World meat industry news

Armenia bans imports of some types of meat and meat products from 4 countries

  • 18 Jan 09:53

Armenia bans imports of some types of meat and meat products from 4 countries Armenia's Food Safety Inspection Body has restricted imports of certain types of meat, meat products, raw materials and fodder from Russia, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic and Poland. According to the press service of the regulator, based on reports that symptoms of cattle foot and mouth disease were recorded in northern regions of Kazakhstan, as well as on recorded cases of the disease in the Orenburg region of Russia, it decided to ban imports of certain types of meat and meat products from these areas to Armenia from 17 January 2022. The ban applies to the following products/sub-products: *beef and mutton, pork, reindeer meat, wild animal meat susceptible to. Read more...

Russia pork market braces for oversupply in 2022

  • 17 Jan 10:06

Russia pork market braces for oversupply in 2022 Russia’s liveweight pork production is expected to grow by 600,000 tonnes in 2022, pushing the country into oversupply. That prediction was shared by Yuri Kovalev, general director of the Russian National Union of Pork Producers (RUPP), outlined at an industry conference in the capital Moscow. To some extent, a situation of oversupply on the Russian market has been delayed by African Swine Fever (ASF), which prompted veterinary officials to cull nearly 1 million head of pigs in 2021, Kovalev said. He added that in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian pork consumption slightly increased, reaching 27.9 kg per capita last year, securing some additional. Read more...

Russian meat exports reached $1.02 billion in 2021

  • 17 Jan 10:02

Russian meat exports reached $1.02 billion in 2021 Meat exports from Russia from January 1 to December 5, 2021 totaled $1.02 billion, a 30% increase over the same period in 2020, according to the federal center "Agroexport" under the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.Shipment volume increased by 2.2% to 469 thousand tons. According to "Agroexport," 46% of the export revenue was from poultry, 34% from pork, and 19% from beef. Exports of poultry meat for the period rose by 19% and reached $464 million,pork rose by 19% to $348 million, andbeef increased 2.7 foldto $191 million. Russian meat in 2021 was shipped to more than 65 countries. More than a third of the total meat supply in terms of value went. Read more...

Pig production no longer grows

  • 17 Jan 10:00

Pig production no longer grows In Russia, the expansion of pig production received a damper last year. African swine fever, regional droughts and higher production costs put the brakes on development. According to Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev, 2021 production of milk and meat has increased year-on-year, but growth rates have been subdued. For example, milk production is expected to have increased by 0.2% to around 32.3 million tons, and total meat production by 0.6% to 15.7 million tons of live weight (LG). At the same time, the volume of pork - after previous years with high growth rates - grew by only 0.2% to 5.5 million t LG. Estimates by the market research company Emeat even assume, on. Read more...

Rosselkhoznadzor has forecast prospects for new meat importers to Russia

  • 17 Jan 09:58

Rosselkhoznadzor has forecast prospects for new meat importers to Russia The number of pork and beef importers supplying products to Russia with import duties set at zero is enough to satisfy the domestic demand, the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert told Rossiya 24 in an interview. “Today, more than 100 enterprises from South America have received import permits to supply meat to the Russian Federation. Brazilian enterprises can cover this quota on their own, not to mention Uruguay, Chile, Colombia,” said Sergey Dankvert. According to him, a key part of the plan now is not only to identify new markets but to draw interest among pork and beef importers to supply products to the Russian Federation in the light of. Read more...

2022 Cherkizovo Group reports a 26 % increase in export revenue in 2021

  • 17 Jan 09:57

2022 Cherkizovo Group reports a 26 % increase in export revenue in 2021 Cherkizovo Group, Russia’slargest meat producer, increased its export sales in2021 by7 % involume terms, with therouble-denominatedvalue ofexports rising by26 % due tothe growing share ofhighervalue-addedproducts. Cherkizovo Group announces the preliminary results ofits export operations for 2021. Total exports are expected tocome inataround 88,000tonnes, upcirca7 % from 2020. Like inprevious years, poultry accounted for the largest part ofthe Company’sexports (some 63,000tonnes, ormore than70 % oftotal foreign sales). China remains the key export market for Cherkizovo’schicken products (over 32,000tonnes),. Read more...

Ukraine entered the TOP 20 countries of chicken meat lovers

  • 14 Jan 11:42

Ukraine entered the TOP 20 countries of chicken meat lovers Analytical agency Index Mundi has published a ranking of countries with the highest consumption of poultry meat. The United States took first place in the ranking. During the year, the inhabitants of the country eat 20 million 608 thousand tons of the product. In second place is China with an annual consumption of 15 million 200 thousand tons. Brazil is third on the list. For a year, the inhabitants of the country eat 14 million 725 thousand tons of the product. Ukraine ranks 18th in the ranking, with annual consumption of poultry meat at the level of 1 million 510 thousand tons. Approximately the same amount of chicken is eaten by Canadians – 1 million. Read more...

Russia restricted the import of meat from Palestine and Kazakhstan due to foot-and-mouth disease

  • 14 Jan 11:41

Russia restricted the import of meat from Palestine and Kazakhstan due to foot-and-mouth disease The Rosselkhoznadzor, due to the deterioration of the situation with the incidence of foot-and-mouth disease in Kazakhstan and Palestine, imposed restrictions on the supply of livestock products from these countries, including raw meat and milk, since January 12, it follows from the materials of the department. ‘Due to the deterioration of the epizootic situation on the territory of Kazakhstan because of foot-and-mouth disease virus infection, since January 12, 2022, temporary restrictions are imposed on the export to the Russian Federation from Kazakhstan of the following products: live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, including companion animals, as. Read more...

Russian agricultural export exceeded 36 bln USD in 2021

  • 14 Jan 11:40

Russian agricultural export exceeded 36 bln USD in 2021 In 2021, Russia exported agricultural products at the general sum of 36.036 bln USD, up from 30.5 bln USD in 2020, informed Agroexport Center at the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. Particularly, Russia increased export of grain by 10% to 11.092 bln USD, fat-and-oil products by 48% to 7.067 bln USD, products of food and processing industry by 13% to 4.624 bln USD, meat and dairy products by 30% to 1.49 bln USD. The EU remained the leading importer of Russian agricultural products (13% in the overall structure). It increased import of Russian products by 40% to 4.681 bln USD. Supplies to Turkey (12%) increased by 38% to 4.33 bln USD. The export to China (9.8%) decreased. Read more...

The head of Rosselkhoznadzor urged to increase the responsibility for antibiotic use by agribusinesses

  • 14 Jan 11:38

The head of Rosselkhoznadzor urged to increase the responsibility for antibiotic use by agribusinesses In an interview with Rossiya 24, Sergey Dankvert, the head of Rosselkhoznadzor, said it is necessary to increase the responsibility for antibiotic use by agribusinesses. “We believe it is important to increase the responsibility for antibiotic use by agribusinesses. Many countries have already made this transition. We also need to make sure that antibiotics are registered in an electronic system and linked to veterinary specialists who prescribed them, including names of persons who have received prescriptions and a list of animals treated with these antibiotics,” said Sergey Dankvert. The head of Rosselkhoznadzor stressed that, in particular, it is important. Read more...