Egg production seen dropping for five months

Eggs production in Ukraine in January-May summed 6.02 bln, 14% down YoY (January-May 2020: 7 bln), the data of the State Statistics Service show.

Industrial egg production in the reporting period reduced by 22.4%, to 3.02 bln vs. 3.89 bln in 5M 2020. Households cut chicken egg production by 3.5% YoY, to 3 bln (January-May 2020: 3.11 bln).

The major production regions in 5M 2021:

• Kyiv: 1381.1 mln (Jan-May 2020: 1439.3 mln)
• Cherkasy: 356.5 mln (317.3 mln)
• Vinnytsya: 313.3 mln (397.9 mln)
• Dnipropetrovsk: 307.5 mln (323 mln)
• Khmelnytsky: 304 mln (405.6 mln)

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Egg export from Ukraine amounted to 106.8 thou. t in 12M 2020. The U.A.E. was the key importer in 2020.

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