FAS will check the validity of prices for poultry meat
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The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia will check the validity of wholesale selling prices set by manufacturers of poultry meat, feed and veterinary drugs, reported department press office.
The FAS also said that two poultry meat producers were issued orders based on the results of transactions in the market. After reviewing the requested information, the agency will decide whether there are grounds for taking action.
At the end of July, the cost of a kilogram of chicken reached historical maximum – 196.93 rubles. The previous record was set in April 2022, when the cost of a kilogram of chilled and frozen chicken meat was 191.84 rubles.
After that, according to Rosstat, chicken prices began to decline and in April 2023 dropped below 170 rubles. per kg. Among the reasons why the cost of chicken meat has risen, Albert Davleev, president of the consulting company Agrifood Strategies, named the rise in prices for feed additive components and equipment, as well as increased logistics costs.
On July 26, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that the dynamics of prices for most types of food products is within the limits of inflation, for a number of categories prices are fixed below this level.
At the end of May, Vedomosti wrote that the Russian market formed “physical shortage of volumes” of broiler carcasses and fillets. One of the reasons may be difficulties for producers in the Belgorod region, which is considered the leader in the industrial production of poultry meat in the country.
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