ukraine are the increase in demand both within the country and on foreign markets, as well as state support for the ...