Tyson Reduces Russian Chicken Export

Chicken exports to Russia by US company Tyson Foods have been reduced by nearly 10% in the last few years.

Tyson CFO Dennis Leatherby said the company had found other export markets as well as domestic uses for the meat.

Russia, which banned US chicken in January because of a chlorine wash used to kill bacteria, is planning to build its own industry.

“It is more costly to use the other methods, but we are certainly willing to do that, if the Russians are,” Leatherby said.

Tyson said it is focusing on integrating recent acquisitions in China and Brazil in 2010.