Over a month prices for a number of social food products have increased in Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the State Statistics, UNN reported.
Due to high growth rates last year, the volume of exports to the EU for the first time exceeded the level of 2013, then exports amounted to $ 16.7 billion and in 2014 - $ 17 billion.
As of early 2018, the population of pigs in Ukraine was 6.1 million. This is by 8.2% or 0.55 million animal units less on the corresponding date of 2017.
The volume of meat production in Ukraine in January-December 2017 amounted to 3.26 million tons (in live weight), which is 0.4% less than in the same period last year, the State Statistics Service reported.