World meat industry news

Ukraine has entered the top 10 world leaders in chicken meat exports after the results reported in the first four months of 2018, according to a report released by the US Department of Agriculture, BusinessCenter reports.

 Ukraine exported 310,000 tons of chicken meat between January and April 2018.

In the first four months of this year, the leaders in chicken meat exports were Brazil, with 3.8 million tons, the EU, with 1.3 million tons, and Thailand, with 810,000 tons.

In 2017, Ukraine's main importers of chicken meat were the Netherlands, which imported $78 million worth of chicken meat, followed by Egypt ($65 million) and Iraq ($42 million).