Ukraine's Meat Production up 11 Per Cent
UKRAINE - There was a 10.9 per cent increase in total meat produced in September compared to the previous month.According to the last data of official statistics reported by MeatRussia, production volume of meat (including by-products of the first grade) totaled to 78.7 thousand tons in Ukraine in September, i.e. up 10.9%, to compare with the previous month.
Beef production amounted to 13,500 tons (+23.4% in comparison to August 2008), pork production was 10,700 tons (+8.5%), poultry production amounted to 53,200 tons (+8.4%), and production of top-grade by-products reached the rate of 1,100 tons (18.6%). These figures were given by the Ukrainian State Committee for Statistics (Goskomstat) to APK-Inform.
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