Algeria has imported Irish beef for the first time since the 1990s due to a weak agricultural production and supply shortage. In Afghanistan, the government reopened beef, mutton, and poultry imports to stabilize prices and protect consumer purchasing power, and decided to import 20 tons of Irish beef due to a suspension of French live cattle imports. Afghanistan is one of the largest beef consuming countries in Africa, importing an average of 104,000 breeding, fattening, and beef cattle each year.