Ukraine cuts poultry exports by 22% in Jan – customs

Ukraine's State Customs Service says the country in January 2021 exported 29,120 tonnes of poultry meat and offal, which was 22% down year-over-year (y-o-y).

At the same time, exports in monetary terms soared by almost 27% to US$45.87 million (against US$36.14 million in January 2020), the agency's press service said.

Read alsoUkrainian farmers boost profit by 1.5 times in 2020 – expertsMajor buyers of Ukrainian poultry in the first month of 2021 were Saudi Arabia (US$16.97 million, or 46.8% of total supplies), the United Arab Emirates (US$2.35 million, or 6.5%), and Hong Kong (US$1.95 million, or 5.4%).

Ukraine also reduced egg exports over the period under review to 3,680 tonnes, which was 68% down y-o-y.

At the same time, egg exports more than halved in monetary terms, to US$4.18 million from US$10.48 million in January 2020.

In January 2021, main buyers of Ukrainian eggs were the United Arab Emirates (US$1.45 million, or 34.7% of total supplies), Latvia (US$1.11 million, or 26.7%), and Saudi Arabia (US$643,500, or 15.4%).

Background

In January, Ukraine resumed exports of poultry and eggs to Singapore, which was suspended over a bird flu outbreak late in 2020.