OREANDA-NEWS  Cherkizovo will invest about 500 million rubles in the reorganization of poultry and crop production complexes acquired in Bashkiria. It is planned to double the production of poultry meat and export products, the press service of the head of the republic reported on Thursday.

The issue of the development of poultry enterprises was discussed at the meeting of the head of the region Radiy Khabirov with the General director of the Cherkizovo Group Sergey Mikhailov.

"We will reorganize and reconstruct enterprises. The total investment volume will be about 500 million rubles. Next year we plan to increase the productivity from 65 thousand to 100 thousand tons of broiler meat in live weight per year, and in the future to bring it up to 120 thousand tons. In addition, these enterprises did not work for export before. And now we have already submitted an application for supplies to China," the words of the general director of the Cherkizovo Group Sergey Mikhailov are quoted in the message.

As specified in the press service, Cherkizovo Group acquired a number of poultry and crop production assets of the Russian Grain Ufa group of companies in December. Among them are "Bashkir grain", "Ufa Bread Products Plant", "Turbaslin broilers".