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As of 2016, Ukrainian food export to UAE down 16%
08.02.2017 13:36 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of 2016, Ukrainian food export to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) fell by 19%, to US$106 million, Interfax says referring to the
Ukrainian Food Export Board (UFEB) report.
«Within 20132015 revenue from food supplies to this country [UAE] fell from US$165 million to US$134 million, and in Jan-Nov 2016 we had US$106 million. The trend is disappointing,» UFEB Director Bogdan Shapoval says.
As to the report, within Jan-Nov 2016 Ukraine shipped food for US$105.5 million to the UAE (0.7% total agricultural export). The key food shipped to the UAE was vegetable oil (50% of revenue), eggs (17%), grain (11%) and poultry (5%).
As to Shapoval, export of Ukrainian food to the UAE within the past years was falling and now its share of total agricultural export revenue is below 1%.
As to the report, Shapoval admits that the downward trend can fall still deeper due to difficulties with halal certification felt in 2016 and seen again.
As to the Ukrainian State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Rights Protection data, since February 2017 the UAE has applied the new rules to monitor halal food sales. Thus, Ukrainian certification centers are to register at the UAE Standardization and Measurements Department. This can take a long time, when Ukrainian certificates will be not in effect.
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