Al-Mansouri: Promising Opportunities to Open Global Markets for Sudanese Meat

Khartoum – Sudanhorizon

The Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Ahmed Al-Mansouri, affirmed his ministry’s commitment to upgrading export infrastructure and improving its services, while fully complying with internationally required health standards. This came during his inspection visit to the Karrari and Al-Shahen slaughterhouses west of Omdurman.

The minister revealed an increasing demand for Sudanese meat due to its quality and its freedom from epidemic diseases, pointing to significant opportunities to open export markets in Arab countries, Gulf Cooperation Council states, and some European countries, especially following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Al-Mansouri pledged to provide the necessary support and overcome challenges facing the slaughterhouses to achieve the desired goals. He called on relevant administrations to intensify efforts and benefit from the added value of by-products such as carcass waste and hides by processing them locally instead of exporting them raw, in order to boost the national treasury with foreign currency. He also emphasized the importance of integration between the public and private sectors.

For their part, the slaughterhouse directors announced their commitment to meeting health standards to satisfy the needs of local, regional, and global markets. They explained that the production capacity of the slaughterhouses reaches 4,000 sheep and goats per day, and between 350 to 500 cattle.

They also called on the minister to enact regulations, in coordination with relevant authorities, regarding export meat weight standards, and to open more external markets.

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