World meat industry news

Russian agricultural export up 20% y/y

  • 25 Nov 10:18

Russian agricultural export up 20% y/y Since the start of 2021 and as of November 21, Russia exported agricultural products at the general sum of 30.394 bln USD, up by 20.4% compared to the same period of 2020, informed Agroexport Center at the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. Particularly, Russia increased export of grain by 10.9% to 9.206 bln USD, fat&oil products by 48.1% to 6.006 bln USD, products of food and processing industry by 11.7% to 4.074 bln USD, meat and dairy products by 29.9% to 1.303 bln USD. The EU remained the leading importer of Russian agricultural products (13.4% in the overall structure). It increased import of Russian products by 43.1% to 4.063 bln USD. Supplies to Turkey. Read more...

About 31 million tons of feed is produced in Russia

  • 25 Nov 10:17

About 31 million tons of feed is produced in Russia According to Dmitry Grachev, Chairman of the Board of National Feed Union – Russian Grain Union, today only about 31 million tons of feed is produced in Russia, divided by animal species. The expert reported this with reference to Rosstat data during a closed meeting of the DIA expert council held today in Pereslavl-Zalessky. ‘In our data, we focus only on Rosstat, but it is extremely difficult to navigate in the production of feed and compound feeds, and I am not sure that Rosstat is fully objective here. We estimate these figures approximately and very critically, because different counting systems count differently. But in general, about 30 million tons of. Read more...

Russia resumes beef, pork imports from 12 units of Brazilian producers

  • 24 Nov 13:15

Russia resumes beef, pork imports from 12 units of Brazilian producers Russia will resume beef and pork imports from 12 subsidiaries of Brazilian producers from Nov. 25, its agriculture safety watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday. Most of the restrictions on Brazilian beef and pork producers in Russia have been in place since 2017 due to their use of the feed additive ractopamine, an allegation Brazilian meat industry groups have denied. Moscow allowed beef imports from another 3 units of major Brazilian beef exporters last week as it moved to boost domestic supply.Further supplies will resume from nine units producing pork and three units producing beef from Thursday, the watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, added. It did. Read more...

Development of meat product exports discussed at MGIMO

  • 24 Nov 13:13

Development of meat product exports discussed at MGIMO Cherkizovo Group ran aroundtable discussion for Master’sstudents onthe Global Agricultural Markets program atMGIMO’sSchool ofBusiness andInternational Proficiency. The discussion focused onthe current trends ofRussian meat anddairy exports. Theline-upattheroundtable included heads ofmajor farming unions andassociations aswell asleading experts inthe Russian agricultural sector. Andrey Terekhin, Cherkizovo Group’sHead ofIndustry Expertise andExport Development,moderated the session for the firstandsecond-yearMaster’sstudents. The online event was organized aspart ofAgricultural Exports from Russia: Practical Issues– aneducational. Read more...

Russia And UAE To Discuss EAEU Free Trade Agreement

  • 24 Nov 13:11

Russia And UAE To Discuss EAEU Free Trade Agreement Russia’s Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov has said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suggested creating a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and that the issue is being discussed. The UAE includes Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. The entire population is about 10 million, with just 15% being locals – the rest are all expatriates serving the Emirates. The capital is Abu Dhabi, although Dubai is its international hub. The UAE economy is the most diversified away from energy resources amongst all the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The UAE has a GDP of US$650 billion. Read more...

90% of processing enterprises are registered in the Honest mark system

  • 24 Nov 13:09

90% of processing enterprises are registered in the Honest mark system This was announced by Oleg Tukhvatullin, a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, during a meeting of the design and expert group on labeling of certain types of dairy products by means of identification. ‘An analysis of the preparations for the introduction of labeling for dairy products with an expiration date of less than 40 days since December 1, 2021 shows that individual entrepreneurs, unlike legal entities, demonstrate less activity in connecting to the Honest mark system,’ he said. ‘According to the operator-CATD, 90% legal entities are registered in the system and 79% of individual entrepreneurs. I would. Read more...

Expert predicts possible outflow of investments from animal husbandry when importing duty-free beef

  • 23 Nov 11:08

Expert predicts possible outflow of investments from animal husbandry when importing duty-free beef The plans of the Russian authorities to introduce a duty-free import quota of up to 200 thousand tons of beef for 2022 may lead to a serious outflow of investments from Russian beef cattle breeding. It will also put in a difficult position the regions where beef production is the only direction of the agricultural sector, depriving them of the opportunity to create new jobs. The permissible quota volume can be no more than 50 thousand tons and it should be introduced at a certain price level of the Russian beef market, said Roman Kostyuk, Director General of the National Union of Beef Producers. “The current situation with the proposal for a preferential quota on the. Read more...

Russia May Reduce the Production of Meat and Poultry for the First Time in 15 Years

  • 23 Nov 10:45

Russia May Reduce the Production of Meat and Poultry for the First Time in 15 Years According to the results of this year, Russia may reduce the production of meat and poultry for the first time in 15 years. According to Rosstat, in January-September, the production of livestock and poultry meat decreased by 0.6%, including poultry meat – by 1.7%. For comparison, in the first three quarters of last year, the increase in meat volumes amounted to 4%, and by the end of 2020 – by 3.1%, to 15.635 million tons in live weight. In the meat industry, production costs have seriously increased this year. This is primarily due to the pandemic, then to animal diseases, including outbreaks of avian influenza, and rising world prices. According to. Read more...

Weekly Russian Meat Market Outlook - Week 46

  • 22 Nov 17:16

Weekly Russian Meat Market Outlook - Week 46 The Russian meat market last week showed negative dynamics in the pork and beef markets; the poultry market holds. Read more...

Russia allows beef supplies from local units of 3 Brazilian exporters

  • 22 Nov 09:22

Russia allows beef supplies from local units of 3 Brazilian exporters Russia has allowed beef imports from three subsidiaries of major Brazilian beef exporters, documents on the website of its agriculture safety watchdog showed on Saturday, as Moscow seeks to boost domestic meat supply. For Brazil - the world's largest beef exporter - Russia is a promising market as its exports to China were temporarily suspended in September. Permission to supply beef to Russia was granted to a JBSJBSS3.SAfirm in the state of Goiás starting from Nov. 2, Rosselkhoznadzor said in the documents. A MinervaBEEF3.SAcompany in the state of Rondônia and one of Mato Grosso Bovinos in the state of Mato Grosso were also allowed to supply. Read more...