The volume of supplies of chicken eggs from Belarus to Russia is growing convincingly, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry

Published 2024년 1월 28일

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Belarus has become the primary supplier of chicken eggs to Russia, accounting for 94.1% of imports in the first 11 months of 2023, following a shortage in Russia. Belarus also supplied 71% of Russia's total poultry meat imports in 2022. The trade turnover between the two countries has grown significantly, with food supplies making up 13% of Russian exports and 25% of Belarusian imports.

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The volume of supplies of chicken eggs from Belarus to Russia is growing convincingly; based on the results of 11 months of 2023, the republic accounted for 94.1% of imports of these products. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the head of the second department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Polishchuk. In December, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Belarus Sergei Bartosh, commenting on the situation with the shortage of eggs that then developed in the Russian Federation, said that the republic was ready to supply its surplus chicken eggs and meat to Russia. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, in turn, instructed representatives of the Vitebsk broiler poultry farm to “share” chicken eggs with the Russians. “The indicators in this area are solid. At the end of 2022, Belarus accounted for 71% of the total imports of poultry meat to Russia. Over the eleven months of 2023, the quantitative indicators of supplies increased by 5.3%. ...

Source: Kvedomosti