120 agreements inked to regulate protein market

In order to support consumers and regulate the protein market, the Support Corporation for Livestock Affairs of Iran has so far entered into 120 agreements with importing companies.

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14 February 2024

EghtesadOnline: According to the public relations and international affairs department of POD, in order to support consumers and regulate the protein market, the Support Corporation for Livestock Affairs of the country has so far entered into 120 agreements with importing companies, with a focus on importing lamb and veal meat and live cattle.

Approximately 70% of the desired products have been imported into the country based on the instructions of the relevant ministry, and the rest are still in progress. Activation of 20 percent of the feedlot units and 60 percent of the semi-active and inactive slaughterhouses in Sistan and Baluchestan province, and the import of 100,000 heavy livestock from Pakistan for fattening and slaughtering, of which 5,000 of livestock and 95,000 of them have been slaughtered and imported into the mentioned province in a vacuum-packed or frozen state.

The dispatch of 120 tons of meat to the provinces on a daily basis from the beginning of November in collaboration with the private sector, the activation of live animal imports in the form of weaning with the cooperation of local importers, the activation of sheep slaughtering operations, and sending them to the provinces up to a maximum of 5 tons with the possibility of increasing and continuing.

Distribution of 500 sample livestock with facilities of 300 million tomans among households in collaboration with the Livestock Support Joint Stock Company, the Sistan and Baluchestan Governorate, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) which, if about 4 THOUSAND BILLION TOMAN Validity are provided, can be increased up to 100,000 item for 12,500 households. Cooperation between Pod and the Zabol Research Center regarding the provision and delivery of meat at the approved price from various breeds of fattened livestock with different diets and the ability to promote in the region.

Delivery of 4,000 tons of feed in the first phase on a sustainable basis to the tribes of the Sistan and Baluchestan region. Delivery of sustainable feed for 6 months to livestock feed factories for the production of feed concentrate in the province, Side-loading of three feed ships in Chabahar port to facilitate better and cheaper access for local producers, with the capacity to increase up to 5 ships on a monthly basis.

Facilitation for the activation of large-scale feedlots in Chabahar port. Coordination of carcass imports from Pakistan and entry into provincial packaging for vacuum packing and freezing for the country. Signing of 9 frozen meat purchase contracts in 5-piece increments, totaling 1,000 tons, of which 50 tons have been achieved so far, and the rest is underway. / Mehr