OREANDA-NEWS. According to business operations within the first half of the year 2013 leading Russian agribusiness holding “Miratorg” demonstrates stable growth of the indicators of all the branch activities.

Feedstuff production

According to the results of the first half of the year 2013 ABH Miratorg total feed production volume appeared to be 509,5 thousand tons, that is 85% higher than similar indicator of the year 2012 (275,3 thousand tons). Commissioning of the fourth feed mill of the Holding, production capacity 360 thousand tons, located in Bryansk region, has been planned for July 2013. Calculated production capacities of 4 feed mills in Belgorod regions will total 1,46 million tons per year. Total simultaneous storage capacity is 575 thousand tons. Planned volume of feed production in 2013 is 1,12 million tons, which will enable providing 2,7 heads of pigs in pig complexes of the Holding with compound feed, to add to that, 9 million of poultry heads in poultry breeding facilities of ABH Miratorg.

Pork production

Within 6 months of the year 2013 pork production volume in ABH Miratorg summs 175,5 thousand tons in live weight, that is 43% higher than the indicator of the similar period in 2012 (122,4 thousand tons). Production growth by 53,1 thousand tons in live weight is reasoned with new pig complexes attainment of production capacities and improvement of the operating facilities production indicators.

Meat processing

Production volume of meat processing plant of ABH Miratorg JSC “SK “Korotcha” (Belgorod region) amounts to 120 thousand tons within 6 months of the year 2013. Production indicators growth appeared to be 57%, if compared to similar period in 2012 (76,5 tons). Meanwhile production volumes in different categories were: 52% for industrially packaged product and 26% for products in consumers package.

Distribution

ABH Miratorg sales volume within 6 months of 2013 summed 212,66 thousand tons, that is 37% higher than the indicator of similar period of 2012 (155.5 thousand tons). The Holding is carrying on to gradually increase sales volume of its own production, as part of import substitution strategy.

Implementation of beef production project

Nowadays within the extent of the Holding beef project implementation within the territory of Bryansk region the construction of 28 cattle farms, 26 of them are populated with Aberdeen-Angus animals, delivered from Australia and the USA, total heads amount is 129 000 heads (31 000 of them are calves, born at Miratorg Bryansk farms during 2012-2013). It is planned to complete constructing 33 farms and populating 31 farms, the planned amount of heads by the end of the year is 110 thousand heads.

Nowadays assets of the Holding in Bryansk region include 200 thousand hectares of land, 152 thousand hectares of them are taken into crop-rotation.

Within the extent of beef project implementation in Ozerskiy district of Kaliningrad region the Holding commissioned 3 cattle farms, meanwhile total head amount is 19 400 thousand heads (7200 of them are calves, born in Kaliningrad farms during spring and summer of 2013).

Poultry project implementation

Within the extent of poultry project implementation Miratorg nowadays is executing construction of 7 broiler houses, as well as up-to-date meat processing complex, hatchery, feed mill and grain storage in Vygonitchskiy district of Bryansk region. 12 planned poultry breeding facilities are being built in Trubchevskiy district of Bryansk region. Two poultry facilities for parent stock are populated with birds. Total head amount is 150 000. The Holding will deliver another batch of birds - 75 000 heads in July 2013. Six similar deliveries are planned to be performed till the end of the year with planned quantity of parent stock 600 thousand heads.

Commissioning of 10 of 12 sites for growing and keeping parent stock is planned to be performed till the end of 2013, as well as 3 broiler sites, feed mill and hatchery.

Poultry slaughterhouse start-up is planned for the first quarter of 2014.

Semi-finished products production

The production volume of semi-finished products, released from LLC “Miratorg-Zapad” (Kaliningrad region), corresponds to 10,1 thousand tons within 6 months of 2013. Finished product yield planned for the second half of 2013 is 12,5 thousand tons.

Besides developing company’s own brands, products are released for biggest restaurants networks - McDonald’s, Burger King, negotiations with new large-scale customers are being held as well. To expand sales geography the production facility LLC Miratorg-Zapad acquired an “euro-number”, what enables exporting products to EU countries.

The plant was successfully certified according to IFS Food Standard (version 6), SQMS Standard (supplier quality management system) and quality audit in regards to meeting the requirements of Burger King, Quick, Metro, Azbuka Vkusa. Received high rating of LLC Miratorg-Zapad production witness of high level of quality and safety standards applied at the facility, that in general improves competiveness of the products released from the facility.