May 26, 2009
Ukraine's April meat output slightly down by one percent
Meat processing enterprises in Ukraine reduced production of meat and by-products of the first category by 1 percent or 747 tonnes to 71,717 tonnes, compared with March.
According to a source from the Cabinet of Ministers, in April 2009, production of meat and by-products of the first category fell by 12.7 percent or 10,443 tonnes, compared with April 2008.
In January-April 2009, production of meat and by-products of the first category fell by 10.4 percent or 32,331 tonnes, compared with January-April 2008, to 277,859 tonnes.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in March, meat processing enterprises increased production of meat and by-products of the first category by 10.7 percent or 6,982 tonnes to 72,464 tonnes as against February.
|
　 |
Apr 9 |
Apr 8 |
January-April 2009 |
January-April 2008 |
|
Total |
71,717 |
82,160 |
277,859 |
310,190 |
|
Fresh or chilled beef and veal |
6,141 |
10,053 |
21,348 |
36,240 |
|
Frozen beef and veal |
2,655 |
4,832 |
6,340 |
17,247 |
|
Pork meat fresh or chilled |
8,049 |
12,336 |
29,158 |
49,391 |
|
Frozen pork meat |
439 |
1,101 |
2,121 |
4,727 |
|
Poultry meat and byproducts, fresh or chilled |
48,942 |
47,885 |
193,582 |
178,314 |
|
Poultry meat and byproducts, frozen |
5,491 |
5,953 |
25,310 |
24,271 |
