World meat industry news

Russia is making new agreements with food suppliers, and sanctions won’t lead to domestic agri-food market isolation, Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko said in a statement. She asked not to drive up artificial demand with purchases for the future and said that there are no conditions for risks of a shortage or for a reduction in product range.

“Russia has been providing itself with all basic food products and has been increasing the deliveries of import to saturate the market with different products and increase the assortment for the Russian consumer. But it is not worth driving up artificial demand with purchases for the future. There are no conditions for risks of a shortage or for a reduction in product range. We will reorient the market and establish mutually profitable trade, expand our partnership network with friendly countries,” – she said in a statement published on the Cabinet of Ministers website.

The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that Western sanctions won’t lead to domestic agri-food market isolation. “The world is not limited to the USA and European Union. Russia is expanding into new markets and makes arrangements with new suppliers,” she said.

Over the past month, Rosselkhoznadzor granted permission for the import of food products to over 140 foreign enterprises, including Turkey, India, China, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.

Permissions are granted for import of meat, dairy and fishery products, feed and feed additives, breeding material and hatching eggs. In particular, considering the disease-free status for avian diseases, Brazil and Chile can now export their hatching eggs and day-old chicks to Russia.