ASTANA, Kazakhstan, January 29. If there is demand from Tatarstan and we will sign the relevant memorandums, we are ready to export horse meat and beef to Tatarstan, said Head of the Maulit Farm, deputy of Kazakhstan’s Abai regional maslikhat, Kayirly Hasenov, during a meeting with the Tatar delegation visiting the Abai region of Kazakhstan, Trend reports.
The delegation of Tatarstan, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Ziyabbarov, visited several farms in the Abai region of Kazakhstan. The delegation also included representatives from the Ministry of Tatarstan, specialists in rural cooperation development, as well as leaders of major processing enterprises of the republic. The guests visited the meat processing plant "ARAY-EAST FOOD", which produces sausages and meat delicacies in accordance with the "Halal" standard.
"At present, horse breeding is developing well in our country. The number of horses is also large. The only problem is meat sales. Our colleagues in Tatarstan are interested in horse breeding. And now the ultimate goal is to export quality meat products from Kazakhstan. We have slaughtering points ready. If there is demand from Tatarstan and we sign the relevant memorandums, we are ready to export horse meat and beef," said the head of the Maulit farm, deputy of the regional maslikhat Kayirly Hasenov.
The enterprise produces more than 100 types of boiled, smoked, and other sausage products. The factory is equipped with an innovative packaging line and includes three production workshops. Last year, an additional line for sausage production was launched at "ARAY-EAST FOOD", increasing the company's capacity to 1.800 tons of finished products per year.
To note, earlier the delegation visited the "Agricultural Firm Prirechnoe" in the Zhanasemey district of Abai, which is a large enterprise engaged in breeding cattle and the production, sale, processing, and storage of vegetables.
As regards horse meat production worldwide, China ranks the highest in horse meat production with 159,069 tonnes followed by Kazakhstan and Mongolia as per statistics based on a comparison of 55 countries in 2022. On the other end of the scale is Luxembourg with 1.40 tonnes, Bosnia and Herzegovina with 4.93 tonnes and Madagascar with 5.35 tonnes.
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