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This report lists Ukraine’s requirements for health and nutritional claims that are allowed for domestically produced and imported food products.

Ukraine has ambitions regarding combating climate change at the level of its laws and regulations.

Post projects Ukraine’s walnut production at around 133,000 metric tons (MT) for marketing year (MY) 2021/22 based on favorable weather conditions. Industrial walnut production is gradually gaining ground in Ukraine, driven both by state support and export demand for high-quality product.

On January 1, 2022, Ukraine will implement new Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl in agricultural and food products at the level of 0.01 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) or milligrams per liter (mg/l) depending on whether the product is solid or liquid.

While the total number of Ukrainian livestock remained on its downward trend in 2021, the swine herd exhibited some signs of recovery after low prices and low production in 2020.

Ukraine’s chicken meat production and exports are expected to decline in 2021 with a slow rebound in 2022. Slimmer production margins due to increased feed costs led to production contraction by smaller producers and bankruptcy of the second largest Ukrainian poultry manufacturer.

At 310,000 metric tons (MT), Ukraine’s beef production in 2016 is projected to be the lowest level since USDA started publishing official beef production estimates for Ukraine in 1988.

Ukraine intends to streamline its phytosanitary legislation through a set of norms intended to impose tighter deadlines for issuing quarantine certificates, ensuring pubic availability of information.

Ukraine is projected to produce around 102,000 metric tons (MT) of walnuts in marketing year (MY) 2015/16 remaining at essentially MY 2014/15 production levels.

Despite a sharp fall in Ukraine’s GDP in 2015, broiler meat poultry production remained stable and is projected to increase 2 percent to 995,000 metric tons (MT) in 2016.