Ukraine increased pork imports by almost 5 times

Submitted by bashun on Tue, 05/15/2018 - 18:03

Imports of pork in Ukraine in January-April 2018 increased 4.6 times to 3.31 thousand tons, pork imported to the country at $ 5.91 million against $ 1.24 million in January-April 2017. This is evidenced by the data of the State Fiscal Service, biz.censor.net.ua reported.

Exports of pork in January-April 2018 declined 3 times compared to the corresponding period of 2017 - up to 0.81 thousand tons.

According to the State Fiscal Service, these products were delivered for $ 1.88 million against $ 4.7 million in the four months of 2017.

At the same time, in January-April, 2018, Ukraine exported 98.36 thousand tons of poultry and by-products, which is 2.6% more than in the same period in 2017.

In monetary terms, exports of these products increased by 21% - up to $ 150.09 million. Import of poultry and by-products for the four months of 2018 increased by 27.7% - to 40 thousand tons, in monetary terms - by 35.8%, to $ 16.73 million.

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