World meat industry news

How will meat export growth affect the meat price in Russia?

  • 4 Oct 08:26

Meat production in Russia is growing, and this trend will continue until 2024 - as well as an increase in meat exports. Russian meat producers are exploring new global markets. How will it affect the domestic market in Russia? According to Rosstat, in 2018, 10.6 million tons of meat were produced in Russia - the maximum volume in the foreseeable history of the country. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the number of livestock since the beginning of this year has grown by 8%. According to official forecasts, livestock production will grow by another 1.8%by the beginning of 2020, and by 2024 the growth will reach 12%. The highest growth rate of meat production. Read more...

Pork prices may rise immediately after the New Year

  • 3 Oct 10:32

The KrasnodarMedia news agency shared its forecast for the dynamics of purchase and retail pork prices from a private investor, winner of the Kuban Leaders contest, Dmitry Garmatyuk. He believes that pork prices may rise significantly immediately after the New Year. The root cause of a possible increase in the cost of pork in the Krasnodar Territory, as well as in Russia in general, will be the problems in the countries of Southeast Asia associated with the epidemic of African swine fever. Pork deficit led to an unprecedented increase in demand for this type of meat in foreign markets. So far, we do not feel this, because supply contracts are concluded for. Read more...

Pig production leading the meat production growth in Russia

  • 3 Oct 10:32

Production of pigs (live weight) in agricultural enterprises of the Russian Federation in August amounted to 357.8 thousand tons, which is 5.5% more than in August last year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reports For 8 months of 2019, pig production increased by 5.3%. Pig sector remains the leader in terms of production growth in the meat market of the Russian Federation. Cattle production in August remained at the level of August last year - 78.9 thousand tons. Over 8 months, growth was 1.8%. In August, poultry farmers increased production by 1.5%, to 498.2 thousand tons. In January-August, indicators decreased by 0.2%. In. Read more...

Singapore Set to Sign Free Trade Agreement with EAEU

  • 2 Oct 13:08

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) isfinalizingnegotiations to set up a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Singapore, officials announced this month. The EAEU is a free trade area that includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The countries represent a market of some 183 million people and a combined GDP (PPP) of about $5 trillion. Veronika Nikishina, the EEC’s trade minister, explained that the free trade zone with Singapore will not only apply to goods but also to services and investment. “As a result, we will have a package of seven different agreements. We are set to sign the first of seven. Read more...

The global pig price cycle moves up

  • 2 Oct 13:07

There has been a buzz in the pig industry for a while now because African Swine Fever has caused a shortage of pork and pigmeat in China, and this may be met by imports from abroad. Does that mean that all western pork producers will have a windfall this year and next? Pig market expert Dr John Strak puts everything in perspective. I finished my last piece in this column (late June 2019) by saying that, “In my view, it’s likely that European and North American pig prices will move in opposite directions for the remainder of the year.” Who are winners and losers in the pork trade? That is how things have turned out so far. But what’s the. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO GROUP REINVENTS ITS MAIN BRAND

  • 2 Oct 13:03

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, has launched a comprehensive revamp of its flagship brand, Cherkizovo. The changes impacting both the product appearance and ingredients are designed to emphasize the Company's focus on customers, make Cherkizovo products stand out on store shelves, and expand the Group's audience outreach. In September, Cherkizovo Group launched a revamp of its main brand representing over 300products in the sausage and chilled meat categories. “Our history dates back to 1974 when the Cherkizovsky Meat Processing Plant was commissioned and started manufacturing sausages under the Cherkizovo brand. Today, as we. Read more...

Meat export to Iran led to a rapid increase in mutton prices in Russia

  • 1 Oct 10:13

In August, mutton prices soared in Moscow. The rise in price is due to the shortage of its supply in the capital’s market related to boosting supplies to Iran, the NEWS.RU portal reports citing Rosstat. In August, mutton prices rose to peak values ​​from the beginning of the year. In Moscow, one kilogram was sold on average at 537 rubles. On an annual basis, growth was 21.5%. In St. Petersburg, where the price of lamb in August rose to 511 rubles per kilogram, the price increased over the year by 26%. According to experts, the rise in price is caused by an acute shortage of mutton. Deliveries of this type of red meat from the southern regions declined due to. Read more...

Marble beef from Russia finds export market in South America

  • 1 Oct 10:09

An increase in the production of meat obtained from specialized cattle has been observed over the past five years, but the domestic consumer market is not ready to provide sales of premium products. If ten years ago, specialized cattle meat amounted to no more than 2% of the Russian herd, now it exceeds 17% and, according to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, in January-June 2019 increased by 8.4 percent. 280 tons of marbled beef are produced in Russia annually. Last year, premium meat from Russia began to be delivered to Turkey. Besides Rosselkhoznadzor reached an agreement on the export of beef in Brazil. According to Sergei Yushin, head of. Read more...

Russia’s pig industry turns loss-making

  • 30 Sep 10:20

More than half of all pig farms in Russia are at risk of becoming loss-making in 2019 due to the rising production costs and falling purchasing prices on the domestic market, according to a forecast of the Russia’s National Union of Pork Producers (NUPP). In 2019, the wholesale prices are expected to dip by 5% to 10% to the lowest level seen since the introduction of food embargo in 2014, when all European pork were wiped out from the Russia’s market, RUPP said. Average wholesale pig price The average wholesale price in live weight is expected to be around 82 roubles (US$ 1.27) per kg without value added tax (VAT), while the average production cost. Read more...

Russian Economy Doing Better Than It Looks, Report Suggests

  • 30 Sep 10:18

Current growth statistics could paint a more negative picture on Russia’s economy than the country’s performance and investment landscape deserves, according to the latest Outside the Boxreportby Novosibirsk-based finance groupBCS Global Markets. Russia’s economic performance is in a strong position overall, despite current GDP figures, which – as seen in previous years – could be revised up, suggests the report, the second of its kind in collaboration with leading Russian analysts Alexander Kudrin and Evgeny Gavrilenkov. “Declining consumer demand and Russia’s so-called two-tier economy – whereby banks, mining. Read more...