a fast track to boosting poultry exports. “Currently, we export about 300,000 tonnes of poultry per year. In 2025 our objective is to increase this figure to 700,000 tonnes, and reach 1 million tonnes by 2030,” said Galina Bobyleva, general director of the Russian Union of poultry producers. Russian turkey meat exports are expected to quadruple in the coming decade, as Russia is likely to become the world’s second- largest turkey producer, having relatively low do- mestic demand. “Given the increase in production volumes, as well as the opening of new markets, Russian exports of turkey meat may climb to 35,000 tonnes per year by 2030 (worth € 66.9 million),” Agroexport forecasted. According to Agro export, the biggest prospects for Russian poultry exports, and specifically turkey exports, lie in Africa, South Africa, as well as Asia and the Middle East. “Due to the high proportion of the Muslim population in regions like Africa and the Middle East, most likely, the growth of exports to those regions will lead to an increase in the share of exports of products certified in accordance with Halal requirements,” said Sergey Lakhtyukhov, general director of the Russian Union of Poultry Farmers. Lakhtyukhov expects that the growth of Russian poultry exports will not be huge in the next few years due to Covid-19 related restrictions and other factors, such as rising logistics costs on international deliveries. But in the long run, expanding export supplies are expected to contribute to Russian poultry industry development. The expanding poultry exports are expected


to lead to significant changes in the Russian grain industry. Historically, Russia has mainly focused on the production of wheat. However, under all projections, soybean and maize production is expected to grow fast in Russia in the coming decade.


Competing on feed An efficient feed industry is expected to be a cornerstone of the upcoming Russian export development campaign. “The times have passed when the Russian livestock industry thrived in perfect conditions, protected from imports by sanctions,” commented a source in the Russian livestock in- dustry. “In foreign markets, we have to compete with the world’s strongest and most effective companies, and this means that our companies need to be as effective as possi- ble.” At the same time, according to Laktyukhov, the Russian poultry industry is experiencing the pressure of rising pro- duction costs, which is mainly associated with expensive feed. “An increase in production costs leads to an increase in the price of the final product. In the current environment of inflationary growth, the purchasing power of domestic con- sumers has declined significantly. Currently, poultry farmers dp not have the option of raising the sales prices for chicken carcasses. Exports of more expensive poultry products, such as chicken parts and processed poultry products would undoubtedly reduce the degree of these pressures,” Laktyukhov concluded.


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Russia’s aim is to export 1 mil- lion tonnes of poultry annually by 2030.


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