Egyptian meat industry has expanded its supply sources by signing a contract to import cattle and frozen meat from five countries, Sudan, Djibouti, Tanzania, Uganda, and India.
According to the Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Ali Moselhi, the deal is aimed to secure the population’s demand for meat at low prices since local meat prices have been increasing due to the global food crisis.
“The country will receive 1,000 tons of frozen meat from India will arrive this month, and Egypt will import 25,000 cattle from other countries,” he said.
Moselhi also noted that Sudan and Djibouti will supply Egypt with 5,000 and 10,000 cattle heads, respectively, soon.
He added that Egypt is also anticipating the arrival of 5,000 live sheep from Tanzania and 5,000 frozen lambs from Uganda and is also set to receive 5,000 tons of frozen meat from Brazil as per previous agreements.
The ministry blamed the scarcity of feed for the surge in meat prices in Egypt, causing market issues and concerns for buyers and hence the government is seeking to broaden its meat sources to alleviate supply shortages.
This follows the country’s move to seek alternative meat imports to cover up the gap developed by the Sudanese military conflict which limited the supply of Sudanese meat in the Egyptian local market.
