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Since 2014, Ukraine has seen a significant decrease in its fishing and fish farming industries, now only meeting 10% of the country's fish demand. The rest, about 90%, is imported. The government is planning to limit food imports and prioritize domestic producers in public procurement, possibly starting with fish. This comes as Ukraine's annual fish catch and farm output has dropped to 35,000 tons from 200,000 tons in 2014, leaving a gap in the market. Replacing imported fish with domestic produce would increase prices by 50%.
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Since 2014, the volume of fishing and fish farming in Ukraine has fallen significantly, and currently Ukraine independently provides only 10% of the national demand for fish. This was stated by the head of the Association of Fish Importers and Exporters, Dmytro Zagumennyi, Hromadske Radio reports. The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Vitaly Koval announced the government's intentions to limit the import of food products, giving preference to domestic producers in public procurement. Fish may be the first in the list of products that the state plans to pay attention to. According to Dmytro Zagumenny, currently about 90% of fish on the Ukrainian market is imported. Against the background of the annexation of Crimea and the beginning of a full-scale invasion, the catch in Ukraine has significantly decreased. Until 2014, Ukraine caught and farmed more than 200,000 tons of fish every year, but now this figure has decreased to 35,000 tons. The Ukrainian market needs more than ...
Source: Agropolit
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