Tanzania is the latest African country to allow imports of halal poultry products from Russian producer, Cherkizovo.
The Russian meat producer also produces other meat products and has a poultry farm in the Lipetsk region in Russia. This month it shipped the first batch of dozens of tonnes of halal poultry into Tanzania and has earmarked to increase its halal poultry shipments to the African country to 500 tonnes before the end of 2016.
The Russian company has roped in Zanchick as a distribution partner for halal poultry products in Tanzania and it says it is seeking to score and capitalise on the Tanzanian company’s extensive network in East Africa region.
"Zanchik is one of the largest distributors of poultry meat, including premium halal meat, in east Africa and has an extensive distribution network in Zanzibar, enabling it to control the entire supply chain of frozen products," Cherkizovo said.
The Russian company’s head of exports, Andrei Terekhin said that although the firm’s “first shipments to Tanzania are relatively small in volume, the launch of exports to Tanzania marks another milestone in our journey to expand sales of our products international” and added that his company was anticipating “high demand for our halal products” such as poultry.
Experts say poultry demand in most African countries is tripping supply, hence international companies and producers are seeking to capitalise the supply chain gaps in the continent. Billionaire businessman, Bill Gates has reportedly pledged as many as 100,000 chickens to boost poultry production in Sub Saharan Africa, which faces food deficiencies.
African countries such as Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe are projected to see a rise in demand for poultry products in the near future. However, several producers in most of these markets are unable to capitalise on this as they are facing electricity and water shortages, according to industry sources.
In Zambia, which has also been affected by this year’s drought conditions, increasing hours of load shedding is dimming prospects for the poultry industry.
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