CLUSTERING OF RUSSIAN REGIONS BY CONSUMPTION OF BASIC FOODSTUFFS

The study is aimed at analyzing the actual consumption of basic foodstuffs in comparison with established norms in the context of regions. The main hypothesis is the relationship between the level of selfsufficiency of the region and the fulfillment of consumption norms. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that there is a bias in most regions towards exceeding rational consumption standards for bread and bread products, potatoes, meat and meat products. There is also a shift of some regions towards consumption of vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy products below average. Cluster analysis allowed us to identify three groups of regions. In the group of regions with the best consumption characteristics, they correspond to rational norms of consumption of bread and bread products, meat, potatoes. The second group of regions in most cases fulfills the consumption standard for bread and bread products, meat. The third group includes regions where the actual consumption of products corresponds to the normative values only for the consumption of bread and bread products. The results of the study confirm the dependence of the level of self-sufficiency of the region with food products on the fulfillment of consumption standards in a particular region.