Egypt's Butchers Division clarifies the prices of meat imported from Chad

Published 2023년 3월 13일

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The Chamber of Commerce in Cairo is planning to import meat from Chad to balance the market and reduce the price of local meat. The calves will be brought in from Chad and then fed with Egyptian fodder for 45 days to make the meat taste like municipal meat. The meat will cost between 150 to 160 pounds per kilo, which is less than the municipal meat. A meeting was held between the Butchers Division and the Ministry of Supply to discuss the sources of meat importation, and the government was urged to balance supply and demand, and expand fodder cultivation in Egypt to control meat prices.

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Haitham Abdel Basset, deputy head of the butchers division at the Chamber of Commerce in Cairo, said that meat imported from Chad will soon be offered, explaining that the rumors circulating about such meat are incorrect. Abdel Basset added, during his telephone conversations with the journalist Amr Adib, on the Al-Hekaya program on MBC Egypt, that calves will be brought in from Chad, and then they will be fed with Egyptian fodder for 45 days, so that the meat tastes like municipal meat and is suitable for the taste of citizens. The deputy head of the butchers division revealed that the price of meat imported from Chad will range from 150 to 160 pounds per kilo, which will be less than the municipal counterpart, which starts from 200 pounds, which works to balance the market and reduce the price of local meat. It is noteworthy that the price of a kilo of municipal meat ranges from 200 to 250 pounds, while a kilo of refrigerated Sudanese meat is offered at 165 pounds, and a kilo of ...

Source: Almalnews