August 24, 2012

Ukraine's July egg production up 1.2%

Ukraine's egg production in July grew by 1.2% or 20.6 million eggs, compared to June, to 1,780 million eggs.

Egg production at private farms fell by 12.8% to 762.3 million eggs and at specialised farms rose by 15% to 1,017.7 million eggs.

Egg production in July 2012, compared to July 2011, increased by 5.5% or 93.5 million eggs.

In January-July 2012, production of eggs rose by 1.3% or 145.2 million eggs to 11,470.3 million eggs, as compared to the same period of 2011.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in June, egg production fell by 5.7% or 106.1 million eggs, compared to May, to 1,759.4 million eggs.

In 2011 against 2010 egg production rose by 9.6%, or 1,637.7 million eggs to 18.690 million eggs.