World meat industry news

Supplies of Russian beef and pork to the Chinese market are almost approved

  • 20 Nov 09:43

The Rosselkhoznadzor agreed on the principal content of the protocol for the supply of beef from Russia to China and the corresponding veterinary certificate, the website of the National Union of Beef Producers reports with reference to the information of the Rosselkhoznadzor following negotiations between representatives of the service and the Main State Customs Administration of China. “The parties agreed on the basic content of the protocol for the supply of beef from Russia to China and the corresponding veterinary certificate. At the same time, the Chinese department reported on the format for providing information on Russian enterprises that are interested. Read more...

Chinese market opens up prospects for Russian poultry farmers

  • 19 Nov 11:37

With the growth of the Chinese economy, an increase in poultry meat consumption and a shortage of pork in the domestic market, China becomes a promising market for Russian poultry companies. This was stated at the international export forum "Made in Russia" by the representative of the Cherkizovo group Andrei Terekhin. The head of the Cherkizovo Group’s export direction noted that the demand of Chinese consumers is increasingly clearly in line with the global trend - an increase in the consumption of dietary and affordable poultry products. According to Terekhin, the requirements of the Chinese market in terms of price, quality and safety for. Read more...

Genesus Global Market Report: Russia - November 2019

  • 19 Nov 11:13

The pig price in Russia has fallen to 92 Roubles ($1.43) per live kg. Half carcasses are selling for 140 Roubles ($2.19) meaning a margin of 1,436 Roubles ($22.4) for slaughter plants. For the large integrated producers margins are still good, although lower than over the past few years. December, January and February are the months where in Russia the price is lowest. For the higher cost producers, the winter is not looking good! New farms continue to be built and stocked and consumer spending pretty static. Increasing supply and no change in demand means generally lower prices. That is unless anything major, like Russian pork being. Read more...

Russian GDP Growth Picks up in Q3 to 1.7%, Official Data Shows

  • 18 Nov 10:38

An increase in gas exports helped the growth of Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to pick up in the third quarter and slightly exceed market expectations, the Federal Statistics Service said on Wednesday, according toReuters. The statistics serviceRosstatsaid the Russian economy grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of 2019 in year-on-year terms, up from 0.9% in the second quarter. “Based on the data upon which this preliminary third-quarter GDP estimate was formed, we see that it was significantly influenced by the increase in wholesale trade turnover, in particular the gas trade,” said the head of Rosstat, Pavel Malkov. The issue of sluggish. Read more...

World Quality Day at Cherkizovo Group

  • 18 Nov 10:34

Cherkizovo Group (Petelinka and Cherkizovo brands) gave students of Primakov Gymnasium a tour of its R&D Lab in the run-up to World Quality Day. The Lab’s experts demonstrated how food quality and safety assurance plays a key role in the operations of Russia’s largest meat producer, while also offering the children an exciting quiz and a sausage-tasting session. Primakov Gymnasium’s eighth graders have recently visited Cherkizovo Lab (Moscow Region). The visit was timed to coincide with World Quality Day, which is celebrated annually on the second Thursday of November. Timofey Tkachik, Head of Genomics and Molecular Biology at Cherkizovo Lab,. Read more...

Kursk region is one of the five leaders in meat production

  • 15 Nov 10:03

According to the results of ten months of 2019, the Kursk region closed the TOP-5 leaders in meat production among the Russian regions and took the 4th place in the Central Federal District, the KURSKCITY news agency reported citing data from the regional administration. Compared with the first half of the year, the status of the Kursk region in the Russian rating has increased by one position. The deputy governor Sergey Starodubtsev commented on the interim result. He noted that the meat industry in the region is steadily developing due to the commissioning and reaching the full capacity of livestock facilities built in recent years. In January-October,. Read more...

Stavropol Territory to export poultry meat to the Maldives

  • 15 Nov 10:02

As the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Stavropol Territory, Boris Obolenets, noted, foreign trade is growing, and this is especially clearly seen against the backdrop of a decline in exports in the Russian Federation. He believes that this is a direct consequence of the focused work of the regional government to create a favorable investment climate. Locally sourced products are shipped to countries in the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. In 2019, the Stavropol Territory opened up new export destinations, including: Guatemala, Cyprus, Cuba, Myanmar, El Salvador, Togo, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. In the fall, poultry. Read more...

Federal Customs Service: Food imports of the Russian Federation for 9 months

  • 14 Nov 10:43

Over the 9 months of this year, Russia, compared to the same period last year, sharply increased imports of dairy products, primarily butter. According to the FCS, it was imported 87.2 thousand tons, which is 36.4% more than a year earlier. Meat imports (excluding poultry) decreased by 2.4%, to 284.6 thousand tons (by $ 967.1 million), fish - grew by 1.1%, to 165.4 thousand tons. Read more...

The volume of beef supply on the Russian market is declining

  • 14 Nov 10:43

Cattle meat production declined in all regions of the Russian Federation. According to the Director General of the National Union of Beef Producers (NSPG) Roman Kostyuk, a precrisis situation has developed in this sector of the agro-industrial complex. In Siberia beef production in the commodity sector decreased by more than 10%. Some slaughterhouses stopped working due to the lack of cattle. The index of industrial supply of beef, calculated by Cherkizovo analysts, indicates that over the three quarters of 2019, it decreased by 4% year on year. The conclusion about the pre-crisis situation in the beef production sector was called into question by the head. Read more...

Dagestan to increase beef production

  • 13 Nov 10:53

According to the Dagestan news agency, citing data from the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Food, for 10 months of 2019, the volume of meat production in this republic of the North Caucasus Economic Region amounted to 107 thousand tons. The cattle herd in Dagestan has reached almost 980.9 thousand heads. The preconditions for increasing beef production are emerging in the region. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food said that at the end of October, the whole Russian Federation increased the output of beef by 1.3%, and the gross volume exceeded 1.7 million tons. The number of beef and cross-country cattle in the country amounted to 3.9 million heads, which. Read more...