Russia's Damate obtains permission to export duck products to Cameroon, Central African Republic

ROSTOV-ON-DON. July 8 (Interfax) - Damate Group, a leading Russian agroholding, has obtained permission to export duck products to Cameroon and the Central African Republic, the company said in a press release.

The press release specifies that Damate will ship poultry from its complex in the Rostov Region, though the volumes and timeframe of the first deliveries have not been specified.

Damate currently has permission to export its products to more than 60 countries worldwide.

"The new markets have substantial potential for consuming our products. Shipments to these countries will allow Damate to increase its export volumes significantly," Deputy General Director for Marketing and Sales Daria Laschenko said in the statement.

Damate began developing its export business in 2015.

The group boosted exports of turkey meat, duck meat and mutton, as well as advanced processed products, 9.5% year-on-year to 23,000 tonnes in 2024. The majority of exports, 19,000 tonnes, were turkey products. More than half of the overall volume of turkey exports went to China, which is one of the company's key markets. Deliveries to the Middle East also increased.

Damate is a diversified holding company that produces turkey meat, duck meat and mutton, and processes milk. The group's assets are located in the Penza, Rostov, and Tyumen regions, and in the North Caucasus Federal District. The land fund is over 108,000 hectares.

The group's Indyushkin Dvor LLC, turkey farming, and Novye Utinye Farms LLC, duck farming, operate in the Rostov Region.

The group produced 241,500 tonnes of turkey meat in slaughter weight in 2024, up 2% year-on-year. Production of duck meat jumped 30% to 18,000 tonnes, mutton 24% to 4,500 tonnes, and high value-added products 25%, to 26,000 tonnes.