World meat industry news

The State Duma has reduced funding for the state program for agriculture in 2019

  • 1 Jul 11:10

Federal budget appropriations reduced by 1 billion rubles The State Duma adopted in the third reading amendments to the federal budget for 2019 and the planned period 2020-2021. In accordance with them, budget revenues increase by 206 billion rubles, expenditures - by 256 billion rubles. “These funds will go primarily to solve social problems, to implement the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly,” said State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, whose words are quoted on the website of the lower house of parliament. At the same time, expenditures on the state program of agricultural development for this year have been reduced. Read more...

Putin’s “Nationalization” to Strengthen State Role in Russian Economy, Analysts Say

  • 1 Jul 11:07

A trend of “strategic nationalization” under President Vladimir Putin’s current term can only increase the share of the state in the Russian economy in the following years, analysts toldRussia Matters. Earlier this year, sanctioned tycoon Oleg Deripaskatoldthe Financial Timesthat the Russian state holds 70 percent of the country’s economy in its hands. This figure hasbeenin circulation foraboutfive years afterit was mentioned in apaperby the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service gavea similar estimatefor 2017-2018, although without citing specific sources and using indefinitive language. At the. Read more...

South Korea proposes to supply its meat products to Sakhalin

  • 28 Jun 09:12

The South Korean business mission, which arrived with a visit to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, is discussing the possibility of supplying meat products to the Sakhalin region, the press service of the regional investment promotion agency reports. The South Korean business mission included representatives of four South Korean companies, as well as the Small and Medium Business Corporation of the Republic of Korea. "South Korean companies intend to supply meat products to the Sakhalin Region," the report says. "The Minister of Economic Development of the Sakhalin Region, Alexey Uspensky, focused on the fact that the Sakhalin Government is ready to provide. Read more...

Agricultural Ministry will provide comprehensive support to local brands of agricultural products

  • 28 Jun 09:11

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation will provide comprehensive support for the development of local brands of Russian agricultural products, the press service of the department told RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that local Russian food brands produced by small farms need to be supported for their further development and advancement. Putin said that he would ask the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev to prepare proposals on this issue. "The Ministry of Agriculture will provide comprehensive support for the development of local brands of agricultural products," the agricultural department. Read more...

Russia Allows Transit of Ukrainian Goods, but Only with Glonass Navigation

  • 27 Jun 10:08

Transportation of Ukrainian goods by road and by rail via Russia is allowed again after Russian President Vladimir Putin amended a corresponding decree, Ukrainian media outlet Evropeyskaya Pravdareportedciting Russia’s legal information portal. However, Ukrainian trucks and railcars will be allowed through Russia only if they carry seals on vehicles and goods using theGLONASS(Global Navigation Satellite System) technology, a Russia-sponsored analog to the more widely used, U.S.-based GPS system. Drivers must have registration coupons, which will be canceled if the seal use procedure is violated. Seals are required for tracking goods so that they are not shipped. Read more...

Dagestan government opposed the export of live sheep from the republic

  • 27 Jun 10:06

The Dagestan government does not support the export of live sheep from the republic. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Agriculture and Food Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov. Earlier, the leadership of Makhachkala Airport announced plans to expand and lengthen the runway for receiving wide-body transport aircraft - this is due to Iran’s desire to import live sheep from Dagestan. According to representatives of the airport, Boeing-747 (in cargo version) or similar in size boards are needed for these purposes. “Dagestan increased the volume of livestock products exported to Iran more than 20 times. But we are against bringing live sheep out. Read more...

Meat production decreased by 43% in the Rostov region

  • 27 Jun 10:05

In January — May 2019 108.6 thousand tons of livestock and poultry were produced for slaughter in the Rostov Region. Compared to the same period last year, the figure fell by 43.1%. reports Rostovstat. The production of eggs fell by 22% to just 735.4 million units. Milk production increased by 0.2% and. Read more...

The first batch of chicken paws delivered from Russia to China by rail

  • 26 Jun 11:29

The transport company TRANS-KONT and the logistics company ChinaLogist reported on the arrival of the first batch of frozen chicken paws from Moscow to Xinjiang by rail. A consignment of chicken paws weighing 18 tons was shipped from Russia to China in a refrigerator car. It was transported from Moscow through the International Center for Border Cooperation (ICBC) for duty-free trade between China and Khorgos Kazakhstan. From there, the cargo was redirected to the destination through a specialized customs and logistics terminal for the export of meat products. On June 23, the goods were safely delivered to the recipient - Urumqi Yizhiyuan Biotechnology, as. Read more...

In five months Russia increased pork production and export

  • 26 Jun 11:24

In the five months of 2019 pork production in the agricultural organizations of the Russian Federation amounted to 1.73 million tons, which is 5.9% (+97 thousand tons) exceeded figure for the same period in 2018. The main share of the increase in production is accounted for pig-breeding enterprises of the Belgorod Region, which supplied the domestic market of the Russian Federation by 22.3 thousand tons more than in the five months of last year. The second place is occupied by agricultural producers of the Pskov region (+21.5 thousand tons). A noticeable increase was noted in the Voronezh Region (+14.8 thousand tons), the Kursk Region (+9.8 thousand tons) and the. Read more...

Russia may begin to supply pork to China in 2020

  • 25 Jun 11:51

China does not exclude the lifting of restrictions on the import of meat products from Russia. The China Meat Association assumes that from 2020 it will be allowed to bring live livestock from Mongolia into the country, as well as meat of water buffaloes.Thus, China intends to fill the deficit of protein products in the domestic market, which was formed due to the epidemic of ASF, reports sfera.fm. Within the framework of the X Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom signed a protocol on the supply. Read more...