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Doha: The import of livestock and chilled meat by Widam Food Company, the main importer of meat to Qatar, from Sudan is expected to reach QR150m in 2021. In a filing to the Qatar Stock Exchange, the company said it has received a shipment of Sudanese 1600 heads of livestock. This shipment is the third one and the largest imported shipment received during the month of January 2021 by the Company.
It received two shipments earlier from Australia and Sudan which takes the total amount of livestock imported by the company to 70,000 heads. The imports are crucial role to meet the local demand for meat products.
“In line with our strategy, which aims to support the Food Security plans in the State of Qatar, we have worked closely and coordinated with the major exporters of livestock in many countries which are renowned for their premier products and we secured competitive prices to secure numerous sources of import,” said Engineer Mohamed Badr Al Sadah, Chairman of the Board of Widam Food Company. “Our plan is that our imports of livestock and chilled meat from Sudan to reach QR150m in the current year.”
He said the company plans in preparedness and readiness to have strategic reserve of basic commodities (livestock, frozen and chilled meat), to secure it availability in the local market.
Widam Food Company has signed contracts to import more than 90,000 heads of sheep, and cattle for the local market during the month of March 2021 both as livestock and chilled meat for the month of holy Ramadan.
The company has lately imported regularly throughout the year to meet the needs and requirement of consumers a number of shipments of sheep, and Romanian cattle and other livestock of Arabic sheep and meat from Australia, South Africa, Argentina, India, and Pakistan. Widam Food Company besides importing meat and livestock to the local market, also, manages and operates the top quality, highest specifications and most modern slaughter house in the Middle East in Al Wakrah Central Market.
