Ukraine maintains EU chicken TOP-3 supplier status

UKRAINE, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Imports of poultry meat from Ukraine from the European Union (excluding the United Kingdom) fell to 10,088 tons in January-November 2020, down 18.1 percent from a year earlier, according to a European Commission report.
Ukraine remains the third largest supplier, despite falling imports.
the first 11 months of last year, the EU imported 479,000 tonnes of poultry meat, down 14.3 per cent year-on-year.
among other major suppliers, Brazil fell 3.9 per cent to 213.01 million tonnes, Thailand fell 24.1 per cent to 124.52 million tonnes and China fell 25.7 per cent to 154.3 million tonnes.
same time, EU poultry exports to Ukraine were 134.74 million tonnes, down 18.1% year-on-year.
, EU exports of poultry fell 4 per cent to 1.59 million tonnes.
expected EU poultry production to fall by 2 per cent to 13.23 million tonnes by 2020, while demand fell by 1.6 per cent to 12.43 million tonnes.
major producers of poultry meat in the EU: Poland (19 per cent), Spain (13 per cent), France (12 per cent), Germany (12 per cent), Italy (10 per cent) and the Netherlands (8 per cent).
, the UK imported 478.66 million tonnes of poultry meat in January-September and exported 658.93 million tonnes, according to the report.