Pakistan will sell $14.5 million worth of halal beef to Tajikistan.

Pakistan is set to sell 143,000 tons of halal meat to Tajikistan, valued at $14.5 million, as reported by state media on Tuesday, in line with Islamabad’s initiatives to enhance commerce with Central Asian nations.

This month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sanctioned Pakistan’s halal meat policy, designed to enhance Islamabad’s meat exports to Muslim countries.

During a high-level conference on December 24, Federal Minister for Food Security Rana Tanveer Hussain announced that Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other Gulf nations are prepared to purchase fresh meat and rice from Pakistan. The minister stated that Tajikistan has requested the importation of approximately 100,000 tons of meat from Pakistan.

“As reported by state broadcaster Radio Pakistan, Pakistan will export 143,000 tons of halal meat to Tajikistan, valued at $14.5 million.”

However, it did not delineate a date for when Islamabad intended to export halal beef products to the Central Asian nation.

State media reported that efficient trade facilitation will elevate bilateral commerce between Pakistan and Tajikistan to $300 million, hence enhancing regional economic integration.

Pakistan has recently endeavored to augment its halal meat exports to other Muslim nations, including Malaysia. Both nations declared their agreement on a $200 million halal meat trading quota during Sharif’s visit to Malaysia in October.

A study from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in 2024 indicated that the country exported meat valued at $512 million, encompassing beef, mutton, and poultry.

As reported by PBS, the UAE continued to be Pakistan’s primary meat export market in 2024, with exports to the Gulf nation totaling $201 million. Meat exports to Saudi Arabia experienced a 65.1 percent increase last year, amounting to $141 million.