February 3, 2011

Tallegg begins exports to Iceland, Laos

Tallegg, an Estonian poultry producer, added Iceland and Laos to the list of its export destination countries beginning January.

Domestic sales showed an on-year drop of 5% in the first month of the year, the company said. Modest results in January were preceded by strong sales in December, Tallegg observed.

Tallegg's business director Margus Venelaine said modest results in January were to be expected. In his words, the main reason for the sales drop was consumers' caution as they were getting used to euro prices.

"Export has to compensate for falling domestic sales as output cannot be stored in warehouse infinitely. We sold 630 tonnes of poultry products for export altogether, which is one of the best results in the last few years," Venelaine said.

Tallegg, a holding of the Finnish food group HKScan, exports its products to Asian and Nordic countries.