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Russian GDP Up 10.3%, Is The European Union’s Third Largest Supplier

  • 16 Aug 12:02

Russian GDP Up 10.3%, Is The European Union’s Third Largest Supplier Russia’s economy rebounded in Q2 2021, as the country recovers from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed on Friday. GDPgrew by 10.3% compared to the same period last year, with strong gains in passenger transport, retail trade and mining, according to the federal statistics agency.The economy had contracted in the first three months of this year. Russia imposed just one lockdown in spring 2020 but has kept its economy open since then. Thatlimited last year’seconomic contractionto just 3.1%, faring better than European countries that imposed more and longer lockdowns. The European Union also imported€67.4 billion (US$79.5. Read more...

Monthly analytical review of the Russian livestock and meat markets

  • 13 Aug 12:24

Monthly analytical review of the Russian livestock and meat markets The information and analytical department of Meatinfo.ru presents monthly analytical report on the livestock and meat markets in Russia. The analytical review is divided into several thematic reports (Cattle Market Review, Pork Market Review, Poultry Market Review, Mutton/Lamb Market Review). Every separate analytical study includes an overview of the general economic situation in the Russian Federation, an overview of the situation in the meat sector as a whole, as well as a detailed study of a particular sector of the Russian meat industry for a certain period (month, quarter). You will get the data of the production base, the pricing environment and. Read more...

Russian Food Market - Trends and Forecasts (July 2021 release)

  • 13 Aug 11:01

Russian Food Market - Trends and Forecasts (July 2021 release) The Russian market of agricultural raw materials and foodstuffs is characterized by: - Relatively stable total sown area sizes in 2021 and their multidirectional changes depending on the specific culture. The area under all crops, according to preliminary data from Rosstat, in 2021 amounted to 79,911.8 thousand hectares, which is practically at the level of values ​​for 2020. At the same time, the area under grain and leguminous crops decreased by 1.8%, under oilseeds - increased by 14.4%, sugar beets - increased by 8.6%. The total area under other crops (including potatoes, vegetables, melons and fodder crops) decreased by 7.8%. If we consider the dynamics not. Read more...

Russians urged to prepare for the rise in prices for chicken eggs

  • 13 Aug 10:44

Russians urged to prepare for the rise in prices for chicken eggs In Russia, after the rise in prices for chicken meat, eggs will also rise in price. This was stated by Kirill Ermolenko, a member of the committee on information policy of the regional branch of the "Party of Growth" in the Samara region, head of the peasant farm. So he commented on the news that sunflower oil and a number of other food products have risen in price. "As for the growth in the price of chicken meat, the beginning of the harvesting campaign of spring grains already shows that we will collect less grain for poultry. Accordingly, grain will be more expensive than last year. On the other hand, the world price of grain for flour production is. Read more...

"Meat for poor" - in the Russian Federation chicken may have a strong competitor

  • 12 Aug 11:27

"Meat for poor" - in the Russian Federation chicken may have a strong competitor If a taste for rabbit meat appears in the Russian Federation, then along with chicken it will become another “meat forpoor”. On August 10, the director of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Alexei Zubets said this to a REGNUM correspondent, commenting on the situation on the Russian market of meat products. “The turkey develops according to the same laws as the chicken. These are related products. As for rabbit meat, its consumption in the Russian Federation is still small. And it does not exert any serious influence on the Russian market of rabbit meat. And although. Read more...

Russian trade will reach pre-pandemic levels in 2021 – Customs Service

  • 12 Aug 11:23

Russian trade will reach pre-pandemic levels in 2021 – Customs Service Russia will reach 2019 levels of trade by year’s end, which points to steady economic recovery, the country’s Federal Customs Service said on Wednesday. “This year, the trade turnover in six months amounted to $340 billion. This is 27% more than last year. We started to import more cars, machinery, plastics, technological products." “All this indicates that our economy is reviving. We believe that in terms of turnover this year we will reach the level of 2019,” the head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS), Vladimir Bulavin, told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Bulavin also noted that the FCS transferred a total of. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture: there is no shortage of meat in Russia

  • 11 Aug 11:55

Ministry of Agriculture: there is no shortage of meat in Russia There is no shortage of meat on the domestic market and meat prices will remain stable in the next two years. This was announced on August 6 by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, commenting on the statement by the director of the National Meat Association (NMA) Sergei Yushin about the lack of meat in the diet of Russian residents. According to Rosstat, in the first half of 2021, agricultural organizations of the country produced 5.9 million tons of livestock and poultry meat for slaughter. These figures are comparable to those for 2020. Further production growth is expected. In addition, the volume of industrial production. Read more...

Three more Russian enterprises to export meat products to Vietnam

  • 11 Aug 11:52

Three more Russian enterprises to export meat products to Vietnam Three more Russian enterprises received the right to export meat products to Vietnam.The Department of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (DAH) has granted the right to supply products to three more Russian enterprises producingpoultry and pork. The updated list of enterprises is published on the official DAH website.Thus, at the moment 50 Russian enterprises can exportpoultry meat, beef, pork, meat products and offal to Vietnam. Rosselkhoznadzor will continue to expand the list of Russian enterprises entitled to export. Read more...

Russia to supply horse meat to South Korea

  • 10 Aug 11:33

Russia to supply horse meat to South Korea One of the stages of agreement with the Korean department on the conditions for exporting Russian horse meat to the territory of the Republic of Korea has been completed, the Rosselkhoznadzor reports. We are talking about the approval of a veterinary certificate for the export of Russian meat obtained during the slaughter and processing of horses to Korea. Further, potential suppliers of products should receive a questionnaire from the Rosselkhoznadzor, after filling it out, they will need to send it to the Korean supervisory authority. Preliminarily, manufacturers or suppliers must be registered in the Cerberus information system, which keeps records of. Read more...

Meat imports to Russia in January-June fell by 12.7%

  • 10 Aug 11:30

Meat imports to Russia in January-June fell by 12.7% Meat imports to Russia in January-June 2021 decreased by 12.7% compared to the same period in 2020 and amounted to 117.5 thousand tons, according to the materials of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia. In monetary terms, the indicator fell by 12.9% - to $ 427 million. Imports of fresh and frozen poultry meat for the reporting period increased by 0.6% - to 111.4 thousand tons, while the value increased by 8.3% - to $ 177 million. Imports of fresh and frozen fish increased by 14, 2% in volume - up to 200.9 thousand tons, and the value growth was 17.6%, up. Read more...