Industrial egg production down 23% YoY in 1H 2021

Eggs production in Ukraine in January-June totalled 7.38 bln, 13.6% down YoY (January-June 2020: 7.54 bln), the data of the State Statistics Service show.

Industrial egg production in the reporting period reduced by 23.1%, to 3.55 bln vs. 4.6 bln in 6M 2020. Households cut chicken egg production by 2.5% YoY, to 3.83 bln (January-June 2020: 4.6 bln).

The major production regions in 6M 2021:

• Kyiv: 1651.8 mln (Jan-May 2020: 1707.3 mln)
• Cherkasy: 421.8 mln (399.3 mln)
• Vinnytsya: 383.1 mln (475.3 mln)
• Zhytomyr: 374.9 mln (376.5 mln)
• Kherson: 369 mln (474.3 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.