ISLAMABAD: Egyptian veterinary authorities have cleared for imports 10 meat producers from Pakistan, the Pakistani prime minister’s commerce adviser said on Friday.
Pakistan ranks in the top 20 countries in the global halal meat exports, and a 2017 study by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) showed the industry was growing 27 percent annually.
The country’s exports of meat and meat preparations went up by 10 percent in the last fiscal year to $334 million, though they declined by 4 percent during the first two months of the current fiscal year to $49.55 million, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
“Congratulations to ten slaughterhouses from Pakistan which have been approved by the Egypt’s Veterinary Quarantine Department for export of meat to Egypt. This has been done as a result of audit conducted by the Egyptian Veterinary authorities,” Abdul Razak Dawood said in a tweet as he shared the names of the companies.
Pakistani meat producers have lately seen a series of import clearance notifications coming from the Middle East.
Last month, Jordan allowed three Pakistani producers, including The Organic Meat Company Limited (TOMCL), to export meat to the kingdom.
TOMCL last year became the first Pakistani company to get approval from Saudi Food & Drug Authority to export frozen meat via sea to kingdom, as it won a contract of $3.9 million to export 100 metric tons of frozen boneless meat to Saudi Arabia.
In September, the Karachi-based halal meat processing and export enterprise secured a $1 million contract to supply frozen boneless meat to Saudi Arabia for a period of 10 months.
