World meat industry news

Brexit Could Benefit Russian Businesses, Ambassador Says

  • 3 Dec 10:21

Russia sees both the positive and negative aspects of Great Britain’s exit from the European Union, Moscow’s ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin toldRIA Novosti. According to the diplomat, Britain’s stay in the EU could benefit Russia in terms of greater predictability of relations and the already existing base of pan-European standards and agreements. “But on the other hand, if Brexit happens, we will have new opportunities, because the barriers established by the EU will disappear. For example, in trade there are now about 20 barriers and restrictions of this kind: for steel, in the chemical industry, for chromium,” said Kelin. He. Read more...

Russia to increase meat production by 2.5% in 2019

  • 3 Dec 10:20

The breakthrough made by Russian meat industry during the last years allowed the country not only to switch from import dependency to intensive development in providing domestic meat, but also to launch product export. The National Meat Association (NMA) forecasts that the progress will continue and the meat production growth will reach 2–2.5%. The Association doesn’t support the forecasts of some experts that the industry growth rate will significantly decrease this year. Margarita Brazhevskaya, Deputy Chief Officer on NMA, told “Interfax” that over the last 15 years, the production of cattle and poultry for slaughter in Russian Federation. Read more...

Belarus plans to open seven more meat processing plants and three poultry plants for export to China

  • 2 Dec 09:14

Belarus plans to open seven more meat processing plants and three poultry plants for export to China.“We are increasing our meat supply to China. In eight months, the supply volume reached $22 mln which is 37 times higher than in the same period of the last year. Overall, we exported 2.5 ths t of beef and 5.5 ths t of poultry. We are trying to increase the number of companies certified for exporting to Chinese market. We submitted applications for ten more plants, seven of which are meat processing plants and three poultry plants”, Alexey Bogdanov said. At the upcoming China International Import Expo in Shanghai, we plan to sign protocols which will allow. Read more...

An industrial parl for deep processing of lamb to be built in Dagestan

  • 2 Dec 09:13

According to “AgroXXI” portal, in Nogaysky District of Dagestan, an industrial park “Nogayprom” will be built near the pastures for small cattle, which will consist of several lamb production centers. Gaji Sultanov, acting minister of Economy and Territorial Development of the Republic, said that it was an economically viable decision. Building meat processing centers near the pastures will prevent sheep from losing weight during long cattle drives of dozens of kilometres. The construction of the industrial park will eliminate the export of live sheep in favour of value added production. Sultanov said that Dagestan has enough livestock resources. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group's products have once again been awarded the annual Product of the Year title

  • 2 Dec 09:09

Cherkizovo Group's products have once again been awarded the annual Product of the Year title. This year, the Petelinka and Pava-Pava brands have topped three categories at the same time. Cherkizovo Group received three awards at the 21stProduct of the Year 2019 Official Ceremony held in Moscow on November20. The Petelinka brand became the winner in the Poultry Cutlets and Eco-friendly Meat product in the Chicken Meat category. The Pava-Pava brand was recognised as the best Healthy Food product in the Turkey Meat category. Petelinka is Russia’s best known and most popular chilled poultry brand. The brand has also become the market leader in StPetersburg. Read more...

Chicken price fell by 1.4% to 144.68 rubles per kilogram in October

  • 29 Nov 08:49

According to Rosstat, the average October price for frozen and chilled broiler meat was 144.68 rubles per kilogram. Compared to September of this year, chicken price fell by 1.4%, but was 0.9% more expensive than in October last year. The highest prices for chicken in October 2019 were recorded in the Far Eastern Federal District, where one kilogram was sold on average at 199.65 rubles. The lowest prices for chicken remained in the Volga region, where one kilogram cost an average of 129.75 rubles. The minimum prices for broilers and chicken products for two years and 10 months were recorded in April last year: according to EMISS, the lowest price level for the period. Read more...

Mongolian auditors and importers completed work in three regions of Russia

  • 29 Nov 08:48

The inspection visit of the Mongolian delegation to Udmurtia, the Novosibirsk and Tambov regions ended on November 21, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor reports. Mongolia's state veterinary surveillance experts are counting on a long-term partnership with Russian exporters for the supply of meat to the country's domestic market. To date, an audit of companies producing pork and beef is completed. During the next visit, it is planned to inspect a number of potential suppliers of. Read more...

By the end of 2019, it is planned to harvest 2.4 thousand tons of venison in Yamal

  • 28 Nov 08:52

Yamal Governor Dmitry Artyukhov visited the slaughter complex of the Yamal Deer municipal enterprise to assess the progress of the procurement campaign, the press service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug government reports. As it was reported at the beginning of November, at the start of the procurement campaign, the purchase prices for venison of the first category more than doubled - up to 450 rubles per kilogram for representatives of national communities and small reindeer herding enterprises. Starting next year, farms of all categories will receive the same price for delivered meat. Artyukhov asked representatives of the Kharp and I Erv communities how. Read more...

The saturation of the domestic market leads to meat export growth

  • 27 Nov 07:41

Russian companies continue to develop export sales. This year, according to the NSP, the export of poultry products will not be lower than last year's figure - at the level of 200 thousand tons. But director General of the National Union of Poultry Breeders (NSP) Sergey Lakhtyukhov considers it to be premature to make forecasts for the next year. “A lot will depend on the opening of markets in Japan, Singapore and other areas important for the industry, as well as on interaction with our closest neighbors,” he explains. Earlier this week, Rosselkhoznadzor reported that Hong Kong allowed the supply of poultry meat and offal from all over Russia. Now. Read more...