Prices of beef and pork were by 1.7-2.2 times higher on the average than those of chicken carcasses in 2017.
Meat production in Ukraine in January-December 2017 totaled 3.26 million tonnes (live weight), which was 0.4% down year-over-year, according to State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Ukrainian dairy and poultry companies are seeking to supply Malaysia with their products, the country’s state service for food safety said on Monday, according to Reuters.
Experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations predict that Ukraine's beef industry could make more gains.
Ukrainian enterprises exported meat products worth US$397 million January through September 2017, which was 1.5 times up year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the press service of the National Scientific Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics."
The Republic of Belarus has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of pork from Ukraine's Zhytomyr region in connection with outbreaks of an acute virus disease of animals – African swine fever (ASF) in that area, according to a post on the website of the Department of Veterinary and Food Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus.
Output of fresh or chilled pork in Ukraine in January-August 2017 was 163,000 tonnes, which was 4.2% down year-over-year, according to the State Statistics Service.
Procurement prices of pork in live weight grew by 3% on a weekly basis, according to the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.
Ukraine is in talks with 22 countries on shipments of animal products onto their markets, according to the press service of Ukraine's State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
Georgia's Defense Ministry has cancelled a condition barring foreign companies from bidding at tenders for the supply of meat to that country's Armed Forces, thus opening up that market for Ukrainian meat suppliers, according to the news portal News Georgia.
