Russia began exporting poultry products from the St-Petersburg region to Europe

According to regional government press service, the total volume of delivery of dry egg products by the end of 2017^th will be more than 400 tons.

Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the region, said that «the region is the leader in Russia in the production of poultry products.» It was discussed in the framework of the launch after the reconstruction of the area for the deep processing of eggs at the poultry farm «Roskar».

«We will apply to the federal center with a proposal to limit the tariffs growth for the transportation of grain, which goes to the production of feed. The growth of tariffs may affect the profitability of livestock and, in particular, the poultry farming”, stressed Mr. Drozdenko.

Last year, the poultry farm passed the certification for organizing the supply of egg products to the EU countries, this year was made the first test delivery.

According to the press service, the region ranks first in Russia for eggs production. Regional manufacturers produce about 3 billion eggs/ year, which is 6.2 times higher than domestic consumption.

As reported by «Ъ -SPb», a new enterprise JSC «Poultry Farm Roskar » costs about 1 billion rubles. With the construction of a new plant, the factory will be able to increase its capacity in this direction to 1 billion eggs per year, while the company plans to double its own egg production by 2020 to 2 billion eggs.

Source: Kommersant

15.09.2017