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05
October
2021

Production of fish products, canned fish 24% up in Jan-Aug – State Fisheries Agency

KYIV. Oct 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Production of ready-to-use fish products and canned fish products in Ukraine increased in January-August 2021 by 24% compared to January-August 2020, to 8,980 tonnes, the State Fisheries Agency said on the website on Thursday evening.

The agency said with reference to the State Statistics Service that production of jerked, dried, salted or unsalted fish; salted fish (but not dried); fish in brine (except for smoked fish, fish fillets, fish heads, tails and bellies) in January-August 2021 amounted to 6,880 tonnes (3% more compared to January-August 2020). During this period, production of jerked and dried fish amounted to 3,260 tonnes (7% more), fish caviar – 2,460 tonnes (21% more), smoked fish – 2,690 tonnes (11% more), salted herring – 2,270 tonnes (1% more), ready-to-use products and canned food from herring – 2,040 tonnes (0.4% more), and salted fish (except for herring) – 1,340 tonnes (1.2% more).