TOMSK, Jun 3 – RIA Tomsk. Kyrgyzstan became another country which will buy products of Tomsk agro-industrial complex Sibagro, the company plans to supply at least 40 tons of pork each month in Kyrgyzstan, despite the fact that 90% of the population are Muslims; Krasnoyarsk pig farm (Sibagro subsidiary) has sent the first 19 tons, the press service of the holding said.
"Sibagro actively develops its export direction, and Kyrgyzstan has become a new partner country for the company. The first shipment of bone-in pork was made by Krasnoyarsk pig farm... The volume of the first consignment was 19 tons. The plan is to develop cooperation and make deliveries on a regular basis. There is a preliminary agreement to supply at least 40 tons per month", – says the report.
According to the Sibagro Head of the Export Sales Department Georgy Cholokyan, the Kyrgyz Republic is a partner due to the fact that 90% of the population is Muslim and pork cannot be eaten. Therefore, this market is quite modest, but there is a need for pork.
"Our customers are processors, so they have specific requirements for quality, as well as the location of production, because logistics costs are an important part of cooperation. Negotiations lasted six months, but we managed to take everything into account, provide a good product and get positive feedback", – he noted.
Earlier it was reported that Sibagro began to develop its export direction in 2016, establishing cooperation with the Republic of Belarus, in 2017 – with Mongolia, in 2019 – with Vietnam, in the spring of 2021 – the first shipment of by-products of 27 tons was sent to Hong Kong.It was also reported that Sibagro currently includes seven pig farms – in Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions, Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Republic of Buryatia; three meat processing plants in Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg and the Tomskaya poultry farm. In April 2021, Sibagro bought a number of assets of Belgorod Promagro, including a pork complex and a meat processing plant.