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Mexican beef exporters seek Muslim markets as alternative to US
2025-05-15
Mexico's growing beef industry is targeting Muslim consumers in the Middle East as a key sales force, seeking to reduce its reliance on U.S. consumers.
Mexico, the world's sixth-largest beef producer, plans to quadruple its halal beef exports, according to the Mexican Livestock Breeding Association.AMEGThe data provided this year1100Ten thousand pounds (5000tons) based on2018By the end of the year4400Ten thousand pounds (20000ton).
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CEO andSuKarneOwnerJesus Vizcarra, Mexico's largest beef exporter, said his company has foreseen huge consumer potential in the Muslim-majority country.
“We have to look for more markets,” he said in an interview, identifying Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Lebanon as immediate targets.
existSuKarneAmong the many factories, located west of the Mexican capital270mile(435km) of Michoacan, more than15Tens of thousands of dairy cows graze leisurely among rows of feed grain bins in a dusty feedlot.
The factory, the company's first halal-certified facility, began its first shipments to the Muslim market earlier this year.
The Mexican Livestock Breeding Association sent a trade delegation to Dubai and Qatar in late February to meet with potential buyers.AMEGsenior officialsRogelio PerezSaid.
He said auditors from the United Arab Emirates will visit Mexico in June, following Saudi Arabian auditors' visit in March.
“They rave about the Mexican production system,” he said.
The factory must be halal certified by a third-party agency. For example: Omaha Halal Office in the United States, orRACS。
Earlier this year, Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, expressed interest in trying to buy Mexican beef, though it has not yet been allocated a share.
According to industry and trade sources, beef sales to Muslim countries will significantly cut into the halal meat market share held by beef packers from the United States and Brazil.