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First quarter exports of Russian agricultural products increased 16% in 2021, reaching $ 7.125 billion.

From January 1 to April 9, 2021, there have been 36 cases: 19 in wild pigs and 17 in domestic pigs.

In 2020, Russian agricultural product export increased 20%, reaching historical records.

The need to jointly address the epizootic wellbeing of the country, including the expansion of Russia's export potential, was voiced during the event.

Russia exported more than 500,000 tons of meat in 2020, up 55% from 2019.

Livestock and poultry for slaughter for all categories of farms reached 15.6 million tons live weight, which is up 3.1% (+472 thousand tons).

Highest growth was shown in pork production, up 11.9% year-on-year.

The cost of pork (excluding boneless pork) from January to October 2020 increased by almost 4%.

This year, Russia will produce 4.3 million tons of pork (slaughter weight), which is 9.7% more than last year, the National Union of Pig Breeders predicts.

Production volume of cooled or chilled beef, pork, lamb, goat, and horse meat from January-October 2020 increased by 11.4% compared to the same period in 2019.

From January to September, the production of slaughter pigs increased by 10.4% compared to the previous year and amounted to 3.9 million tons (live weight).

One of the recently detected ASF outbreaks is located near Kalisz, a region where there was previously no need for ASF zoning.

In the first half of 2020, Argentine exports of meat (14%), fruit (22%) and vegetables (15%) grew compared to the same period last year.