In preparation for Al-Adha, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Egypt agrees to import 166,000 heads of sheep and cattle

The Import Committee, headed by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, agreed to import 96,500 head of bovine calf, including 52,500 head for immediate slaughter from the sisterly State of Sudan, in addition to 44 thousand head of bovine calf for breeding and fattening from the European Union and Latin America countries. It requires the provision of adequate quantities of red meat, and within the framework of the keenness of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation to work a balance in the markets in prices, whether they are live heads or red meat. The committee also agreed to import 70,000 heads of live sheep for the purpose of slaughter, including 25 thousand from countries Sister Sudan, and 45,000 from other countries, in addition to 7,000 heads of the fallow goat breed distinguished by its high production of meat and dairy, and 6,500 tons of processed meat. The Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Mr. Al-Qusair confirmed that after the ministry made an electronic ...