Azami in describing the meeting of the Agriculture Commission:
Imported meats have more than 40% fat/the high price of meat in the market is the result of smuggling and removal of productive livestock
The spokesman of the Agriculture Commission said: The price of more than 400 thousand tomans per kilogram of red meat is the result of the government’s disregard for the warnings of the Agriculture Commission regarding the slaughter of productive livestock and the exit of surplus livestock from the country, which a large part of the society cannot afford.
Zabihullah Azami Sardoi, the spokesman of the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Environment Commission of the Islamic Council, in an interview with the reporter of Khane Mellat news agency, explained the meeting of his respective commission this morning (Monday, March 1st) and said: Considering the chaotic situation of the meat market and The increase in their prices and also the coincidence of Eid night with the holy month of Ramadan, the members of the Parliament’s Agriculture Commission had concerns about the supply of meat, that’s why this morning they held a meeting with the presence of a large number of broiler, day-old chicken and egg production associations, the representative of the chamber Commerce, importers of livestock inputs, Deputy Minister of Jihad Agriculture, Head of Livestock Affairs Support Company and Central Bank representative.
The representative of the people of Jiroft and Anbarabad in the Islamic Council, pointing out that in today’s meeting, it was confirmed that some of the imported livestock inputs are of low quality and the protein percentage of soy and corn meal is lower than usual, he continued: Chicken meat producers from They complained about the lack of timely supply of livestock inputs despite the timely payment of its cost.
Emphasizing that the excessive import of frozen chicken meat has caused a lot of damage to the producers and chicken farmers, he said: Unfortunately, the central bank has not provided the currency needed by the importers of livestock inputs, and the responsible institutions in the chain of planning the production and distribution of chicken meat are not They have order, planning for production should be done 6 months in advance.
Azami pointed out that there is a price difference between the government and free prices of livestock inputs, and said: the officials of the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture stated that the reason for the increase in the price of livestock inputs was the increase in their prices in the world markets.
The spokesman of the Agriculture Commission stated that in today’s meeting, it was decided to inform the government to prevent the import of any white meat in order to support domestic production, and clarified: the Central Bank was obliged to allocate the currency needed by the importers of livestock inputs on time, and the Agricultural Bank He should also provide the necessary facilities to poultry farmers and postpone their loans.
Emphasizing that it was decided that the central bank should pay 20 thousand billion tomans to the Agricultural Bank, and it was decided that these resources should be allocated as soon as possible to provide livestock inputs, he said: based on the past approvals, the program and budget organization should pay 3 200,000 billion tomans per month was provided to the Deputy of Livestock Affairs of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, which has not been achieved and has caused problems.
This representative of the people in the parliament emphasized that unfortunately some of the imported livestock inputs entered the country with 28 thousand 500 currency, but they left the country after receiving 40 thousand tomans, he added: based on the visit of the members of the parliament’s agriculture commission to the market. Distribution of meat, unfortunately, imported red meat has 40% fat and is distributed at a price of 235 thousand tomans, and if we remove the fat from it, it reaches the consumer at a rate of more than 400 thousand tomans.
The spokesman of the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Environment Commission of the Islamic Council said: The price of more than 400 thousand tomans per kilogram of red meat is the result of the government’s disregard for the warnings of the Agriculture Commission regarding the slaughter of productive livestock and the exit of surplus livestock from the country. Many of the society cannot afford it./#khaneh_melt
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