Status of Meat Production in

Pakistan

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 Status of Agriculture Sector during
2018-19 in Pakistan
Agriculture is a key to economic growth and poverty
alleviation in the country. It contributed 18.5 percent to
country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provided
38.5 percent employment to national labour force.
The performance of agriculture has declined and
cropped area of the five traditional crops has unchanged.
To ensure food security, it is necessary to increase per
acre yield. Although agriculture, livestock and fisheries
has great potential and hence these sectors on long-term
basis is of fundamental importance for country’s growth
and prosperity. This calls for efficient utilization of
production resources by adopting modern technologies
and establishment of realistic marketing system.
 Status of Livestock Subsector:
Livestock subsector has been dominating the crop
subsector as the biggest contributor to value added in
agriculture for the last many years. It has contributed
60.5 % to the overall agricultural and 11.2 % to the
GDP during 2018-19 showing an increase of 4.0 % over
the same period last year.
It is not only a source of foreign exchange earnings
by contributing around 3.1% to the total exports.
It ensures food security by supplementing high value
protein of animal origin and also a source of 35-40% of
income for over 8 million rural families. In spite of its
inherent subsistence and traditional husbandry
practices, it has shown a healthy growth of 4.0 % in
2018-19 over the previous year of 2017-18.
 What Is GDP?
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary or
market value of all the finished goods and services
produced within a country's borders in a specific time
period. As a broad measure of overall domestic
production, it functions as a comprehensive scorecard of
the country’s economic health.
• Written out, the equation for calculating GDP is:
• GDP = private consumption + gross investment +
government investment + government spending +
(exports – imports).
• For the gross domestic product, “gross” means that
the GDP measures production regardless of the various
uses to which the product can be put.
 LIVESTOCK SECTOR
(Population)
Livestock population estimates 2018-19 (Million)

Species Buffalo Cattle Goat Sheep Poultry Camel Asses Horses Mule

Million 40.0 47.8 76.1 30.9 1321.0 1.1 5.4 0.4 0.2
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LIVESTOCK SECTOR (Production)
Livestock products estimates during 2018-19

Products Milk Beef Mutton P.Meat Wool Hair Bones Fats Blood Eggs Hides Skins

Million #/ 59759 2227 732 1518 46.8 28.6 932.5 295.8 71.3 19052 17.5 58.1
(000T) (000T) (000T) (000T) (000T) (000T) (000T) (000T) (000T) Mill.# Mill.# Mil#
(000 T)

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 Meat Production (000 Tonnes)
Species 2018-19 %age

Meat 4478 100

Beef 2227 50

Mutton 732 16

Poultry 1518 34
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 Species wise Slaughtering %age
(Mill.)
Species 2018-19
# slaughtered (Population)= %age
slaughtered
Cattle 7.6 (47.8) =16%

Buffalo 5.6 (40.0) =14%

Sheep 7.6 (30.9) =19%

Goat 16.7(76.1) =22%

Camel 0.033 (1.1) =3%

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Total 37.533
 Class wise Cattle and Buffalo
Slaughtering %age
Species/class %age Population % age slaughtered
Cattle 100 100
Bullocks 14 25
Cows 51 39
Male y/stock 18 25
Female Y/stock 17 11
Buffalo 100 100
Bulls 2 16
Buffalo cows 57 34
Male y/ stock 17 41
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 No. of Animals Slaughtered and
Classwise slaughtering %age 2018-
Species/Class % age 19 # and Class wize
%age slaughtered
Sheep 100 5.87 (30.9)=19%
Adult sheep (21.0 M) 68.0 % 4.45 =77 %

