Ukraine: Livestock and Products Semi-annual
The political and economic crisis resulted in abrupt currency devaluation and red meat demand drop. Once sizable, pork imports decreased significantly. Ukrainian swine producers were forced to export. The major export market in 2015 – Russia – introduced a Ukrainian pork import ban on January 1st 2016. This will sustain domestic consumption, but remarkably reduce exports in 2016. A substitution to lower-priced poultry products will continue. Pork import demand will continue only in the lowest market segments for further processing.
