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TURKEY SELLS FIRST POULTRY TO RUSSIA AFTER BAN LIFT
MOSCOW (A.A) - 06.09.2010 - Turkish companies have made first export of poultry to Russia after Russia's veterinary authority lifted in February this year a ban on Turkish chicken.
Turkey's Banvit and the Calkan Group, one of Russia's biggest meat providers, said they had sold 20 tons of chicken in a highly competitive market.
Calkan Group Chairman Mustafa Calkan said Russia gave Turkey a quota of 50-60 tons as part of a group of exporter countries with a total of a quota of 150 thousand tons.
Calkan said Turkish companies fell behind their foreign rivals in Russia in terms of competitive power due to their high production costs.
"The current price is around 2000 USD per ton yet the costs of Turkish companies totals as high as 2,800 USD per ton," Calkan said.
Rosselkhoznadzor lifted ban on poultry imports from Turkey on February 1. The ban was is in effect since October 2005.
Turkey's Banvit and the Calkan Group, one of Russia's biggest meat providers, said they had sold 20 tons of chicken in a highly competitive market.
Calkan Group Chairman Mustafa Calkan said Russia gave Turkey a quota of 50-60 tons as part of a group of exporter countries with a total of a quota of 150 thousand tons.
Calkan said Turkish companies fell behind their foreign rivals in Russia in terms of competitive power due to their high production costs.
"The current price is around 2000 USD per ton yet the costs of Turkish companies totals as high as 2,800 USD per ton," Calkan said.
Rosselkhoznadzor lifted ban on poultry imports from Turkey on February 1. The ban was is in effect since October 2005.
