Foodstuff output on decline in Ukraine in Jan

Ukraine saw a decline in foodstuff output in January 2021, in particular, egg production stood at 1.018 billion eggs, which was 16.3% down year-over-year (y-o-y).

Read alsoFoodstuff imports from EU up by over 13% in 2020Over the period under review, agricultural enterprises saw their egg output shrink by 23%, while private farmers cut egg production by 0.4%, according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.

Meat production in the first month of 2021 fell by 2.9%, to 313,000 tonnes. That is, enterprises cut meat output by 2.1%, while private farmers reduced the production by 4%.

At the same time, milk production dropped by 2.3%, to 531,600 tonnes y-o-y.

In particular, private farmers saw their milk output shrink by 5.2%, while agricultural enterprises increased milk production by 1.9%, the report said.

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Milk production in Ukraine in 2020 decreased by 4.2%, to 9.25 million tonnes, that of eggs by 2.9%, to 16.194 billion eggs, and meat output by 1.1%, to 3.45 million tonnes.