Export of Russian poultry meat to Africa increased by 7 times in 4 years

The export of Russian poultry meat to Africa has increased sevenfold over the past four years, to 16.7 thousand tons. Benin and Ghana became the main buyers of meat from the Russian Federation, Dmitry Krasnov, head of the Agroexport center, said at the Russia-Africa summit. "If we talk about Africa, the key driver is poultry meat. Over the past four years, the supply of Russian poultry meat to Africa in physical terms has increased seven times. The main buyers of Russian meat are Benin (49% of total supplies), Ghana (10% ), Congo (7%), Morocco (7%) and Angola (7%),” he said. Russia sees significant opportunities for expanding supplies of chicken and pork to Angola, beef and poultry to Ghana, beef, poultry and pork to South Africa. To realize the existing potential, it is necessary to open promising markets (at present, the export of meat products from Russia is prohibited to South Africa, Tunisia and Nigeria), to intensify the participation of Russian companies in government ...