World meat industry news

Export of livestock products to Mongolia increased 3.5 times

  • 20 Sep 10:53

Export of livestock products to Mongolia increased 3.5 times The volume of exported products over 8 months amounted to more than 756 thousand tons. Since the beginning of the year, employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for the Irkutsk Region and the Republic of Buryatia, while monitoring the border of the Russian Federation and transport at the Ulan-Ude station of the East Siberian Railway, have controlled and sent for export to Mongolia 128 batches of livestock products, which is 3.5 times more than in the same period last year. The volume of export products for 8 months amounted to more than 756 thousand tons, of which the largest share is accounted for by finished dairy products - 346 thousand tons and canned fish. Read more...

Russia and Iran to expand trade in livestock products

  • 19 Sep 09:36

Russia and Iran to expand trade in livestock products As reported in Rosselkhoznadzor, a high-ranking delegation of the Veterinary Organization (IVO) of Iran is currently in the Russian Federation, studying the Russian system of veterinary control in the production and export of livestock products. The specialists have already visited the Federal State Budgetary Institution "ARRIAH" subordinate to Rosselkhoznadzor, where they not only got acquainted with the work of scientific and production laboratories and the information and analytical center, but also discussed the prospects for trade in regulated products. In particular, they talked about the epizootic situation in Russia, Iran and. Read more...

Strengthening prices for meat products in Russia

  • 19 Sep 09:35

Strengthening prices for meat products in Russia In the 37th week of 2023, an upward trend was observed on the Russian meat market, led by pork, which had fallen in price a week earlier.Thus, in the 37th week, domestically produced pork half-carcasses became more expensive by 2.6%, the average price was 199.5 rubles per kilogram. The cost of live pigs of slaughter quality in the Central region of Russia increased by 1.5% - to 137.1 rubles per kilogram. The level of wholesale prices for domestic beef and offal in Russia increased over the week by 0.4%, while beef half-carcasses were offered in the 37th week at an average of 358.2 rubles per kilogram, which is 0.7% higher than on 36 th week. Prices for chicken meat. Read more...

Russians began to eat eggs, vegetables, meat and fish more often - Rosstat

  • 19 Sep 09:32

Russians began to eat eggs, vegetables, meat and fish more often - Rosstat At the same time, according to the results of last year, the consumption of fruits and berries (-2.37%), milk and dairy products (-0.42%) and potatoes (-0.06%) decreased. Russian citizens at home in 2022, compared to the year before, began to more often eat vegetables and melons (+3.06%), eggs (+2.99%), vegetable oil (+1.54%), fish and fish products (+ 0.96%), meat and meat products (+0.5%). At the same time, in absolute terms, the most consumed products were milk and dairy products (263.6 kilograms per year per consumer), eggs (240 kg), vegetables and melons (104 kg), as well as meat and meat products (94.2 kg). Read more...

Russia and Belarus are leaders in the pace of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in the CIS

  • 15 Sep 11:07

Russia and Belarus are leaders in the pace of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in the CIS Large average areas of arable land on farms contribute to the growth of the pace of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in Russia and Belarus, which are leaders among the CIS countries in terms of the volume of implementation of these technologies. At the same time, as in other countries of the commonwealth, complex digital solutions from its own developers prevail here. The Geomir company spoke about the situation in the field of digitalization of agriculture in the CIS countries. Russia and Belarus are among the leaders in terms of the pace of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in the CIS. They are followed by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. At the same. Read more...

Cars from countries with infectious animals may be disinfected at the borders of the Russian Federation

  • 15 Sep 11:06

Cars from countries with infectious animals may be disinfected at the borders of the Russian Federation The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill on disinfection of incoming vehicles at automobile and mixed checkpoints across the border of the Russian Federation upon receipt of information from foreign countries about the detection of infectious animal diseases on their territories. If adopted, the law will come into force on January 1, 2025. The document is posted in the Duma electronic database. To date, the law “On Veterinary Medicine” does not provide for measures to disinfect vehicles traveling from countries where infectious animals have been identified. The law stipulates that to carry out measures to prevent. Read more...

Russia and Algeria will cooperate in the field of veterinary medicine

  • 15 Sep 11:04

Russia and Algeria will cooperate in the field of veterinary medicine The governments of Russia and Algeria will sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine to develop mutual trade in livestock products and feed, as well as to protect the territories of their countries from the introduction of infectious animal diseases. The draft agreement was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, and the corresponding order was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The agreement involves cooperation between Rosselkhoznadzor and the Department of Veterinary Services of the Algerian Ministry of Agriculture. The parties will exchange information on veterinary and sanitary requirements in their countries. Read more...

Transactions in rubles between Russia and ASEAN have tripled

  • 14 Sep 10:52

Transactions in rubles between Russia and ASEAN have tripled The number of foreign trade transactions in rubles between Russia and ASEAN countries has tripled compared to 2021, to 40% of all transactions. President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergei Katyrin stated this during the Russia-ASEAN business dialogue at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). At the end of last year, 40% of foreign trade transactions between Russia and ASEAN countries were carried out in rubles, another 27% were in the currencies of friendly countries, said Sergei Katyrin, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Russia-ASEAN session of the WEF-2023. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an organization that. Read more...

Retail trade in Russia grew by 9% in the second quarter of 2023

  • 14 Sep 10:51

Retail trade in Russia grew by 9% in the second quarter of 2023 Trade in Russia began to decline after the start of the special operation and the introduction of sanctions policies by other countries, however, in 2023, the trade macro sector and other sectors of the domestic economy showed a strong recovery impulse. In the second quarter of 2023, Russia's GDP increased by 4.9%, the growth rate of the trade macro-sector was 11%. Retail trade grew by 9%, wholesale – by 12.5%. This was influenced by increased consumer activity. In retail trade, food products, including drinks and tobacco products, account for 47%, and non-food products - 53%. The top five most popular food product groups include meat and meat products. Read more...

Moscow food producers increased production by more than 26%

  • 14 Sep 10:47

Moscow food producers increased production by more than 26% In the first seven months of this year, Moscow food enterprises increased production by more than 26% compared to the same period last year. Volumes of supplies from Moscow food producers increased by 8.2%, reaching 338.9 billion rubles. This was reported by the press service of the complex of economic policy and property-land relations of the capital government. “More than 250 food industry enterprises operate in Moscow, employing more than 60 thousand people. In the first seven months of 2023, the volume of food production in Moscow increased by 26.2%. The volume of supplies of Moscow food producers increased by 8.2%, reaching the mark of 338.9 billion. Read more...