Belarus will help Russia with eggs and chicken

Published 2023년 12월 19일

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Belarus is willing to supply surplus eggs and chicken meat to Russia due to an excess in domestic production, with the country producing 20-25% more chicken meat and 50% more eggs than its population can consume. The rush demand for poultry and eggs on the Russian market will not affect the Belarusian food supply, as the country's market will always be provided and any surplus will be sold to other countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged problems with the deficit of eggs and chicken meat and plans to solve this problem with supplies from abroad, including from Belarus.

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Belarus is ready to supply surplus eggs and chicken meat to Russia, said Minister of Agriculture and Food Sergei Bartosh, writes the Russian news agency Sputnik Belarus. “We don’t plan to supply any volumes at all, but we will, of course, help and supply the surplus that we have on the domestic market,” Bartosh said. According to him, in Belarus, chicken production is 20-25% more than the population can consume, and egg production is 50%. “We consume about 140 million units on the domestic market and supply 70 million to the Russian market,” he summed up. Anna Norkus, general director of Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Factory OJSC, told the Minsk-Novosti agency that the rush demand for poultry and eggs on the Russian market will not affect the Belarusian food basket. “Belarus produces much more poultry meat than it consumes. Therefore, Belarusian buyers have nothing to worry about. Our market will always be provided. I am sure that measures will be taken by the country’s leadership if ...

Source: Agrosektor