EghtesadOnline: The Second International Exhibition of Meat and Related Industries, also known as Meatex 2017, opened at Tehran’s International Fairground on Monday with the attendance of 15 countries.

EghtesadOnline: Tehran is scheduled to host the Second International Exhibition of Meat and Related Industries known as Meatex on Nov. 13.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has imported a herd of Charolais cattle for the first time from France “with the aim of complementing its red meat production chain,” the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

EghtesadOnline: To be able to meet domestic meat demand and prevent price increases and the slaughter of reproductive cattle during the months of Zilhaj, Muharram and Safar (the last and first two months of the Islamic calendar coinciding with August 23-Nov. 19), the government needs to lower import tariff on red meat from the current 26% to 5%, Mohammad Reza Kalami Bajestan, the head of Economic Affairs and Commercial Policies Office with the Ministry of Industries, Mining and trade said.

EghtesadOnline: Kyrgyzstan plans to export over 350 tons of meat to Iran in 2017. This was announced by Altynbek Orozbekov, a director of the State Agency for Promotion of Investments and Exports under the Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan, during his trip to Tehran on Feb. 19-23, AKIpress reported on Tuesday.

EghtesadOnline: New Zealand has signed an agreement with Iran for the resumption of meat exports to the second-largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region.

EghtesadOnline: Per capita red meat consumption in Iran’s urban areas has decreased by 25% over the past decade to stand at 11.43 kilograms in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16), according to the head of Agricultural Commission of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.

EghtesadOnline: An Armenian company will establish a halal meat production unit in Iran's Aras Free Economic Zone, Chairman of Armenian Chamber of Commerce Martin Sargsyan announced.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s red meat production has increased from 755,000 tons in March 2013-14 to 815,000 tons in the fiscal 2016-17, indicating a 7.9% rise over the four-year period.

EghtesadOnline: As meat products have a special place in the basket of food products consumed by Iranian households, the domestic industry has been working hard to keep pace with demand.