22 января 2024 — 14:00
India resumed purchases of Russian pork in November last year after a break of three and a half years, RIA Novosti writes, citing data from the state service of the republic.
So, in November 2023, the South Asian country imported 12.41 tons of pork from Russia for 50 thousand dollars. In total, India imported pork worth 330 thousand dollars this month. Thus, Russia accounted for 15% of November shipments.
Before that, the last time Indians bought pork meat from Moscow was almost four years ago, in May 2020 - 25.67 tons for 90 thousand dollars. This is 39% of all Indian pork purchases that month ($230,000).
According to the Federal State Budgetary Institution Agroexport under the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, in 2023 Russia exported a record 255 thousand tons of pork and pork offal, which is 66% more than the previous year. The largest buyers were Vietnam, Belarus, Serbia, Mongolia and Hong Kong.