22 April 2004 08:53
IMPORTED POULTRY MEAT 20% OF MARKET BY 2010 - RUSSIAN MEAT UNION
MOSCOW. April 22 (Interfax) - Imported poultry meat's share of the Russian market will drop to 20% by 2010, Meat
Union president Musheg Mamikonyan announced at a Thursday press conference organized by the USA Poultry and Egg
Exporting Council (USAPEEC) at Interfax.
Mamikonyan predicted that Russia will not in the next six or seven
years be able to get away from importing poultry meat, though the
Imported poultry meat currently represents around one half of the domestic market. Rosptitsesoyuz, the country's
poultry producers union, estimates that 1.056 million tonnes of chicken was imported into Russia in 2003, while the
State Customs Committee figures 1.140 million tonnes.
Frozen chicken commands the biggest market share in Russia now, he
said, while refrigerated meat accounts for no more than 30%. He
expressed confidence that that those proportions will change to a
product will account for less and less of the market as time passes. He added that this market will grow to 4.5
million tonnes by 2010, the meat market in general to 10 million tonnes.
respective 20% and 80% in the future.
Mamikonyan noted that one of the country's leading producers of refrigerated meat is the Russian-U.S. enterprise
Elinar Broiler (Naro Fominsk, Moscow region), set up in 1999 by the poultry farm Elinar and USAPEEC International
Poultry Development Program (UIPDP).
Elinar Broiler's general director Igor Kuimov said that the enterprise plans to increase output more than 40% in
2004-from last year's 13,800 tonnes to 20,000 tonnes. "Increasing consumer demand will help production grow,
as will the rapid development of retail chains and catering systems in Russia," he said.
[Interfax] |
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