Sheep meat export from Romania, affected by the war in the Middle East. “The losses are high on both sides”
The conflict in the Middle East affects sheep meat exports from Romania to Arab countries, the president of the Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders said on Thursday “Moldovian”Ionica Nechifor.
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He stated for Agepres that the blocking of the transport routes to the countries in the Gulf area temporarily stopped the deliveries of mutton, especially lamb, to countries such as Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.
“Regarding the export to the Middle East, we are affected, we as a producing country, but also those who imported from us and we are talking about Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. These are the countries that bought intensively in Romania.
Just recently I had a meeting with those from Saudi Arabia at the Romanian Parliament and they wanted very large quantities. The agreement is concluded, unfortunately things are obstructed because there is that conflict in the Middle East.
The losses are big on both sides, because we cannot export and then we have a problem to capitalize at the right time, and from their side they cannot consume, especially since they have their traditional holidays and they would really like mutton from Romania”said Nechifor.
He claims that the Arab countries are very attracted to Romanian sheep meat both from the point of view of the quality of the products and from the point of view of the price.
According to him, farmers from Botoşani export approximately 100,000 lambs to Arab countries annually.
According to statistics, last year, farmers from Iaşi county sold over 30,000 sheep from the Karacul breed, which is highly appreciated in Arab countries, to Iran, Kuwait, Syria and Jordan, TVR Info writes.
Alba County owns approximately 500,000 sheep and approximately 20-30% are exported each year mainly to Arab countries. Here, too, sheep farmers keep an eye on the developments in the Gulf War, on which their business situation depends.
