Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan bans livestock exports to stabilize the domestic meat market

Livestock

The ban is to stay in force until the summer of 2022, as meat processing units complained about the scarcity of livestock supplies in the country.

Posted on Dec 28 ,08:40

Kazakhstan decided to place a ban on livestock exports, targeting cattle and small ruminants. The country's government aims to stabilize prices in the domestic meat market, as a 15% increase in beef prices has been reported in the first 10 months of the year.

Meat processors have also complained about low levels of loading in slaughterhouses (50%) and the volume processed for the first 10 months of 2021 stood at 173,000 tonnes, representing just 18% of the livestock output.

Live animal export ban is to stay in place until June 2022, according to Kazinform news agency.

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