World meat industry news

Since the opening of the Chinese market for pork supplies, Russian producers have shipped about 10 thousand tons of this type of meat to this country. However, already in the second half of the year, the country can multiply the supplied volumes, said the general director of the National Union of Pig Breeders, Yuri Kovalev, speaking at the general annual meeting of the union members.

“Export to the most promising market - China - is just beginning to show the first results, although still very modest, about 10 thousand tons in the first half of the year. This is understandable, since the first deliveries began only 2-3 months ago and by only three companies. In the second half of the year, we expect multiple growth and by the end of the year we hope to reach 60–70 thousand tons in China,” said Yuri Kovalev.

Russian companies continue to increase pork supplies to Belarus, although the growth rate of exports to this country has decreased. Based on the results of January–June, Russia supplied 43 thousand tons of pork to Belarus, 2% more than in the first half of 2023. “This allows us to hope that this direction will remain one of the most important channels in terms of supply volumes and their stability,” added Yuri Kovalev.

But supplies of Russian pork to Vietnam in the first half of the year decreased by 21%. “Although exports to Vietnam have recovered following the results of last year, they have already begun to stagnate in the first half of this year due to increasing supplies to China. This was also predictable,” commented the head of the union.

In general, according to the results of the first half of the year, the total export of Russian pork remained virtually unchanged, which means that the entire additional volume of pork produced - about 180 thousand tons in live weight, or 130 thousand in slaughter weight - remained on the domestic market, Yuri Kovalev summarized .