Tanzania beef finally penetrate Middle East and Asia markets

Tanzanian beef is in demand in the Middle East and other Asian nations, according to Mashimba Ndaki, minister of Livestock and Fisheries. In the first half of this year, Tanzania shipped a record 10,000 tonnes of beef to the Middle East. As just 7,000 tonnes were exported throughout the entire year of 2021, this presents opportunities for a steady market there. “By December this year, the tonnage will certainly be double the amount exported until June,” said Livestock and Fisheries minister Mashimba Ndaki. He revealed this during a regional meeting on meat production for the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member states. The meeting discussed value addition to red meat from the indigenous livestock breeds in the 16-nation Sadc bloc. The opening up of the Middle East market for meat from Tanzania followed a recent move to reach out to those markets. “President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been to the Gulf states in recent months,” he told journalists on the sidelines of the ...