October 9, 2012
Belarus' pork prices up 30%
Belarus' Ministry of Economy reported that the country has set up the maximum selling price of pork carcasses which are now 30% higher than previously.
Maximum selling prices for all types of meat in Belarus have been set by special government decree. According to experts the pork and beef production companies have in recent months become unprofitable due to the rising feed prices, a phenomenon prevalent for in the entire territory of the Customs Union.
The cost of porkis also growing in Russia and Kazakhstan due to the high value-added, breeders are able to compensate the losses incurred by them due to the more expensive grain price. Belarus farmers now receive the same opportunity. In the view of the Belarusian government 30% should be sufficient to return the producers to the level of profitability.
"Meat processing organisations have been given the opportunity to increase the selling prices of these products, but not to exceed the limit of maximum sale prices," added the Ministry of Economy in an official report. The decree No: 78 comes into force starting October 4, 2012.