According to the results of trading in the 31st week of purchase prices consolidated within the corridor 59−61 UAH/kg. Thus, the prices in the central regions of Ukraine gravitate to 59−60 UAH / kg, in the West and East a little higher — 60−61 UAH / kg. The average market level has stopped at 59.8 hryvnias per kg.
Producers note the seasonally slower growth of animals, so marketable batches have less weight. Thus, representatives of meat processors state the increased competition for commercial quantities: the available quantities are «sold out» at the beginning of the auction, so not all suppliers can buy the desired quantities. As for the trading activity, the operators note a relatively stable course of final sales in recent weeks, and the lack of competition from imported products supports the demand for domestic meat raw materials from the deep meat processors.
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