Monthly red meat production in Iran rises 43% yr/yr

Published 2021년 3월 15일

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The Statistical Center of Iran has reported a 43% increase in the country's red meat production in the eleventh month of the current year, totaling 42,000 tons. Beef and veal made up the majority of this output. The head of Iran's Livestock Provision Council has urged the government to buy red meat at guaranteed prices to support producers and has suggested exporting livestock for revenue. The total production of red and chicken meat is projected to reach 3.5 million tons by the end of the year. Iran's per capita consumption of protein products is lower than in countries like the U.S. and Australia due to the prohibition of pork in Islamic law.

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TEHRAN- Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) announced that production of red meat in Iran stood at 42,000 tons in the eleventh month of the current Iranian calendar year (January 20 – February 18), showing 43 percent growth compared to the same month in the past year.The SCI’s report said that beef and veal had the lion’s share in the country’s red meat output during the eleventh month with 24,100 tons, followed by lamb and mutton with 14,500 tons, goat meat with 2,500 tons, and red meat from other livestock with 918 tons. The head of Iran’s Livestock Provision Council has called on the government to purchase the red meat at guaranteed prices to support the producers.Mansour Pourian has also recommended the exports of livestock to support the producers while bringing foreign revenue for the country.Saying that the purchase of red meat at guaranteed prices started in the country in the middle of the fourth Iranian calendar month of Tir (early July, 2020), Pourian announced that 4,000 ...

Source: Tehrantimes