MSP MAGAZINE Issue 47

SPOTLIGHT
Meat
A NEW VECTOR OF RUSSIAN
AGRICULTURAL EXPORT
ALTHOUGH RUSSIAN MARKET SHOWS A SLOWDOWN OF
CONSUMER PRICES OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS WHICH
IS LARGELY RELATED TO THE DROP OF THE POPULATION’S
INCOMES, RUSSIAN PORK SUPPLY TO FOREIGN MARKETS
HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS. THIS
INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY YURIY KOVALIOV,
HEAD OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF PIG BREEDERS.
ACCESS TO FOREIGN
MARKETS
According to the Sectoral Expertise
Centre of Rosselkhozbank, in 2020,
the export volume of meat and
meat products increased from 149
mln dollars to 336 mln dollars. Pork
export increased four times (up to
85 mln dollars), while beef export
increased three times (up to 16 mln
dollars). Regarding the countries
that import Russian meat, China
has jumped to the top of the list
with the share of 45% (54%, taking
Hong Kong into account). The meat
export to Vietnam almost tripled
- from 12 to 15%. Ukraine now
ranks second in meat export. Its
share decreased from 28% to 16%,
although the shipments increased
from 42 mln to 53 mln dollars.
In January–July 2020, Russian
manufacturers more than doubled
meat exports, and the access
to foreign markets somewhat
compensated the losses of the
farmers.
Yuriy Kovaliov, CEO of the National
Union of Pig Breeders said at the
business conference “Meat and
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