Ukraine: Poultry and Products Annual
Due to the significant economic and political turmoil in Ukraine and difficulties in the local poultry industry, production is expected to grow slower than expected. Currency devaluation weakened domestic demand, but the anticipated shift away from red meat to poultry production will compensate for the loss in overall meat consumption. Broiler meat imports are expected to be at an all-time low, while exports increased by 20 percent. In 2014, the European Union (EU) granted market access to Ukrainian poultry meat managed by a tariff rate quota system. The Russian market will likely remain closed to Ukrainian poultry meat exports, although exports to Iraq are offsetting losses. Ukraine will continue to import inexpensive offal from EU countries.
