RUSSIAN MEAT INDUSTRY SHRUGS OFF RISK OF EU AND US SANCTIONS
April 14th, 2014
The Russian government has shrugged off the risk posed by possible economic sanctions from the US and European Union (EU) over the Ukraine crisis, but admits a poultry export expansion plan has been shelved.In comments sent to globalmeatnews.com, Nikolai Fyodorov, Russia’s agriculture minister said: “At present the majority of Russian meat production is supplied to the domestic market, while the share of exports in overall structure of production remains small. Of these, export supplies to the EU and the US markets remain insignificant.”He added that ...
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