A Ukrainian consumes 52 kg of meat per year

Published 2022년 9월 15일

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The article highlights that Ukraine's meat consumption fund is now fully satisfying the country's domestic demand and has potential for meeting export demands, predominantly through poultry meat. The per capita meat consumption has returned to pre-war levels at 52 kg per year. The breakdown of the consumption fund is 50% poultry, 37% pork, and 13% beef. Processing businesses are shifting towards more affordable meats and increasing the production of ready-meat poultry products. They are also looking to expand into international markets, given the demand and opportunities for Ukrainian meat products. Currently, Ukraine has a positive export balance in meat products, meaning exports have exceeded imports for the first time.

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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 ...

Source: Agrotimes