Beef export in Russia grows by more than 200%

According to the results of the first half of the year, beef exports from the Russian Federation may grow by 223%, to 21.26 thousand tons, the National Union of Pig Breeders (NSS) predicts. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, from January 1 to May 23, 2021, 16.8 thousand tons of beef were sent abroad for $ 55.2 million, which is 5.6 times more in physical and 4.2 times in monetary terms than for the same period 2020. The main buyer (60%) is China, says Veronika Nikishina, head of the Russian Export Center. The head of the National Meat Association, Sergei Yushin, notes that high export growth rates are primarily due to the low base effect, but Russian beef is indeed in demand and competitive in price, primarily in China. According to him, after outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in China in 2019–2020, pork in the country has risen in price and a change in preferences towards beef has begun. Konstantin Polevoy, commercial director of Zarechnoye Group of Companies ...