PAKISTAN MEAT TRADERS WARN DOMESTIC INDUSTRY FACES LIVESTOCK SHORTAGES THROUGH SMUGGLING
September 1st, 2016
Worries are looming large over the Pakistan meat market as exporters fear further falls in exports amid unchecked smuggling of cattle to neighbouring Afghanistan and Iran. According to Nasib Ahmed Saifi, chairman of the All Pakistan Meat Exporters & Processors Association (APMEPA), Pakistan’s halal meat exports have declined by 40% to USD2 billion from USD2.4 billion in just one year: “If the government doesn’t come up with a proper strategy to curb the menace of smuggling, we fear our exports may further go down,” Saifi said. This, he added, was also ...
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