According to USDA-FAS-GAIN Report UP2ND21-0012 released on March 1st, Ukraine will experience a 3.4 percent decline in total production from 2020 to 2021. For the market year beginning January 1st, chicken production is estimated at 1.375 million metric tons down from 1.423 metric tons in 2020. Domestic consumption is estimated at 54.4 lbs. per capita based on a population of 44.5 million.
In 2021 USDA-FAS projected exports of 0.41 million metric tons representing 29.6 percent of total production. In 2020, Ukraine exported 0.78 million metric tons of RTC in the form of bone-in cuts and whole birds to the E.U., This volume will be curtailed by HPAI in 2021. Ukraine exports to the Middle East, the Russian Federation and North Africa including Egypt.
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