Ukraine: egg production up in 2019

Egg production in Ukraine grew by 3.4% YoY in 2019, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. Last year, Ukraine produced 16.68 billion eggs. In particular, agricultural enterprises produced 9.36 billion eggs (+5.2%) and households – 7.32 billion eggs (+1.2%). The largest number of eggs in 2019 was produced in the Kyiv region – 3.31…

Ukraine: sugar output down in 2019-2020

In 2019-2020 MY Ukraine produced 1.48 million tons of sugar, down by 19% YoY. “In total, there were 33 sugar refineries in operation, which processed 9.84 million tons of sugar beet – almost a third less than in the previous year. As we can see, a significant reduction in the amount of raw materials caused…

Ukraine: banana imports up in 2019

Ukraine in 2019 updated its historical record for banana imports, having purchased about 275,000 tons, up by 8-9% YoY. Experts say a record volume of banana imports to Ukraine has been observed against the background of growing output of Ukrainian fruit and berries and a decreased number consumers due to loss of control over the…