Meat exports : Ethiopia to earn $12M from Saudi, UAE

Ethiopian will earn over $12 million dollars  from meat exports to United Arab Emirates  and Saudi Arabia during this  month of Ramadan.
Ethiopia’s Institute for Animal and Dairy Products says it has begun to prepare meat products  for the two markets.

Deputy Director- General of the Institute, Khalifa Hussein says his organisation is  scouting for loans to be able to increase  the volume of exports.

Ethiopia exports 1, 500 tons of meat products to Saudi Arabia  and the United Arab Emirates.

While UAE is the leading destination for Ethiopia’s meat export with 60 percent share, Saudi Arabia has a share of 38 percent and the rest is exported to other Middle East countries.