• Pork imports: a new anti-record in January

    The year 2023 was marked by record low import activity for the pork market, but January is no less surprising. The dynamics of external pork supplies were monitored by analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

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  • December: About the Pork Market in Theses

    — supply/demand: Expectations for more active pork trade in the run-up to the winter holidays were largely unfulfilled, market operators stated. Thus, the revival of sales was noted by some operators «in isolation,» while others noted an increased level of competition among both chilled pork suppliers and live pork suppliers. In particular, in December, processors noted a greater supply of pigs for slaughter, in particular from «seasonal» feeders who tried to sell livestock fattened for the holidays, often in heavier than usual slaughter conditions.

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  • Livestock market: week 42

    During last Friday's trading, prices for pig vivace adjusted by 1.5-4 UAH/kg, the same as a week earlier. In particular, in the Center the purchasing prices of the majority of commodity batches fluctuated within 72-74 UAH/kg, a smaller supply of pork in the East kept the prices within 74-76 UAH/kg, in the Western regions the price range narrowed to 70-71 UAH/kg. The weighted average market mark shifted by 2.3% to 72.2 UAH/kg.

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  • Imported pork "went up in price"

    In July, the import frenzy eased somewhat: the flow of pork from abroad decreased by 45% compared to June - from 9 to 4.9 thousand tons respectively. Such results of foreign trade in pork were announced in the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

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  • Import rush or pork supplies "to spare"

    In June, the volume of pork imports made an unprecedented leap, exceeding 9 thousand tons. This is almost four times more than the volume of external supplies of pork in June 2021, the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders said.

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  • Why have premixes and veterinary drugs gone up in price?

    The low prices of key crops "compensate" the rise in price of other components of production - premixes, veterinary drugs and fuel. The analysts of the Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine analyzed the reasons for these dynamics.

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  • The impact of the second quarantine on pork market

    In response to the second wave of coronavirus, countries are re-introducing full quarantine. If the same events are waiting for Ukraine, how can it affect the meat market is analyzed by analysts of Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders .

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  • EU pork supply quotas are 91% exhausted

    According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine for 10 months of 2020, Ukraine received 18.18 thousand tons of pork from EU countries. This makes up 91% of the volume of annual export quotas on pork for suppliers from the European Union, say analysts of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

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