During January 2023, Ukraine imported four times less pork

During January 2023, Ukraine imported 1.9 thousand tons of pork, which is 3.5 times less than in the same period last year. This is evidenced by the data of the State Customs Service. In monetary terms, imports for the first month of 2023 decreased by three times compared to January 2022, to $3.9 million. In January of this year, pork was imported mainly from Denmark (35%), the Netherlands (33.8%) and Belgium (14.1%). At the same time, the volume of imports in January is three times higher than in December 2022. "Such an increase is unremarkable, because the weakening of the demand for imported raw materials at the end of the year under more favorable price conditions on the domestic market is typical," the association "Swine ...