Ukraine's regulator: South Africa interested in Ukrainian pork

12:58, 06.06.2016 1 min read

Ukraine's state service for food safety and consumer protection reports about a letter from the Embassy of Ukraine in the South African Republic inviting shipments of Ukrainian pork.

"The regulator has received an official letter from Ukraine's embassy in the South African Republic with an offer to import [Ukrainian] pork. That offer was a pleasant surprise. One should be aware that access to that market is not easy – there are many food-related regulations," head of the service Volodymyr Lapa is quoted by an announcement on the service's website as saying.

In his words, Ukraine will first have to fill in a detailed questionnaire, and then prove its effective control of African swine fever in its territory.

As was reported with reference to Ukrainian customs reports, in 2015, Ukraine almost tripled pork exports, to 27,170 tonnes, while pork imports plunged by 88.1%, to 3,690 tonnes.

Last year, Ukraine cut poultry exports by 7.7%, to 161,284 tonnes. Poultry imports grew by 0.4% from 2014, to 61,250 tonnes.