World meat industry news

In 2022, Russia ranked 17th among the largest food exporters, moving up one line and increasing its share from 1.9% to 2.1% compared to 2021, the Agroexport federal center said, citing ITC data. TradeMap. Among the top 20 countries, Russia had the highest growth rates in the volume of exports of agricultural products over the past 10 years - supplies increased by 2.5 times.

The main products that we supply abroad are grain and vegetable oil.

In money terms, Russian agricultural exports grew by 12%, to $41.6 billion. Revenue from sales of grain increased by 18%, oil and fat products - by 25%, meat products - by 23%, food and processing industry products - by 1.6 %. True, shipments of fish and seafood decreased by 12% compared to 2021, and dairy products - by 1.9%.

According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergei Levin, the difficult geopolitical situation has led to a transformation in food exports. Russian companies have adapted to the new reality: they have rebuilt logistics routes and financial calculations. And the state adjusted state support.

The closure of Western markets, which occurred last year, did not bring down Russian agricultural exports, but, on the contrary, increased them, Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said recently. Now our food is bought by 160 countries of the world. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, this year Russia will further increase food exports by about 12%. The goal is to enter the top ten agricultural exporters by 2030.

According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Andrey Razin, despite the drought and heavy rains in several regions, the ministry maintains a forecast for this year's harvest of 123 million tons, of which 78 million tons of wheat (last year 157.7 million tons and 104.2 million tons, respectively).