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Although the conflict is most definitely far from being over with occasional shots still being fired, the borders have stabilized and the Ukrainian poultry industry has recovered from the loss of consumers and facilities in
Since this podcast was first aired in February, the Turkish Statistical Institute has announced that Turkish poultry production as dropped in January by 6.7% compared to the same time last year. Chicken meat production reached 168,908 metric ton and decreased by 6.9% compared with the same month of the previous year. The Ukrainian State Fiscal Service has stated that the country’s chicken producers have seen a 43% increase in poultry exports compared to the same time last year. In 2018, Ukrainian poultry meat exports hit a record high of 329,000 metric tons, having increased by 21% compared to the previous year.
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saturated, Ukrainian producers will be increasing exports
While the domestic market contracted due to the population loss, incomes of the remaining consumers stabilized and grew, notably in 2017-18. For the majority of food products, consumption recovered to 2013 pre-crisis levels. The stabilization of the political environment has had a positive impact on new poultry production investments. New production facilities initiated operations in mid-2018. Further expansion is expected in 2019, as new poultry houses are populated with birds, and new hatcheries and slaughter lines are fully utilized. Ukraine’s domestic industry remains highly concentrated, with the largest producer responsible for over 60 percent of total production and the top seven Ukrainian broiler producers controlling over 90 percent of the market. Facing a domestic demand that is essentially to traditional markets in the EU, the Middle East and Africa. Trade problems related to political, technical
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and/or religious issues in Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have had a limited impact on Ukraine’s overall exports.
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March~April 2019
Meat Packing Journal