December 21, 2011
Russia's November beef output down 13%
The federal statistics service reported Tuesday (Dec 20) that Russia's November beef output was 16,900 tonnes, 13.2% less than the same period last year and 5.8% less than in October this year.
Without giving the output in tonnes, the statistics service said Russia's beef output in January-November fell 12% compared with January-November 2010.
Russia's pork output in November was 72,900 tonnes, 9.5% more than in November 2010 and 1.9% less than in October this year. Russia's pork output in January-November increased by 10.1% compared with January-November 2010.