The cost of meat in Ukraine since the beginning of this year has got up by almost a quarter, in particular, beef has risen in price by 30%, and pork - by 15%, the press service of the consulting agency Pro Consulting reports, according to Unian.
Exports of meat and meat products in January-August 2018 amounted to 258 thousand tons (+ 6% compared to the same period in 2017), imports - 180 thousand tons (41%). This is reported by analysts of the Economic Discussion Club, agravery.com reported.
The volume of meat production in Ukraine in January-June of 2018 amounted to 1.78 million tons (in live weight), which is 0.3% less than in the same period last year, the State Statistics Service reported according to UNIAN.
In Ukraine chicken is the most actively produced meat, the consumption of which is growing every year - the products of domestic poultry farms are in demand both on the domestic and international markets. Ukrainian pork almost completely provides the domestic market. Its export potential is limited due to the spread of ASF. Moreover, beef is the most expensive and laborious kind of meat. It occupied only 5.2% of the volume of the Ukrainian meat release in 2017, Pro-Consulting reported.
In Ukraine, the mission of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) began to conduct an audit of the state control system for the production of poultry meat and products derived from it, which are intended for export to the European Union.
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.