There is a constant growth of meat production in the EC countries. The highest demand is for chicken meat. Great Britain . Nowadays, in spite of some improvement in comparison with January and February, there is a very low demand for broilers at the wholesale level. In 1995-1996 import of poultry meat to Russia remained stable.
Prices are rather low.
Up to the 4th quarter of last year contract prices for imported poultry meat tend to be stable and were lower than a year ago. Price growth is likely to have influenced reduction of import volumes from this country. Price levels for poultry meat differ greatly. Meat quality can also be different . Wholesale price for poultry meat is 7400 ths.