31 January 2024
The wholesale price of a broiler carcass rose almost 1.5-fold.
According to calculations by the analytical agency EMEAT, Russia’s poultry-meat market totalled 4.207 million tonnes in slaughter weight in January–November 2023, up 0.2%, or 8,700 tonnes, on the same period of the previous year. The share of imported products in the domestic market increased to 4.8%, from 3.8% a year earlier.
Monitoring by the analytical agency EMEAT shows that poultry-meat production in January–November 2023 totalled 4.355 million tonnes in slaughter weight (5.925 million tonnes in live weight), 0.1% below the same period of 2022. Over the 11 months, production increased in four federal districts: North Caucasian (+9.7%), Siberian (+4.7%), Volga (+1.2%) and Southern (+1.1%). Production fell by 5.2% in the Far East, 1.5% in the Northwestern Federal District, 5.3% in the Ural Federal District and 2.1% in the Central Federal District.
The largest production increases were recorded in Altai Territory (18.5%), Bryansk Region (+7.7%) and Stavropol Territory (+7.4%), while the steepest declines were in Chelyabinsk Region (-12.0%), the Republic of Tatarstan (-6.4%) and Belgorod Region (-6.1%).
EMEAT estimates that poultry-meat imports increased by 25% year on year in physical volume in January–November 2023, accounting for 45% of imports of all types of meat. Imports of poultry meat from countries outside the former Soviet Union rose by 71% year on year, including a 69% increase in chicken-meat shipments, which came mainly from Brazil. Small quantities of turkey from Serbia and duck from China were also imported. Poultry-meat shipments to Russia from Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries increased by 11%, also consisting mainly of chicken.
EMEAT estimates that the tonnage of poultry-meat exports to countries outside the former Soviet Union grew by 9% year on year in January–November. Almost half (48%) of shipments went to China, 18% to Saudi Arabia and 5% to Vietnam. Poultry-meat shipments from Russia to EAEU countries grew by 5% year on year. More than half (55%) of the volume went to Kazakhstan, 18% to Belarus and 18% to Kyrgyzstan. Overall, poultry meat accounted for 55% of meat exports across all destinations, and total poultry-meat exports increased by 7.8% in January–November 2023. Chicken products accounted for more than 90% of exports in physical volume.
Source: emeat.ru