Egg production in January cut down by 16%

Eggs production in Ukraine in January 2021 amounted to 1.018 bln, 16.3% YoY (January 2020: 1.216 bln), the data of the State Statistics Service show.

Industrial egg production in the reporting period reduced by 23%, to 656.6 mln vs. 852.9 mln in January 2020. Households cut chicken eggs production by 0.4% YoY, to 361.7 mln (January 2020: 363.3 mln).

The major production regions:

  • Kyiv: 265.8 mln (January 2020: 305 mln)
  • Khmelnytsky: 65.2 mln (58.4 mln)
  • Dnipropetrovsk: 62.1 mln (61.2 mln)
  • Cherkasy: 60.4 mln (43.6 mln)
  • Donetsk: 59.7 mln (86.4 mln)

Poultry farming in Ukraine (click for full resolution)

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The following regions produced the least birds' eggs in January 2021:

  • Volyn: 8.3 mln (8.2 mln in January 2020)
  • Odesa: 7.7 mln (9.8 mln)
  • Luhansk: 5.7 mln (4.9 mln)

Birds' eggs export shipment from Ukraine amounted to 106.8 thou. t in Jan-Dec 2020, 22% lower YoY (2019: 137.08 thou. t).

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