The Ministry of Agriculture in Russia denied the rise in the price of lamb due to its active exports

The volume of lamb supplied by Russia abroad does not affect the cost of this meat, since it constitutes an insignificant share. TASS reports this with reference to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry also presented data from Rosstat, according to which over the past month the total production volume of goats and sheep for slaughter in Russian agricultural organizations in live weight amounted to two thousand tons, and their livestock was 3.1 million animals. The department noted that these indicators meet the needs of the domestic market. The Ministry of Agriculture also named several more arguments. They noted that lamb is a traditional type of meat for many regions of the country, where a significant part of the population raises sheep, including for domestic consumption. The department also recalled that in such regions the cost of these products is below the Russian average, and the consumption of this meat and its processed products is not ...