World meat industry news

UKRAINE: Driving up domestic pork prices

  • 18 Jul 09:55

African swine fever is taking a heavy toll on Ukraine's pork industry, as there are now no regions free of the disease in the country, state veterinary body Gosvetphitosluzba has claimed. Fifty-nine outbreaks of ASF have been reported in Ukraine this year, including several on the border with the European Union (EU), in particular Romania, where 45,000 pigs had to be culled in the biggest outbreak in this part of Europe. Although, in terms of total numbers, outbreaks this year are not as bad as in 2017, overall production is forecast to decrease by 5.2% or 33,000 t to 594,000 t, said Artur Loza, head of Ukraine's Association of Pork Producers (APP), speaking. Read more...

Russia's meat imports down 1.7-fold in H1 2018

  • 17 Jul 09:54

Russia imported 1.7 times less meat in the first half of this year compared to the similar period from 2017, down to 203.5 thousand tons, according to the Federal Customs Service, as reported by Meatinfo.ru. In the first six months of 2018, pork imports amounted 36.3 thousand tons, down from 147.7 thousand tons in January-June last year. Russia's poultry meat imports amounted to 32.8 thousand tons in the mentioned period, down from 52.6 thousand tons in the first half of 2017. Beef imports decreased from 152.6 thousand tons in January-June 2017 to 134.4 thousand tons in the first half of this year. Including the country's meat trade with countries. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group signs letter of intent to buy Altaisky Broiler from Prioskolie

  • 17 Jul 09:00

Moscow, Russia – July 16, 2018 – Cherkizovo Group (MOEX: GCHE), the largest verticallyintegrated meat producer in Russia, has announced signing a letter of intent to acquire AltaiskyBroiler. Cherkizovo is a major Russian agro industrial group with leading positions in the poultry, pork, and meatprocessing markets and anticipated acquisition fits perfectly into the Group’s strategy. In line with its focus on extensive business growth, Cherkizovo Group signed a letter of intent to buy oneof Russia’s largest poultry producers, Altaisky Broiler. The transaction will be closed after legal andfinancial due diligence of the target company is. Read more...

Kazakhstan's poultry meat production reports increase

  • 16 Jul 10:44

Kazakhstan has produced by 23.2% more poultry meat in the first five months of 2018 compared to year-earlier levels, reaching 23.4 thousand tons, according to a study released by Energyprom. Between January and May 2018, the country reported a production of 107.7 thousand tons of meat products, with an increase of 14.5% compared to the corresponding period from 2017, as reported by PressORG. Meanwhile, production of pork and horse meat has increased by only 4% in the mentioned period, reaching 30.8 thousand tons. In addition, the study found that the demand for meat and meat products in Kazakhstan has been increasing 6.1% year-on-year. In the first five months. Read more...

Ukraine's largest poultry producer increases its production capacity

  • 13 Jul 11:35

MHP has announced it is increasing the production capacity at its Vinnitsa poultry plant by launching a second production line, delo.ua reports. "We opened the second production line on July 1. Six months from now we are planning to become the largest poultry factory in the world," the executive director of the poultry plant, Igor Leshchenko said. According to the executive director, the complex has the largest incubator in the world. The production capacity of the plant currently reaches 0.5 million tons of poultry per day. Mr. Leshchenko also said regarding the possibilities for processing the waste from the poultry farm after the launch of the biogas. Read more...

Global consumption of meat and fish to increase by 15% between 2018-2027

  • 12 Jul 10:49

The total consumption of meat and fish at a global level is expected to increase by 15% between 2018 and 2027, while meat and fish consumption at a per capita level is to rise by only 3% in the mentioned period, according to a new report launched by the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report says that there is expected to be stark variations across region regarding meat and fish consumption. Sub-Saharan Africa is forecasted to be the region with the strongest growth in total consumption due to a rise in the number of inhabitants, here per capita consumption is expected to decline by 3%. On the other hand, the report underlines the fact. Read more...

Russia temporarily bans meat and fish imports from Belarusian producers

  • 11 Jul 10:10

Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has introduced temporary restrictions on the import of meat and fish products to Russia from three Belarusian companies. "The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision reports that in connection with the re-identification of violations of veterinary and sanitary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation, the Rosselkhoznadzor, from July 4, 2018, introduces temporary restrictions on the supply to the territory of the Russian Federation of products produced by enterprises of the Republic of Belarus," Rosselkhoznadzor's statement read. The targeted. Read more...

Cherkizovo Group announces operating results for the June and second quarter of 2018

  • 10 Jul 10:22

Cherkizovo Group (MOEX: GCHE), the largest vertically integrated meat producer in Russia, today announces operating results for the June and second quarter of 2018. Second Quarter 2018 Highlights Chicken: Sales volumes of 130.98 thousand tonnes declined 5% compared to the previous quarter and were flat compared to 2Q17. Significant average sales price growth, compared to the previous quarter and year-on-year results, is attributed to the chicken market being undersupplied with lower deliveries from some domestic producers, and the positive effect from our Petelinka and Chicken Kingdom branded products quickly gaining market share on key markets. Turkey:. Read more...

Ukraine ranks in the world's top 10 largest exporters of chicken meat

  • 10 Jul 06:44

Ukraine has entered the top 10 world leaders in chicken meat exports after the results reported in the first four months of 2018, according to a report released by the US Department of Agriculture, BusinessCenter reports. Ukraine exported 310,000 tons of chicken meat between January and April 2018. In the first four months of this year, the leaders in chicken meat exports were Brazil, with 3.8 million tons, the EU, with 1.3 million tons, and Thailand, with 810,000 tons. In 2017, Ukraine's main importers of chicken meat were the Netherlands, which imported $78 million worth of chicken meat, followed by Egypt ($65 million). Read more...

Russia and Iran to Invest in Livestock Vaccine Production

  • 9 Jul 15:03

A livestock vaccine production unit will be built in Semnan Province in cooperation with Russia, director general of the province’s veterinary organization said. Mohammad Saeedi added that €10 million worth of investment are required to carry out the project, 25 per cent of which will be provided by the Russian side,Mehr News Agencyreported. According toFinancial Tribune, he said:"We plan to start constructing the vaccine production unit in the current [Iranian] year (March 2018-19) and it is estimated that the project will come on stream within three years." He also added that the production unit will create 100 direct and. Read more...