On April 14, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
do without either. In 2009, per-capita nationwide meat consumption totaled 75 kg, exceeding U.S. statistics (47 kg). A country with a population of 40 million people has a bighorn cattle population of 51 million head.But for permanent economic experiments, droughts and financial crises, the national cattle population might have increased even more. As it stands, the domestic market is plagued by meat shortages and skyrocketing prices. Meat exports are banned on a regular basis to curb nationwide inflation. Last year, beef prices soared by 40%.
Russian meat prices also tend to increase because Argentinean meat accounts for 25-30% of domestic meat-processing feedstock. Russia, which also depends on Argentinean beef, imported 110,000 metric tons in 2009. This is 33% of nationwide meat imports. Russia imports more beef only from Brazil. Moscow and St. Petersburg import 90-95% of meat.
Russian beef prices usually rise by 10-15% after Argentina introduces a beef-export
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