By January 14, compared with the same period last year, beef imports increased 7.2-fold - to 3.1 thousand tons, pork - 6.2 times - up to 2.9 thousand tons. Supplies of poultry meat amounted to 2.2 thousand tons, which is 2.1 times more than a year ago.
According to Anna Kudryakova, the leading expert of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies, such growth may be the result of the introduction of a ban on the supply of beef and pork from Brazil on December 1, 2017. "Firstly, Brazilian suppliers, in anticipation of imposing restrictions, could increase the shipment of meat before this date, and now it has finally arrived." Secondly, against the background of this ban, exporters from other countries could become more active," she said. According to Kudryakova, beef supplies can be increased by Paraguay, India, Argentina, pork - Chile, Argentina, Paraguay.
Source: kvedomosti.ru.
