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All news / Over 10 months, Russia produced 6.5 million tonnes of livestock and poultry meat

  • 19 Nov 2020, 12:52

 Over 10 months, Russia produced 6.5 million tonnes of livestock and poultry meat. TASS reports that, according to Rosstat, the volume of meat production of all farms (except for poultry) for 10 months of 2020 increased by 11.4% year on year - up to 2.5 million tons.

At the same time, the production of poultry meat in January-October decreased by 0.5% - to 4 million tons. The volume of production of semi-finished meat products during this period increased to 3.3 million tons (8.4%). Over 10 months, 2 million sausages were manufactured in Russia (+ 3.4% year-on-year) and 67 conventional cans of canned meat (+ 12.3%).