According to the press service of the Roscongress Foundation, the National Competence Center in the field of halal products will be opened in Russia on the basis of Roskachestvo.
The Center will develop national halal standards, certify and monitor the quality of such products. In addition, the organization plans to promote Russian halal products at home and abroad.
According to Maxim Protasov, head of Roskachestvo, in 2021, Russia exported a record $180 million worth of halal products to the Persian Gulf countries. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the largest buyers of Russian products.
Protasov also said that the Russian side plans to increase the volume of halal exports to Arab countries to 400 million dollars by 2024 and to 700 million dollars by 2030.
According to Roscongress, the annual global turnover of halal products has exceeded $2 trillion. The Fund expects the share of halal products to constitute at least 20% of all products produced in the world by 2025.
Mufti Albir Krganov, Chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia (DSMR) in the second half of December I saidThe prices of halal products usually do not go up during the holidays.