Russian agricultural enterprises sold 2.8 billion eggs in November; This figure is 1.8% less than the same month last year and 2.5% less than October this year. This is stated in report Rosstat about the socio-economic situation in Russia for 11 months.
According to the document, from January to November the dynamics were positive; The increase in egg sales reached 31.3 billion units with 1.9%. At the same time, the number of poultry in agricultural enterprises decreased by 0.5% at the end of November 2023 compared to the same period last year.
As stated in the report, grain sales in November decreased by 5.2% compared to the same month last year, reaching 7.6 million tons. Compared to October 2023, sales are down 13.4%. 69.8 million tons of grain were sold in just 11 months; This means a 19.7% increase compared to last year.
According to Rosstat, 1.1 million tonnes of livestock and poultry were sold for slaughter in November; this figure is 0.7% more on an annual basis, but 0.6% less than in October 2023. In 11 months, sales increased by 3.1% to 12.1 million tons.
Before that, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev statedRussia will soon receive “duty-free eggs” from Turkey and Azerbaijan, and according to officials, this is expected to reduce high prices. He also stated that he “felt we needed to work better” after Vladimir Putin’s statement about the situation with the product. At the same time, some experts doubt the effectiveness of imports in the face of the ongoing increase in egg prices.
mid range recognizedIt was stated that Russia submitted a proposal to the Eurasian Economic Commission to allow duty-free import of 1.2 billion chicken eggs to Russia between January 1 and June 30, 2024.
previously economist acceptedHe said that Turkish eggs will be sold in Russian stores for 90 rubles.