Egg production in January cut down by 16%
18 February 2021, 13:35
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)
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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).