Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia earns MNT400 bln from meat export in 2018
Economy
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ Mongolia
exported 54.9 thousand tons of meat (about 5 million head of livestock) in
2018, of which 37.3 thousand tons were frozen whereas 17.6 thousand tons were heat-processed
meat. Last year, Mongolia earned approximately MNT400 billion (about USD160
million) from meat export, said M.Enkh-Amgalan, acting State Secretary and
chief of the Department of Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Light Industry.
“The Ministry implements a
policy to improve quality of livestock and meat, produce value-added products,
improve animal by-products and seek export opportunities,” he added.
Throughout the country, there
are about 110 entities of meat processing and equipment. Mongolians consume around 10-12 million head
of livestock or 300-400 tons of meat per year; thus the country is potential to
put 9 million head of livestock into economic circulation and export over 180
thousand tons of meat, apart from the supply of entire domestic meat needs.
Last year, Mongolia
exported sheep, goat, beef and horse meat and meat products to 15 countries: Azerbaijan,
DPRK, China, Vietnam, Iran, Spain, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia,
United Arab Emirates, Russia, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan and Japan, reported the Ministry.
