Cherkizovo Group confirmed its status as the leader in the meat industry

The Cherkizovo Group (Cherkizovo, Petelinka, and Kurinoe Tsarstvo brands) topped the ranking of the largest MEAT producers for the sixth year in a row, compiled by the authoritative industry magazine Agroinvestor.

The rating of the largest meat producers for 2020 was presented at the Russian Meat & Feed Industry conference organized by Agroinvestor magazine. The Cherkizovo Group took first place in the ranking, producing 884,000 tons of meat in carcass weight. This is 54 thousand tons or 6.5% more than in 2019.

The increase in production volumes of the Cherkizovo Group in 2020 was due, firstly, to stable domestic demand for the company's products, and secondly, to the growth of EXPORT shipments, primarily to the countries of Southeast Asia and the CIS. The Group's broiler meat production increased by 3.7% to 794 thousand tons (hereinafter in live weight), pork production increased by 6% to 302 thousand tons. The Tambovskaya Turkey enterprise (a joint project of Cherkizovo and the Spanish Grupo Fuertes) in 2020 increased its production by 39% to 57 thousand tons.

At the end of last year, the gap between Cherkizovo and its closest competitor, Miratorg, amounted to 22.4% (according to Agroinvestor, Miratorg produced 722,000 tons of meat in carcass weight last year). The third place in the ranking was occupied by the State Joint-Stock Company "Resurs", which produced 591 thousand tons of meat in carcass weight. The top five industry leaders, according to the publication, also included Agrocomplex im. N.I. Tkachev" with a production volume of 361 thousand tons and the company "Prioskolie" - 326 thousand tons in carcass weight.