Rosselkhozbank predicts an increase in the share of lamb in the meat market of the Russian Federation
Lamb
Russia
Published May 7, 2022
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The consumption of this type of meat may approximately double by 2030, up to 3 kg per capita. Rosselkhozbank experts studied the domestic sheep breeding market and identified the main trends in its development dynamics. According to the data received, the volume of production of small ruminants in the Russian Federation in 2021 amounted to 213 thousand tons in carcass weight. This is mainly mutton, the production of goat meat is insignificant. Mutton consumption is roughly equal to production.
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Consumption of this type of meat could roughly double by 2030, to 3 kg per capita Rosselkhozbank experts studied the domestic sheep breeding market and identified the main trends in its development dynamics. According to the data received, the volume of production of small ruminants in the Russian Federation in 2021 amounted to 213 thousand tons in slaughter weight. This is mainly lamb, the volume of goat meat production is insignificant. Mutton consumption is roughly equal to production. About 77 kg of meat per capita is consumed annually in the country. Of these, 31 kg is chicken, 28 kg is pork, 13 kg is beef, and 3 kg is turkey. About 0.5 kg more is accounted for by other types of meat (for example, duck, rabbits). About 1.5 kg of lamb is consumed (2% of the meat market). Due to the peculiarities of fattening in this segment of the meat market, the share of small farms is the highest, which together account for more than 90% of production. Geographically, production is ...
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