The Russian Federation is studying the issue of supplying veterinary vaccines from Brazil, Chile and Argentina

“Today there is a need to replace European veterinary drugs due to the departure of their manufacturers from the Russian market. Since last year, issues of supplying vaccines and other medicines from Brazil, Chile and Argentina have been actively being worked out,” said Sergei Dankvert.

On the supply of agricultural products

As the department noted, ROSSELKHOZNADZOR has been systematically developing relations with Latin American countries for many years, whose products “have constituted a worthy alternative to goods from the European Union.”

According to the department, currently the volume of purchases of soybeans from Paraguay has decreased - 230 thousand tons were purchased in 2022, as the Russian Federation’s needs for soybeans are increasingly being met through its own production. A similar situation also occurred at the MEAT market. If in the 2000s RUSSIA imported about 3.5 million tons of meat, now the country has a surplus of its own production, which made it possible to reduce imports to 550 thousand tons in 2022 .

“Despite the general trend of declining purchases of imported raw materials and food due to the active development of domestic agriculture, Rosselkhoznadzor, as before, continues to focus on partnerships with South American countries,” the department said in a statement.

According to Rosselkhoznadzor , Paraguay is the second country in terms of volume of cattle meat supplied to the Russian Federation after Belarus. In 2022, over 69 thousand tons were imported. According to Silvio Ovelar, only premium-segment meat is imported to Russia from Paraguay , while the country is ready to increase supply volumes and expand their range.