World meat industry news

Will Russia Achieve Its Chicken Meat Export Targets?

  • 23 Oct 12:12

Russia, one of the world’s largest importers of chicken until 2001, will be exporting to China later this year. According to bilateral agreements with Russia, the Chinese have opened their market doors to chicken meat produced in Russia since 2019.The devaluation of the ruble against other currencies has improved the initiatives of the country’s producers in developing export markets. But it should not be forgotten that as the national currency depreciates, Russian imports of items such as food additives, veterinary drugs, and the like will rise in price. An issue that could overshadow the production of chicken meat in this country. According to the. Read more...

Export Of Ukrainian Poultry Products To Iran

  • 22 Oct 10:41

Iran will import corn, soybeans, chicken meat, and eggs from Ukraine.The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine has announced that the Livestock Support Company of the Islamic Republic of Iran has sent a request to purchase products such as eggs, corn, and soybeans from this country. In recent weeks, it seems that the shortage of corn and soybeans in Iran has caused a decrease in poultry production in this country. This issue has led to an increase in the price of eggs and chicken meat in this country, and its government is trying to regulate prices in its domestic market by importing this product. Experts believe that carrying out. Read more...

Russia Advances In Export Of Poultry Products

  • 22 Oct 10:40

Commentators believe that the export of poultry products from Russia will probably exceed the imports of these products for the first time. Estimates show that during 2019, the country had 17,000 tons more imports than exports in this sector. Meanwhile, the estimates made confirm that if the existing estimates are realized by the end of 2020, the country’s exports will grow by 33% to 280,000 tons and will exceed its imports of 230,000 tons. It should be noted that in 2019, Russia ranked 17th in poultry exports in the world market. These statistics have been published under the circumstances that in recent days, the increase in the price of poultry feed in. Read more...

The Crisis Of Poultry Producers In Russia

  • 21 Oct 09:09

Due to rising feed prices in Russia, the country’s poultry industry producers are facing many problems. Russian poultry unions have not raised the price of their products for fear of a drop in consumer demand and are content with a minimum profit of 7%.Although officials in the country have allowed a 15 percent increase in the price of these products, manufacturers say such an increase would reduce people’s purchasing power and reduce demand. An issue that could drive many manufacturers off the market. Some experts believe that with the current trend in Russia, some companies will be forced to stop production and close. An issue that could add to the. Read more...

Poultry meat export from Russia will exceed its import this year

  • 21 Oct 09:07

The export of poultry meat and poultry products from the Russian Federation for the first time may exceed its import this year, the National Union of Poultry Farmers predicts. "This year, poultry meat production may increase to 5.1 million tonnes in carcass weight against 5.007 million tonnes in 2019. We expect that this year exports will exceed imports for the first time," said Sergei Lakhtyukov, General Director of the Union, during an online business mission of Russian exporters of agricultural products in Morocco, held on Thursday. "Last year import amounted 227 thousand tons, and export was 210 thousand tons, and by the end of 2020 we expect that. Read more...

The Government of the Russian Federation does not intend to extend the VAT preference on pedigree cattle

  • 19 Oct 10:36

The Government of the Russian Federation does not intend to extend the VAT preference on pedigree cattle.This is stated by the Publishing House Sphere with reference to Interfax. The return of VAT payments from January 1, 2021, when selling and charging VAT for pedigree cattle imports, will give the Russian budget additional revenues in 2021-2023. in the amount of 16.6 billion rubles, as can be seen from the draft budget submitted to the State Duma. Earlier, deputies recommended the Russian government to meet the farmers’ desire and extend this preference. Zero VAT was introduced on October 1, 2016, this benefit is valid until December 31, 2020. From January 1, 2021,. Read more...

Ukrainian Beef exports valued at $52 million

  • 19 Oct 10:35

AsLatifundist Mediareports, Beef exports from Ukraine in January-August 2020 in value amounted to $51,73 million. This is evidenced by the data of the Ukrainian State Customs Service. At the same time beef exports in volume over 8 months of 2020 were up to 15,05 thousand Mt. In January-August, Ukraine shipped 13,5 thousand Mt of frozen beef valued at $47,21 million. Main markets for Ukrainian frozen beef exports were: China – 3,43 thousand Mt at $12 million (25.44%); Azerbaijan – 3,04 thousand Mt at $10.64 million (22.53%); Kazakhstan – 2,3 thousand Mt at $8.08 million (17.10%); others – 4,71 thousand Mt at $16.49. Read more...

Sausage products exports increased by 28%

  • 16 Oct 11:30

In the first half of the year, Russia exported 26 thousand tons of sausage and similar products worth 52 million dollars, which is 28% higher than last year. The CIS countries are the largest importers of Russian sausage products. Thus, exports to Kazakhstan this year increased by 24% to 35 million dollars. Shipments to Azerbaijan increased by 30% to 5.4 million dollars. This year, Russian producers started supplying sausage products to Panama and Moldova. Shipments were also made to Norway and Indonesia for the first time since 2016. In total, 25 countries became importers of Russian products. According to the Federal center for export development of agricultural. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO GROUP ENTERS TOP 30 GLOBAL POULTRY PRODUCERS

  • 16 Oct 11:29

U.S. magazineWATTPoultry Internationalhas published its rating of the world’s largest broiler producers. Cherkizovo Group (Petelinka, Kurinoe Tsarstvo) came 28th, the highest position among Russian companies. The Top50 featured three Russian broiler producers– Cherkizovo Group, Resource Group and Prioskolie. With a capacity of 318million heads per year, Cherkizovo Group took 28th place, while Resource Group and Prioskolie were ranked 31st and 49th, respectively. Brazilian JBS held the top spot, boasting a slaughter capacity of 4billion broilers per year. This is almost twice as much as the United States’ Tyson Foods, which finished second with a. Read more...

Russian companies entered the top 50 of the world's largest poultry meat producers

  • 15 Oct 11:51

The American publication WATTPoultry International has compiled a rating of the 50 largest broiler meat producers in the world at the end of 2020. Brazilian company JBS tops the list with a slaughtering capacity of more than 4 billion heads per year, double the volume produced by the second largest poultry producer in the world, the American company Tyson Foods. Rounds out the top three BRF from Brazil with a slaughter capacity of more than 1.5 billion heads per year. According to Albert Davleev, President of Agrifood Strategies, the poultry industry in Russia is currently not sufficiently consolidated, unlike, for example, in Brazil, the United States, Thailand,. Read more...