By results of 2017 export of pork in monetary equivalent exceeded its import by 0.56 million US dollars, and live animals - by 0.15 million dollars.

At the beginning of the second decade of December, the purchase price of slaughter pigs in Ukraine felt a slight positive fluctuation.

According to the latest data of the State Statistics Service, in early November there were 6.7 million pigs in Ukraine. This is 0.65 million head or 8.9% less compared to a year earlier.