# What SA’s red meat industry must fix before scaling up exports

> An agricultural economist outlines the requirements South African red meat producers must meet to export beef and sheep meat profitably. South Africa is a net importer of mutton and lamb but a net exporter of beef, and it has already exported about 170,000 live sheep to Kuwait's Al Mawashi.

- Date: 2021-04-22 · published 2021-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47538-what-sa-s-red-meat-industry-must-fix-before-scaling-up-exports
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Export opportunities could shift South African beef and sheep flows and domestic prices, but the effect on global feed or grain markets is negligible.

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| LCATTLE | 2021-08-27 | [Rabobank report shows strong demand for US beef  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45704-rabobank-report-shows-strong-demand-for-us-beef-meat-poultry.md) | +1.2% | -0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-06-06 | [Understanding beef imports, exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52578-understanding-beef-imports-exports.md) | -0.3% | -6.5% |
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| FCATTLE | 2021-08-27 | [Rabobank report shows strong demand for US beef  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45704-rabobank-report-shows-strong-demand-for-us-beef-meat-poultry.md) | +0.5% | -3.0% |
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## Sources

- farmersweekly.co.za: https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/opinion/by-invitation/what-sas-red-meat-industry-must-fix-before-scaling-up-exports/

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