Participants in the business program of the Agroprodmash 2017 international exhibition gathered for the 7thinternational meat congress, ‘Electronic veterinarian certification. Summing up results’. A representative of the congress organizer, Deputy Director of the Gorbatov Meat Industry Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Zakharov, was the congress moderator.

“We are trying to highlight topical issues at these annual congresses and dwell on the subjects vital to the meat industry,” Zakharov said in his opening remarks. “Today we will speak on electronic veterinarian certification. According to the new edition of the Law on Veterinary, all enterprises shall go electronic on January 1, 2018,” he said.

Dozens of Russian manufacturers of food processing equipment will take part in the forthcoming exhibition Agroprodmash 2017. They will showcase their new and promising developments for livestock, poultry and farm businesses, milk processing plants, cheese makers, producers of juices and beverages, processors of fruit and vegetables, meat, poultry and fish processing plants, etc.

As far as 2017 is an official start of the program of state support of Russian food machinery companies, it is expected that the number of Russian participants in the Agroprodmash exhibition will grow further on. And there is the reason: thanks to joint work of Russian Export Center, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and Rosspetsmash Association (uniting manufacturers of food, road building and farm machinery industries), now business expenses including participation in Russian international trade shows will be reimbursed. Thus, global experience in supporting participation of Russian manufacturers in international trade shows and fairs will be used in our country as well. This issue is regulated by Decree No.488 of the Russian Government as of 24 April 2017 which stipulates mechanisms to partially finance expenses connected with promotion of high tech, innovative and other products and services to overseas markets. The Agroprodmash participants will be able to get up to 80% of expenses for rent of floor space and exhibition mounting. This year more than 45 companies applied for subsidies, among them many regular participants in the trade show. They are mainly manufacturers of equipment for dairy industry, meat industry, bakery and others.

For the second year in a row the Agroprodmash exhibition has organized the Rybpromresurs Salon.

The fish processing sector has been arranged at Agroprodmash before. Now creation of a separate specialized salon will simplify work for everybody: visitors can find solutions of interest and obtain necessary information; exhibitors, for their part, will prove to be interesting for their potential customers and can generate new business leads more effectively. Opening of a stand-alone salon at Agroprodmash is largely due to the fact that in recent years the fishing industry has received a critical and constructive attention of the government and has shown an upward trend. It is definitely that upcoming Agroprodmash will enable businessmen to draw preliminary conclusions on 2017 and assess activity markers of fish processing plants.

Gradual implementation of the national priority project on agriculture development and other government regulations contributed to a considerable growth in domestic production thus resulting in achieving 90% of self-provision with pork and 95% with poultry.

In 2016, pork production amounted to 3,390 thousand tonnes of carcass weight that was 10% more than in 2015 and turned out to be the highest for the last 10 years. Moreover, the commercial production of pork amounts to around 82%. According to estimates, implementation of initiated projects in commercial pig farming will deliver further boost by 21% in the industrial sector up to 3,326 thousand tonnes and by 14% in the total production – up to 3,865 thousand tonnes.

In 2016 poultry production amounted to 4,760 thousand tonnes, egg production totaled 44 billion. Today, Russia ranks the fourth in the world with 3.7% of the world poultry production following the USA, China and Brazil. It ranks the fifth in the world rating of egg producers.

Demand for pouches used in meat packaging is forecast to climb 5.3% per year to $220 million in 2021, with unit gains expected to advance 3% per year to 1.6 billion units. Above average gains will be driven by the growing preference for products that make meal preparation more convenient. These and other trends are presented in Meat Packaging Market in the US, a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm.

Stand-up pouches are well-positioned for growth in the frozen meat and jerky sectors while retort pouches will continue to see more use in the packaging of processed meat. However, many conversions have already occurred, mitigating gains somewhat going forward.

According to analyst Katie Wieser, “Pouches have a number of advantages and disadvantages that impact their position in meat packaging.” For processed meats, the ability to be easily displayed is a key benefit, resulting in greater use of stand-up and peggable formats and high-quality printing. Additionally, the ability to integrate value-added features has allowed pouches to gain share in all major markets for meat packaging.

However, cost and slower production speeds will limit gains for many processed meat applications. Furthermore, the packaging of ready-to-eat meat products in pouches is not feasible in many cases due to the fact that these often must remain upright in their packages.

Group of companies "Biostar" is going to take part in the 21th International Exhibition AgroProdMash-2016 which will be held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow from 10 to 14 October 2016.

AgroProdMash is officially Russia’s best food-processing trade show, by virtue of the testing organisation RussCom IT, regarding the number of exhibitors, amount of exhibition space, number of visitors, and number of countries represented. Since 1996, AgroProdMash has provided manufacturers and distributors of food and packaging machinery with the opportunity to do business under one roof. Last year 713 companies participated at this event. Trade visitors not only come from across Russia but also from all countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU).