UAE and Hong Kong buy 80% of Ukrainian pork exports

Published 2020년 9월 3일

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The Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine reports a significant increase in pork exports to the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, with these markets now accounting for 80% of total pork exports, up from 50% the previous year. Hong Kong has seen a 1.6-fold increase, and the UAE a 2.25-fold increase compared to the same period in 2019. There has also been a rise in pork offal exports, with 4.37 thousand tons sold in the first eight months of 2020. Despite these exports, Ukraine's imports of fresh, chilled, and frozen pork have remained steady at 16.3 thousand tons for the first eight months of the year.

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This is stated in the message of the Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine. “The main distribution channels for domestic pork remain the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. So, if a year earlier a little more than half of the cargo with pork was sent there, then the share of these markets in the geography of exports increased 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 2019, ”the ACS comments. In addition to the revival of foreign trade in pork, there has been an increase in the export of pork offal. “So, for 8 months, Ukraine sold 4.37 thousand tons of frozen pork by-products with a total value of $ 2.34 million. for 2/3 2020, 2.7 thousand tons of pork offal were sold to the country against 0.9 thousand tons in the same period last year, ...

Source: AgroPortal.ua