# Cost of Ukrainian avian flu outbreak high | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Ukrainian domestic poultry led several countries to halt imports, with lost trade estimated at about UAH150 million a month. Ukraine's poultry meat exports to the EU, about a quarter of the total, have been halted, pushing more chicken onto the domestic market.

- Date: 2016-12-13 · published 2016-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73622-cost-of-ukrainian-avian-flu-outbreak-high-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lost export outlets in Ukraine add supply to the domestic market, which pressures local chicken prices lower. Reduced poultry output also trims local feed grain demand modestly.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-02-11 | [Algeria records first avian flu outbreak, more cases in Asia \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48497-algeria-records-first-avian-flu-outbreak-more-cases-in-asia-wattpoultry-com.md) | -0.6% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2021-01-13 | [Indian poultry market hit by avian flu scares \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49147-indian-poultry-market-hit-by-avian-flu-scares-wattpoultry-com.md) | +2.0% | +7.5% |
| CORN | 2023-11-02 | [Avian flu, rising costs hit African poultry producers \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33322-avian-flu-rising-costs-hit-african-poultry-producers-wattpoultry-com.md) | +1.4% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2017-03-24 | [Experts weigh in on the impact of Avian Influenza on the poultry industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72001-experts-weigh-in-on-the-impact-of-avian-influenza-on-the-poultry-industry.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-07-22 | [Avian flu outbreak compounds plight of Ghanaian poultry industry - Global Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46085-avian-flu-outbreak-compounds-plight-of-ghanaian-poultry-industry-global-times.md) | -2.8% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/article/15519993/cost-of-ukrainian-avian-flu-outbreak-high-wattagnet

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