Russia: Agricultural production in the EAEU reaches $ 119.5 billion in 2020

Published 2021년 10월 29일

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The article reports on the increase in agricultural production in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2020, with a 2.1% increase compared to 2019, totaling USD 119.5 billion. The total sown area of agricultural crops also saw an increase, reaching 109.9 million hectares. Grain and leguminous crops made up the largest share of the total sown area. The number of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, and poultry in EAEU farms also increased in 2021. Livestock and poultry production, milk production, and the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter also increased in 2020. However, egg production saw a slight decrease. Belarus had the highest rates of livestock production per capita.

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In 2020, the volume of agricultural production in farms of all categories of the Eurasian Economic Union increased by 2.1% compared to 2019 and amounted to USD 119.5 billion. In 2020, the total sown area of agricultural crops in farms of all categories of the EAEU amounted to 109.9 million hectares (100.5% to the level of 2019), an increase in the total sown area was noted in all EAEU states, except Armenia. The largest share in the total sown area of the EAEU is occupied by crops of grain and leguminous crops - 61%. In 2020, the gross grain harvest in the EAEU amounted to 164.6 million tons, which is 11.1% more than in the previous year. The growth was due to an increase in the area of grain and leguminous crops in the EAEU against the background of higher yields compared to 2019 in all EAEU states. At the beginning of 2021, the number of cattle in farms of all categories of the EAEU was 32.5 million heads (1.2% more than at the beginning of the previous year), of which ...

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