Russian breeders still can not make up for the shortage of meat in the domestic market

First time in the last two years throughout the I quarter of this year there was a reduction of the total number of pigs in relation to the same period of previous years.

As of April 1, the total number of pigs in all categories of 19.7 million head, 1.1% lower than April 1 last year. Agency experts " IMIT " note that in January and February also recorded negative population growth rates of pigs.

The most significant decline was in the regions of the Volga ( -376 thousand heads of the previous year ) , Siberian ( -155 thousand heads ) and South ( -136 thousand heads ) federal districts. One of the main reasons for this negative growth , along with a stable trend in the reduction of livestock households and peasant farms , may be to increase the slaughter of animals associated with this shortfall on the Russian market as a result of the ban on the supply of pig products from the Member States of the European Union.

Total for the first eighteen weeks of this year, imports of frozen pork from foreign countries decreased compared to the same period in 2013 by 32% , to 115 thousand tons of chilled pork - 85% up to 1 tons , offal - 76% up to 8 tonnes of bacon - 71 % to 25 thousand tons.

Despite the increase in production in Russia by 10% compared to the previous year , the domestic pig complex yet under force fill the resulting deficit in the Russian market . This showcase performance of the market volume . According to analysts, in the I quarter of 2014 the market volume of pork decreased compared to the same period last year by 3.1 % and amounted to 597 thousand tons.

Recall that the resulting deficit , along with the traditional surge in demand during the spring and summer picnics , led to a rise in pork prices by more than 20 % in relation to the level of a month ago , and last year an increase of about 65 %. In a retail link pork prices increased on average by 15%. While some positions rise in prices has exceeded 30%.

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