17Nov, 20

New Zealand red meat exports to the US are on the rise

Nuo liepos iki rugsėjo mėnesio raudonosios mėsos eksportas į Amerikos rinką padidėjo 50%. Naujosios Zelandijos raudonos mėsos sektorius trečiąjį ketvirtį ir toliau demonstravo savo judrumą, o eksportas į Jungtines Valstijas per tris mėnesius nuo liepos iki rugsėjo išaugo 50%, palyginti su metais anksčiau. Bendras eksportas į JAV per ketvirtį siekė 400 mln. JAV dolerių, o po to sekė 42% padidėjimas į Didžiąją Britaniją (71 mln. USD), o į Vokietiją, 25% padidėjimas iki 70 mln. USD, anot mėsos pramonės asociacijos paskelbtų duomenų Trečiojo ketvirčio augimas kompensavo 25% eksporto sumažėjimą į Ki …

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12Nov, 20

US pork exports remain on record pace through third quarter

Through the first three quarters of the year, United States pork exports were 16% ahead of last year’s record pace in both volume and value according to USMEF. Through the first three quarters of the year, United States pork exports were 16% ahead of last year’s record pace in both volume (2.22 million mt) and value ($5.69 billion) according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). The increases were even stronger for pork muscle cuts, jumping 22% to 1.87 million mt valued at $4.93 billion (up 19%).Average pork export value from January-September incre …

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We regularly participate in international exhibitions: SIAL, ANUGA, ALIMENTARIA, GULFOOD DUBAI

“Baltic Foods” regurlarly participates in the world’s largest food industry exhibitions. One of them – “ANUGA”. In this exhibition you can find partners from all over the world and exotic countries. Demand is huge. “Baltic Foods” company participates in exhibitions while popularizing Lithuania’s name. The company also looks for ways to improve the quality, seeks for inovations, which are later introduced to the market. Global giants and family business representatives gather in one exhibition to share latest trends. In one place you can find …

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09Nov, 20

Russia: Meat exports up almost 80% in first 9 months of 2020

Exports of meat for the first nine months of 2020 showed significant growth. Meat and by-products worth $610 million were supplied to foreign markets, 79% more than in the same period last year. According to Minister of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev, meat export for the first nine months of 2020 showed significant growth – meat and by-products worth $610 million were delivered to foreign markets, which is up 79% compared to the same period last year.The main buyer of Russian meat is China, which in 2020 imported products worth $ 235 million – 3.9 times …

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05Nov, 20

Lithuania and South Korea have agreed on the export of Lithuanian poultry meat

The Lithuanian and South Korean authorities have also agreed on the export of Lithuanian poultry meat and its products to South Korea, but experts from this country will still have to evaluate Lithuanian companies According to Darius Remeika, Head of the Food and Veterinary Service, South Korea is currently being consulted on the possibility of remotely auditing companies that want to export their products. According to him, this would speed up the registration of companies, as a physical audit could take a long time time due to the pandemic. Negotiations on poultry exports with South …

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28Oct, 20

Export indicators for September: exports of Lithuanian products continue to grow

Statistics of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) show that the export indicators of Lithuanian food products of animal origin are growing for the eighth month in a row. During September of this year, compared to the same period last year, 454 tons or even 65 percent. more of Lithuanian fresh meat were exported. Despite the spread and challenges of infectious viral diseases (African swine fever, avian influenza, COVID-19 pandemic), Lithuanian producers are successfully expanding not only fresh meat exports (for example, beef exports almost doubled, more than 129 tons, poultry exports …

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26Oct, 20

Double impact for the German pork market

Imports of live pigs or pig meat were in decline before the ASF crisis. Germany is one of the largest importers of pigs and pig meat in the EU but this year, the market wasn’t so strong, even before the ASF outbreak. About 13.8 million pigs were imported in 2019. Slaughter totalled around 55 million head over the same period, indicating that about 25% of Germany’s production originates from piglets born elsewhere.With the outbreak of ASF in German wild boar reducing the market for German pig meat, there may be some desire to reduce these live imports and so cut production originating in G …

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21Oct, 20

Avian flu is heading to Europe

Russia and Kazakhstan have been already hit by an influenza wave due do wild birds migration route to Europe. In the last couple of weeks, Russia and Kazakhstan have been confronted with several outbreaks of bird flu in both wild and domestic birds as the autumn migration in wild birds is crossing their territories. EU officials have warned poultry producers to step up surveillance against possible outbreaks of avian flu among wild and domestic birds. “EU countries are being urged to step up surveillance and biosafety measures to protect themselves against possible new outbreaks of bird f …

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14Oct, 20

Bulgaria reports new ASF outbreak

554 pigs were culled on a small farm in the town of Lovec. The Bulgarian Food Security Agency reported another outbreak of African Swine Fever (PSA) this month. According to the notification sent to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the virus was found on a pig farm in Lovec. According to the notification report, 554 pigs were exposed to the virus and they were all culled. The last ASF outbreak reported by the Bulgarian authorities was on August 25. Last year, Bulgaria lost almost 30% of its national swine inventory and the country is highly dependent on pork imports.At the same t …

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08Oct, 20

Poland opens new markets for poultry and pork

Saudi Arabia and Singapore have lifted bans applied to several products. The Polish Ministry of Agriculture announced that Saudi Arabia was lifting the ban on exporting poultry meat and eggs and their products from Poland. In turn, Singapore has agreed to resume pork imports from the designated meat plants. As reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Saudi Arabia has lifted export restrictions introduced due to the outbreaks of HPAI – avian influenza virus in Poland. Poultry meat and its products, as well as eggs and their products, can be re-exported to Saudi Arabia …

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02Oct, 20

The spread of the infection in German farms will affect pork prices in Lithuania

Germany is a country that exported a large amount of pork to China, and exports were immediately stopped when there was noticed a disease outbreak in the country. For our growers, this means falling prices because of the large surplus of meat. Petras Čepkauskas, an analyst at Pricer.lt, says that this shift of the disease towards Western Europe will be felt by our consumers as well. “As soon as it was announced that the first infected boar had been detected in Germany, the stock exchange price fell by 20 ct per kilogram on the same day. That’s a lot, because instead of € 1.47, now you pay …

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23Sep, 20

‘2021 will be a difficult year’: Meat analyst concerned for poultry, beef, and pork markets in Europe

Industry should be prepared for a ‘massive global financial crash’, says Gira Meat Director Rupert Claxton, who does not expect poultry, beef, and pork markets to be back at pre-COVID levels by next year. COVID-19 has completely disrupted the meat industry, changing how meatpackers work, the way poultry, beef and pork is produced, how it is purchased by consumers and traded between countries.  In the short term, the pandemic has seen retailers struggle to meet increased demand for meat, foodservice grind to a halt, and outbreaks in processing plants cause labour shortages. But wha …

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