Ukraine's meat production forecast to grow in late 2011

Ukraine's meat production forecast to grow in late 2011

UKRAINE - According to an annual survey conducted by the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, entitled Doing Agribusiness in Ukraine 2011, the growth in meat production in 2011 will amount to 3-4 per cent, whereas a year earlier this figure was 7 per cent.

"According to our calculations, meat production in 2011 will amount to 1.93 million tons in carcass weight, and the share of poultry meat will rise to 56 per cent, while the share of beef will fall to 12 per cent of the total meat production. In the overall structure of the market, only the share of pork will remain unchanged - 32 per cent," Director of the AgriSurvey Agency, an analytical unit of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, Taras Hahahiuk, said.

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