Russia exported record volumes of beef and pork in 2021

In general, the supply of meat products from the Russian Federation increased from 579 thousand tons in 2020 to 585 thousand tons in 2021 According to the results of 2021, Russian exporters sent record volumes of beef, pork, horse meat and finished meat products to foreign markets, Rosselkhoznadzor reported. In general, the export of meat products increased from 579 thousand tons in 2020 to 585 thousand tons in 2021. For 12 months of last year, 31 thousand tons of beef were sent from Russia abroad, which is almost 2 times more than in 2020 (15.9 thousand tons). China became the main buyer of this type of meat, where 20.1 thousand tons of beef were supplied, which is 2.3 times more than in the previous year (8.7 thousand tons). Among the main importers of Russian cattle meat in 2021 is also Kazakhstan, which purchased 2.2 thousand tons: exports increased 2 times, from 1.05 thousand tons. Saudi Arabia closes the top three countries to which Russia supplied the largest volumes of ...