Poultry production is on the rise

Despite the uncertainty in the economy associated with sanctions pressure from the West, the poultry industry is showing strong growth. About this during the agricultural forum "Western sanctions: the collapse of the Russian food market or a point of growth?" said Sergey Lakhtyukhov, director general of the National Union of Poultry Breeders. According to him, the collapse of the market is simply impossible.

If at the beginning of last year poultry meat production was declining and according to the results of 2021, the dynamics, according to Rosstat, turned out to be zero - about 6.7 million tons were produced in live weight, as a year earlier, since the beginning of this year, volumes have been increasing. So, according to the results of January-March, production in all farms added 9%, amounting to almost 1.7 million tons in live weight, follows from Rosstat data.

An additional offer is the best way to regulate prices, Lakhtyukhov noted during his speech at the forum. Thus, a serious increase in the cost of poultry meat production had almost no effect on consumer prices due to an increase in production volumes. According to Rosstat, for the week from April 9 to April 15, the average retail prices for chicken increased by 0.86%, from the beginning of the year - by 4%. At the same time, general inflation reached 17.62% yoy by the middle of the month, and food inflation approached 20% (19.63%).

According to Lakhtyukhov, exports are also not as bad as they might seem. The supply of poultry meat to non-CIS countries in the first quarter increased by 35%, and a third of the quarter was already in completely new conditions, the head of the union emphasized, noting that Russia was not isolated, there are many countries for which our products remain a priority. Lakhtyukhov also added that exports are an excellent tool for regulating the market. The possibility of exporting products will stimulate the development of production in the face of lower domestic prices under the influence of increased supply.