OREANDA-NEWS. April 15, 2008. Ukraine imported 14,377 thousand of meat raw materials over two weeks of April, while in March this index made up 12 thousand tons, Deputy Agricultural Policy Minister Ivan Demchak informed.

In January and February Ukraine imported by eight thousand tons of meat each month.

According to the Agricultural Policy Ministry, the internal meat deficit makes up about 200,000 tons in the current year.

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at the Ukrainian-Polish Forum on April 4, that the Cabinet intends to propose the Parliament to endorse a law permitting to import 350 thousand tons of meat without an import duty.