Singapore Further Opens Up Its Poultry Market To Russia

Singapore, which has largely been implementing sanctions imposed by the West upon Russia, is now moving back towards trade normality, and has permitted two additional Russian companies to supply poultry and by-products to its market, according to Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor).

Singapore’s responsible authority has granted these rights to the Yaroslavsky Broiler company and the Blagodarnensky meat processing plant, a branch of Stavropolsky Broiler.

Singaporean authorities also said that the first three shipments of products from the newly included companies would be tested in a laboratory before being released to Singapore’s domestic market. The regulatory body has also retained the right to audit the approved suppliers.

Data from Russia’s plant and animal health watchdog indicate that six enterprises have been certified to supply poultry products from Russia to Singapore.

Chicken meat is a popular food in Asia, with neighbouring Malaysia the world’s third highest consumer per capita at 46.7kg per annum, after Israel and the United States.

Global sales of exported fresh and frozen chicken reached US$30.4 billion in 2023. Russian poultry businesses are aiming to compete with European producers, with Poland and Netherlands the largest global fresh and frozen poultry exporters. Learning from export markets such as Singapore, which has very high quality standards, will be beneficial to Russian poultry exporters as the industry develops.