KLTT to import 216,000 head of sheep for Ramadan
Posted by Zawya
KUNA (Kuwait News Agency)
19 July 2010


KUWAIT -- Livestock Transport and Trading Company (KLTT) a Kuwaiti public shareholding company, announced on Monday it would import up to 216,000 head of sheep in the run up to the Holy Month of Ramadan, (Arabic lunar month to start around August 11, 2010) The move aims to meet the demand on meat which is expected to rise in the holy month, KLTT Chairman and Managing Director Bader Al-Jarallah told KUNA.

"The company shoulders a responsibility for ensuring food security in the country," he said. "Some 55,000 head of sheep are expected to arrive in Kuwait in two shipments in July in addition to 100,000 August and 61,000 in September," Al-Jarallah revealed. "The global market suffers from the shortage of livestock and steadily rising prices due to the growing demand. This costs KLTT a lot of losses in honoring its 37-year long national commitment. "Nevertheless, the company will continue supplying the nationals and residents in Kuwait with meat through the butcher's and home delivery services nationwide," he pointed out.

Al-Jarallah added that the company has finalized the preparations for importing the high-quality sheep from Georgia by air for the first time in Kuwait.

© KUNA (Kuwait News Agency) 2010

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