The total increase in pork production in 2022 amounted to 5% or more than 200 thousand tons in carcass weight, said Yury Kovalev, General Director of the National Union of Pig Breeders, at the Agro Day agro-industrial conference organized by Kommersant Publishing House. According to him, last year the sectors of household plots and peasant farms showed a drop, where a negative trend has been developing for many years, due to demographic issues and the inability to ensure biosecurity against the backdrop of ASF spreading in Russia. At the same time, the industrial segment of pig breeding grew by 6.9%. Kovalev also said that it was not possible to increase pork exports in 2022. In those countries that are already open for export, Russia occupies a dominant position and it is impossible to increase the volume of export there. Therefore, an additional volume of 200 thousand tons put pressure on domestic prices. “We feared that they would drop by 10-15%, which would incur huge risks for the economy of enterprises.
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At the same time, the cost price continued to grow and increased by 15-20% in the first half of the year,” the expert noted. However, in the second half of the year, the situation began to improve, supply chains were restored, and the biggest support came from a huge grain harvest, which reached 150 million tons, Kovalev continued. This led to a drop in prices for cereals, which are the basis of production costs. As a result, according to the expert, the cost of production began to decline, which supported the marginality in the industry, and the expected decline in prices by 10-15% did not happen - they decreased only by 5-7%. According to Kovalev, this happened only due to a record increase in pork consumption of 6%. The program of state assistance to needy segments of the population also played a significant role here. According to Rosstat, retail prices for pork in Russia fell by 0.5% in January compared to December, and by 1% compared to the same month a year earlier. A ...