date:Aug 30, 2012
kening of the rouble meant that prices in dollar terms decreased by 2% from $2.70 per kg of live weight in the first six months of 2011 to $2.65/kg of live weight in the first half of 2012.
However, the companys meat processing division saw a 11% decrease in sales, from 70,097 tonnes in 2011 to 62,105 tonnes in the first six months of this year. Cherkizovo said that this was primarily due to the closure of an inefficient slaughtering facility in southern Russia.
Prices of processed meat increa