A Ukrainian consumes 52 kg of meat per year

Today, the fund for the consumption of meat and meat products fully meets the needs of the domestic market and has the ability to meet export demand - mainly at the expense of poultry meat. This was announced by the head of the Department of Livestock and Tribal Affairs of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Olena Dadus. "Per capita consumption is provided at the level of 52 kg of meat per year," she said. "This indicator is comparable to last year's pre-war period." Currently, there is a certain substitution of more expensive types of products with more affordable ones, noted Olena Dadus. "Half of the 2 million tons of the general fund of meat consumption is poultry. Pork makes up 37% of the consumption fund, beef - 13%," she clarified. In turn, processing enterprises are also reorienting: they are increasing the share of ready-made poultry meat products, in particular, this applies to canned meat. The processing business is interested in entering foreign markets. There ...