Permission to supply poultry meat to China in February 2019, has become a much anticipated event for Russian companies and will help Russia to achieve the goal to increase exports of agricultural products up to 45 billion by 2024, said the General Director of Group "Cherkizovo" Sergei Mikhailov during his speech at the session "Russia-China". In may 2019, the Group was sent to the first 300 tons of products.

In the future, Russia could become a major exporter to China of pork, demand for which in China is growing due to the spread of African swine fever (ASF), said Sergei Mikhailov.

, China now accounts for 50% of world consumption of pork, but the threat of the ASF, according to various estimates, could lead to a reduction of its own production of this meat is 10-20%. For Russian companies the right to export to China would partly solve the problem of a possible shortage of pork in China. "I would hope that they will be able to negotiate and get the access of Russian producers of pork to the Chinese market. Russian companies are ready to put a considerable amount of products. We would like to invite Chinese partners in Russia and implement joint projects on construction of svinokompleksov, fully focused on the Chinese market", – said the head of "Cherkizovo".

According to Cherkizovo Group, China annually imports 2.5 million tons of pork and pork products worth $ 4.5 billion. Basic positions – rear and front legs, bellies, tails, ears and some cuts. It is expected that the import volume of pork in China in the coming years will continue to grow rapidly due to the spread of ASF. Since the emergence of the virus in China in August 2018, there were more than 100 outbreaks. The loss of the Chinese pig producers, according to various estimates, up to 30% of livestock and more. Only a loss of 10% of the population in China would increase the import 5-7 million tonnes to maintain their usual level of consumption.