In January-September Ukraine exported 62k tons of eggs

In January-September 2017, Ukraine exported 62.44k tons of eggs amounting to $43.57 million.

According to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, in September the export of eggs amounted to 10.54k tons against 24.02k tons of eggs in August.

According to the customs statistics, the main importers of Ukrainian eggs in January-September are the UAE ($21.33 million), Iraq ($6.73 million) and Qatar ($3.73 million). Exports to these countries amounted to 30,57k tons, 9.65k tons and 5.34k tons of eggs respectively.

Ukraine in January-August 2017 produced 10.75 billion pcs. of eggs from poultry of all kinds, which is 57.3 million pcs. more than in the same period of Y2016. According to forecasts, Ukraine in 2017 will increase the production of eggs to 16 billion pieces.