date:Jul 05, 2012
According to official statistics, Russia produced 47,400kg of antibiotics for animal feed last year, which is up from 13,900kg the year before. In the first quarter of 2012 alone, it produced 8,500kg of feed antibiotics, which is a 46.6% increase on the same period last year.
The country is also importing large quantities of the drugs, with 86.5% of the antibiotics used in animal feed coming from abroad. It is estimated that the country imports around US$42.885m of feed antibiotics every year