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As Latifundist Media reports, Beef exports from Ukraine in January-August 2020 in value amounted to $51,73 million. This is evidenced by the data of the Ukrainian State Customs Service.

At the same time beef exports in volume over 8 months of 2020 were up to 15,05 thousand Mt.

In January-August, Ukraine shipped 13,5 thousand Mt of frozen beef valued at $47,21 million. Main markets for Ukrainian frozen beef exports were:

• China – 3,43 thousand Mt at $12 million (25.44%);
• Azerbaijan – 3,04 thousand Mt at $10.64 million (22.53%);
• Kazakhstan – 2,3 thousand Mt at $8.08 million (17.10%);
• others – 4,71 thousand Mt at $16.49 million (34.92%).

Fresh and chilled beef exports amounted to 1,55 thousand Mt with a total value of $4,5 million. The main importers of chilled beef in January-August 2020 were:

• Belarus - 1,464 Mt at $4.25 million (84.34%);
• Azerbaijan - 50 Mt at $145 thousand (3.22%);
• Turkey - 29 Mt at $85 thousand (1.89%);
• others - 9 Mt at $25 thousand (0.56%).