EU farmers' organisations have welcomed a vote in the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee that called for more robust safeguards against food imports in the context of the European Commission's recent proposal to extend trade liberalisation measures with Ukraine.
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Ukraine partially resumes poultry exports to EU
Starting 20 March, Ukraine resumed poultry exports to the EU from provinces unaffected by the HPAI outbreak in December of 2020. According to local analysts, export restrictions were painful for Ukraine.
“The average monthly volume of poultry meat exports to the EU is about 10,000 tonnes. The ban on exports from December onwards significantly affected the total poultry meat export from Ukraine, as its EU share in overall sales averages 25 to 28%. This large chunk could not be absorbed by other export destinations,” explained Svetlana Lytvyn, a Ukraine Agribusiness Club analyst. Consequently, Ukraine’s poultry exports dropped by 22.1% in January of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, to 29,110 tonnes. Apart from the EU, several other countries also banned poultry imports from Ukraine, including Singapore, Morocco, Tunis, and Japan.