Jordan has approved 3 slaughterhouses of Pakistani halal meat export of bovine, camel, sheep and goat meat to Amman, city of Jordan.
the Ministry of Commerce
“Pakistan has continued to show an upward growth trend in the meat industry. Pakistan has recently become a top exporter of camel meat in the world,” Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) President Ismail Suttar said.
He added that, “Although the figure was only $2.6 million, but the country had made headway to become a global player in halal camel meat exports.”
He also added, “The government of Pakistan showed interest in boosting livestock production and processing facilities in the region to meet the rising local and global demand. Pakistan’s meat industry had a market for 4.5 million tons in 2019.”
Pakistan’s current meat industry could be somewhere around 4.9 million tons considering an average growth of 4.9% per annum since the 1970s.
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FPCCI) former chairman of agriculture committee Ahmad Jawad highlighted that Jordan was a good market to tap as the country imported around 155,000 tons of halal meat valuing at around $464 million. And Jordan would be a new and easy addition for fresh fruits from Pakistan.
Pakistan could easily earn Pkr 90 billion annually by exporting halal meat as the global halal meat market had been projected at $3.2 trillion by 2024.
According to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research data, the total volume of Pakistani halal meat production for export and use was 4,708 tonnes in 2019-20. Of this, 2,303 tonnes was beef, 748 tonnes was mutton and 1,657 tonnes was poultry. China remained the largest importer of meat in the world, he said, adding “sky is the limit”.
