Growth path for the Russian poultry industry

Russian poultry producers are able to compete with the world s leading poultry producers, maybe not always in terms of production costs, but certainly on quality. Photo: Vladislav Vorotnikov

International trade restrictions put in place by the international community in 2014 had a detrimental effect on Russian poultry imports. However, as a result the industry focused on increasing self-sufficiency. Sergey Lakhtyukhov, director general of the Russian Union of Poultry Producers says his industry is now geared for international growth. Russia has long struggled to increase self-sufficiency to meet its national poultry consumption demand. Now that problem has been tackled, what’s