Fish farmers of Karelia, Russia intend to buy feed in Belarus

Frozen Trout

Russia

Belarus

Published Mar 18, 2022

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Fish farmers of the Republic of Karelia are going to look for fish feed suppliers among enterprises in Belarus, as well as in South America and the Middle East. Previously, these products were imported to the region from Norway, Denmark, and Finland, but they refused to continue deliveries. In the near future, a Russian delegation will travel to Belarus to work out the issue of supplying fish feed, TASS reports. The share of foreign feed in the trout farms of the region accounts for about 85%. There is a company in Petrozavodsk that produces 8,000 tons of products per year and is ready to increase its capacity to 15,000 tons. True, it will not be possible to close the need of enterprises for feed, since it is about 50 thousand tons. At present, one of the largest trout farms in Karelia intends to build a plant for the production of animal feed. It was planned to implement the project jointly with a Danish company, but now this is hampered by difficulties with logistics.

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Fish farmers of the Republic of Karelia are going to look for fish feed suppliers among enterprises in Belarus, as well as in South America and the Middle East. Previously, these products were imported to the region from Norway, Denmark and Finland, but they refused to continue deliveries. In the near future, a Russian delegation will travel to Belarus to work out the issue of supplying fish feed, TASS reports. The share of foreign feed in the trout farms of the region accounts for about 85%. There is a company in Petrozavodsk that produces 8,000 tons of products per year and is ready to increase its capacity to 15,000 tons. True, it will not be possible to close the need of enterprises for feed, since it is about 50 thousand tons. At present, ...

Source: RUAgronews