This week weighted average price of pigs showed 57.9 UAH/kg, which is 0.4 UAH/kg or 0.7% more than in the middle of the month. The increase in purchasing prices this week was mainly recorded in the Center and East, where some producers have revised prices by 0.5-2 UAH/kg. So the range of purchasers' prices in the central regions increased to 58-61 hryvnias/kg, and in the East the commodity batches were sold at 61-63 hryvnias/kg. In the western regions the prices gravitated to 57 UAH/kg.
Among the reasons that caused increased pressure on purchase prices in the Western regions, representatives of meat-processing industry note the weakening of sales and partial reorientation of the operators to cheaper imported raw materials. Decreased trading activity and increased competition among suppliers of chilled pork are also noted by operators in other regions. Despite this, the procurers have no unequivocal predictions, as recently the flow of imports had little effect on the price situation, the supply of domestic pork remains limited and there are no prerequisites for a significant increase in the near future.
The Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders is a nonprofit, voluntary organization founded by domestic pork producers. The main objectives of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of the association farms, assistance in the development and introduction of new technologies for the efficient production of pork, expansion of sales markets, and protection of domestic sales market.