24.07.2011

Vladimir Putin:  We will take the decision proposed by the experts at the Agriculture Ministry and the Economic Development Ministry. We, that is Russia, will consume 3,500,000 tonnes of chicken and other poultry this year. And we will produce 3,150,000 tonnes this year. So we will have a deficit of approximately 350,000 tonnes of poultry. That is the amount we will import this year.
Quite recently, a few years ago, we imported more than one million tonnes of poultry, so we have experienced a lot of growth. Next year, there will be a small increase in poultry production, and so we expect to import some 330,000 tonnes.