The head of the Livestock Supply Council says meat is plentiful in the market, but inflation does not allow people to buy it.
The head of Iran’s Livestock Supply Council states that meat is abundant in the market, but inflation has caused its share on people’s tables to be even less than before.
The Livestock Supply Council is responsible for providing livestock feed, regulating the market, exporting and importing livestock and meat, and overseeing production and distribution.
Mansour Pourian also cited the removal of preferential currency for red meat imports as the reason for the high price of meat.
This year, the Iranian government decided to eliminate the preferential currency, which was 28,500 tomans per dollar, for meat imports and replace it with the exchange rate currency, which is now close to 74,000 tomans.
This action led to a further increase in meat prices and a decrease in its per capita consumption.
The head of the Livestock Supply Council of Iran said that imported packaged meats are brought in with the exchange rate currency, and due to the removal of the preferential currency, their prices have increased compared to before.