Namibia exported 85% of its meat production
During the Fiscal Year of 2017, Namibia exported 85% of its meat production worth $160 million as revealed by the data presented recently by the country's Meat Board.
At the same time, livestock exports were consisting of 2,77 million cattle, 1,97 million sheep and 1,79 million goats, reports All Africa magazine.
South Africa remains Namibia's biggest market with 60 000 sheep in the small stock category being exported to that country's informal market. In terms of beef, 37 000 tonnes were exported, with South Africa receiving 9 400 tonnes and the European Union, United Kingdom, Reunion, and Norway getting 9 500 tonnes.
"In terms of the sheep marketing scheme, there is a need to restore the vitality of the industry. There is also a need to finance crucial directorate of veterinary services' certification functions.
Meanwhile, imposing South Africa's livestock import conditions such as bovine tuberculosis (BTB) requirement adds additional costs to the value chain", explained The Meat Board's general manager, Paul Strydom.
Some of the challenges that Namibia's meat industry is facing are competitiveness, in terms of joint value addition definition, and the need to improve the animal health status through the re-commissioning of the government-owned northern communal areas' abattoirs.
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