The auction for the 28th week ended with a decline in prices by 1 to 3 hryvnias per kg, compared to last week's quotations. Thus, the price corridor in the West was 52-53 UAH/kg, in the Centre the main lots were sold at 54.5-56 UAH/kg, and in the East the prices ranged from 55 to 57 UAH/kg. The average weighted price point this week was 54.1 UAH/kg, which is 4% less than at the beginning of the month.
Representatives of meat-processing sector stated that last week and this week trading activity on the pork market was uncharacteristically sluggish for the season. Therefore, a number of processors had transient balances, so they reduced the volumes of stocking. However, operators note that sales have not yet had time to respond to price changes, so there is still an imbalance of supply and demand in the market. At the same time, processors expect that at the end of July the market situation will stabilize, after which the purchasing prices should be resumed.
The Association of Ukranian Pig Bredeers is a nonprofit, voluntary organization founded by domestic pork producers. The main purposes of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of farms of the association, assistance in development and introduction of new technologies for efficient production of pork, expansion of sales markets, protection of domestic sales market.