Last year, the volume of pork imports to Ukraine set a new anti-record

In 2023, the pork market was marked by extremely low import activity, and this trend continued in January, according to information from the Ukrainian Pork Association. In January, the volume of pork imports (UKT ZED 0203) set a new anti-record since 2018, amounting to 141.8 tons in the first month of the year. This is 2.4 times less than in December and 13.5 times less than the volume of pork supplies in January 2023. According to the currency equivalent, imports amounted to $386.5 thousand, and the average price per kilogram of imported products decreased to $2.73 against $3.11 in the previous month, analysts said. Weakening of pork import activity has been observed since October last year. "Volumes of available domestic supply during the first three weeks of the month continued pressure on the price of pork in procurement. This, on the one hand, reduced the needs of market operators for additional volumes of meat raw materials, and on the other hand, made imports even less ...