Fresh meat shipment reaches UAE

ISLAMABAD: The first shipment of fresh Pakistani meat successfully reached the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, a private television news channel reported. The shipment was sent as per the agreement signed between Pakistan’s Foodex and UAE’s General Trading Company. Pakistan’s Additional Commercial Secretary Kamran Khan was also present on the occasion.

Earlier, UAE and Pakistani businessmen had signed deals worth nearly $200 million (Dh734 million) during the Expo Pakistan 2017 which was held in Karachi during November 9-12. UAE-based company Al-Tayeb International General Trading and Foodex Pakistan had reached an agreement on the import of Pakistani meat during the Expo Pakistan 2017.



Pakistan is the fifth largest exporter of fresh meat and meat products to the UAE with an average annual export of around $100 million, while UAE’s total imports of fresh meat, beef, mutton and lamb are around $750 to 800 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 28^th, 2017.

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