Pork imports declined in 2022

A total of 6.82 million kilograms of pork was imported into Namibia last year, a decline of 8.9% compared to the 7.56 million kilograms imported during 2021.According to the Meat Board of Namibia’s statistics for December, Namibia remains a net importer of pork and the sector is currently facing a shortage due to the ongoing ban of pork imports from South Africa because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in that country.Pigs marketed at Meat Board-approved abattoirs stood at 46 323 heads in 2022 compared to 47 723 during the same period in 2021.This translates to a decline of 2.9%.Sheep marketingSheep marketing stood at 565 894 in 2022 compared to 406 005 the previous year.With a total of 37 404 heads of sheep marketed during December, compared to 37 206 in December 2021, sheep marketing grew by 0.5% year-on-year.In terms of market share, export-approved abattoirs increased their market share from 4.4% in 2021 to 14.3% last year.“This increase is owed to improved slaughtering activities at Natural Namibia Meat Producers as well as the resumption of slaughtering activities at Farmers Meat Market Mariental.”Live exports, on the other hand, lost 1.5% of their market share from 72.4% in 2021 to 70.9% during the period under review.“There was a significant drop in the market share of B- and C-class abattoirs from 23.2% in 2021 to 16.3% in 2022 due to a decline in throughput at these abattoirs,” the Meat Board said.Mutton imports stood at 318 888 kilograms for last year compared to 267 813 kilograms imported in 2021.These imports were made up of 59% sheep casings, 35.7% offal products and 5.3% mutton pies.Month-on-month, December saw a growth of 607.1% in mutton imports.“This surge in imports was brought about by the low volume of mutton imported during the month of November 2022. China, being Namibia’s largest sheep-casings supplier, was on a partial lockdown due to an increase in Covid-19 cases, which negatively affected production,” the board said.Goat marketing improvesMeanwhile, marketing activities within the goat sector improved significantly, recording a double-digit growth of 18.7% in December 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.According to the Meat Board, this growth is owed to the increase in the number of goats exported live, predominantly to South Africa, which grew by 35.9%.“Marketing activities at B- and C-class abattoirs contracted by 96% during December 2022, relative to the same period in 2021.”

Pork imports declined in 2022

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