Ukraine maintains high imports of fish and crayfish
Published Aug 21, 2020
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Fish and crustaceans continue to be imported in large quantities to Ukraine from abroad. In January-June 2020, the cost of imports of these products to Ukraine is $ 295 million, which is 4% more than in the same period of 2019. This was announced by Deputy Director of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", Corresponding Member of NAAS Mykola Pugachev , - informs the press service of the academy.
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According to him, the main import items have traditionally been frozen fish ($ 158 million), fresh or chilled fish ($ 70 million), fish fillets ($ 34 million) and various crustaceans ($ 22 million). "At the same time, the volume of imported purchases of frozen fish in the first half of 2020 decreased by 13% - from 142 thousand tons to 123 thousand tons than in the corresponding period last year. The rest of these commodity items show a growing dynamics, "said the expert. The scientist notes that Norway remains the main supplier of fish and seafood to Ukraine. According to the results of six months of 2020, its share in the value of domestic imports of this type of product amounted to 33.5%. Norway is followed by ...
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