World meat industry news

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...

At the end of 2021, Russia exported record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products

  • 13 Jan 11:03

At the end of 2021, Russia exported record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products According to the information system of the Rosselkhoznadzor FSIS "Argus", according to the results of 2021, Russian exporters sent record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products to foreign markets. The supply of poultry meat was also at a consistently high level.In general, the export of meat products increased from 579 thousand tons in 2020 to 585 thousand tons in 2021. Beef For 12 months of 2021, 31 thousand tons of beef were sent from Russia abroad - almost 2 times more than in 2020, when this figure was 15.9 thousand tons.The main buyer of this type of meat was China, where 20.1 thousand tons of beef were supplied, which is 2.3 times more. Read more...

Food cards can be introduced to stimulate the consumption of domestic products

  • 13 Jan 10:33

Food cards can be introduced to stimulate the consumption of domestic products Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev said that food cards can be introduced in Russia in order to stimulate the consumption of domestic products, as well as an additional measure to support low-income families. ‘Indeed, the inflationary processes launched by emission in the EU countries, in the United States, of course, force us to face the fact that inflation is quite significant within the framework of open market relations. And, despite the fact that high energy prices would allow us to significantly strengthen the ruble, this would cause very serious damage to the export potential of our industry,. Read more...

Sergey Dankvert has announced a significant drop in food products adulteration in Russia

  • 13 Jan 10:32

Sergey Dankvert has announced a significant drop in food products adulteration in Russia In his New Year’s Day message to employees, head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert said that the livestock market in Russia has seen a significant decline in counterfeit products. “In Russia, the number of counterfeit products fell by an average of 3-4%,” said Sergey Dankvert. The study found that the adulteration of the most common product categories such as dairy products, eggs, fish products, animal feed, honey dropped by 3-4% on average. According to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor, a system of electronic veterinary certification Mercury also helps to combat the many actors in the counterfeit market. In 2021, the Rosselkhoznadzor inspectors. Read more...