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21.06.2017
Exports of pork to Georgia within five months were more than for the whole year of 2016
According to the data provided by the State Statistics Service, in January-May 2017 export of the Ukrainian pork to Georgia amounted to USD 4.2 million. For the whole year of 2016 export of pork to Georgia totaled only USD 2.6 million. Therefore, for the first five months of the current year Ukraine exported pork by 65% more than for the whole previous year in total.
Trade relations with Georgia intensified following the closure of Russia's market whose share in the Ukrainian export of pork in 2016 amounted to more than 93%. Currently, the share of the Russian Federation in export is about 0.1%, and of Georgia - 67%.
In 2016 Ukraine ranked second place in the supplies of pork to Georgia with its share of 9.5% leaving behind Spain and Canada. The largest exporter is Brazil - 55% of total pork imported by Georgia.
In this context, Georgia is the only consumer of the Ukrainian live pigs. In January-May 2017 Ukraine exported live pigs to this country to the amount of USD 1.6 million that is 3.7 times more than in the same period last year.
