World meat industry news

Meat production in Russia in January-September 2018 increased by 11.6% compared with the same period of the last year and amounted 1.9 million tons, according to Rosstat.

The production of poultry meat and by-products during the reporting period increased by 0.7% and reached 3.6 million tons. According to statistics, the production of meat and meat-containing semi-finished products during the reporting period increased by 6.7%, to 2.4 million tons.

At the same time, the production of sausage products in Russia in the first nine months of 2018 increased by only 0.8% and amounted 1.7 million tons.