Russian government supports poultry producers
Russian agro-industrial companies will receive additional government support for pork, poultry and egg production under Government decree ? 1247-p. In total, there will be 9 billion roubles set aside to support Russian producers.
Cherkizovo Group will apply for these subsidies on the basis of its actual production volumes. This corresponds to about 382 mln roubles in poultry segment and about 168 mln roubles in pork segment.
“We welcome the Government’s announcement on subsidies for Russian producers. These measures follow an exceptionally difficult year for the Russian agro-industrial industry with extreme weather conditions leading to drought and fires, resulting in lost harvests and consequently a steep increase in grain prices”, said Sergei Mikhailov, CEO of Cherkizovo Group OJSC.
“As one of the largest vertically-integrated agro-industrial companies in Russia, Cherkizovo Group has benefited from Government support; in particular, its timely actions in the grain market, which enabled us to buy sufficient quantities of grain to meet our needs until September-October 2011.
“We also welcome the recently revised poultry and pork import quotas for 2012, which have been reduced and capped at 250,000 tonnes 320,000 tonnes accordingly. The new quotas will enable Russian meat producers to continue increasing their production volumes to meet the Russian government’s target to substantially reduce imports by next year.
“This announcement will lead to the stabilisation of the market and allow producers to continue the development of domestic production in tough conditions. The positive outlook we are predicting for Russia’s 2011 harvest will lead to a further reduction in production costs.”
Source: Cherkizovo