Youngstock (9.9 M) 32.0 % 1.35 =23 %

Goat 100 16.7 (76.1)=22%

Adult goat
(53.3 M) 70.0 % 13.6 = 81 %
Youngstock 10
(22.8 m) 30.0 % 3.2 = 19 %
 Estimates of Red Meat Export
(000Tonnes & Mill. $)
Market Year Exports Mill. US $
2006-07 --- 47.6400
2008-09 --- 74.4000
2009-10 --- 137.500
2010-11 --- 108.540
2011-12 --- 123.610
2012-13 --- 129.200
2013-14 59.000 177.500
2014-15 49.500 145.600
2015-16 46.242 144.864
2016-17 41.286 135.036
2017-18 30.450 105.541
2018-19 48.800 198.800
 World Status of Goats and Sheep
population (FAOSTAT, 2008)
Pakistan is third largest in goat population after China
and India. (861.9 mill 6.6 % of world total)
Average meat production per animal is 17 Kgs, top in the
world.
Third largest in total goat meat production after China
and India
Fourth largest in goat milk production after India
Bangladesh and Sudan.
Pakistan is sixth largest in sheep population.
(1078.2 mill. 2.5 %)
Scope and Role of Sheep and Goats
• Source of high quality food
• Converts inedible to edible products
• Enhances family nutrition status
• Maitains Soil fertility
• Source of fiber (wool, hair, mohair)
• Source of foreign exchange earning
• Provides regular cash income
• Enhance socio-economic status
• Utilizes in Research
 Cattle & Buffalo Breeds
Cattle
Dairy Cattle
1 .Sahiwal 2.Red Sindhi 3.Cholistani 4.X-breds
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Dual Purpose Cattle

1.Tharparker 2.Kankrej 3.Achai
Beef/Draught Type Cattle
1.Bhagnari 2.Dajal 3.Dhanni 4.Lohani 5.Rojhan 6.
Desi(Non descript)
Buffaloes
1.Nili-Ravi 2.Kundi 3.Azakheli
 Pakistani Sheep Breeds
Total Number of breeds = 32 +

Thin-tail = >21+, Fat-tail = >07

Mostly dual purpose (mutton + carpet wool)

Weight of Adult Male =35-45 kg

Average dressed carcass = 45-55%

Average annual fleece weight=2-5 kg

 Pakistani Goat Breeds
Total Number = 34 +

Milch type (Beetal, D. D. Panah, Kamori)

Mostly dual purpose (mutton & milk)

Average milk yield (milch type) =2-3 lit/day

Average milk yield (other) = < 1.3 lit/day

Weight of Adult Male = 25-45 kg

Average dressed carcass = 45-55%

 Status of Meat industry
• Meat market
– Butchers operated shops, many slaughter at
shops
– Main players at slaughter house are “Arties”
– Mainly fresh meat selling
– A few chilled meat selling modern butcheries
started
• Meat industry
– 80 % slaughtering done out side slaughterhouses
– Local government own and operate slaughter
houses, generally rated as unhygienic
– 33 private sector slaughter houses registered by
Animal Quarantine Department[http://www.aqd.gov.pk/list-
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of-registered-slaughter-houses/ ]
– Total export is < 0.6 percent of the World meat
production
– 46 casing factories processing guts for
export[http://www.aqd.gov.pk/list-of-registered-animal-casing-units/]
– Bone meal Factories for export [http://www.aqd.gov.pk/list-
of-registered-bone-processing-plants/]

– Gelatin Factories for export [ http://www.aqd.gov.pk/list-of-

gelatin-production-plants/ ]
 List of Registered Slaughter Houses
• Name Of Slaughter Houses Registration No.

• P.K. Livestock& Meat Co. (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi 01-AQD-PK

• Zenith Associates, Lahore 02-AQD-ZA
• Pakistan Food Products, Karachi 04-AQD-PFP
• Kat Co. Lahore 05-AQD-KAT
• Snow King Frozen Foods, Karachi 06-AQD-SKFF
• Anis Associate, Lahore 07-AQD-AAPL
• Abedin International Lahore 09-AQD-AIA
• Hamza Halal Food, Peshawar 10-AQD-HHF
• M. Yousif & Sons, Lahore Provisionally
• Syed Trader Lahore Provisionally
• Al Shaheer Corporation, Karachi 11-AQD-ASC
• Al Rehman Meat Processor, Lahore 12-AQD-ALRMP
• Prim Tech, Lahore 13-AQD-PT
• Tazij Meat & Food Lahore. 14-AQD-TMF
List of Registered Slaughter Houses
• Name Of Slaughter Houses Registration No.

• The Organic Meat Company Karachi 15-AQD-OMC

• Zabiha Meat Company, Lahore 16-AQD-ZMC
• P.K. Meat and Food, Karachi 17-AQD-PKMF
• Dawood Meat Co.(Pvt)Ltd, Karachi 18-AQD-DMC
• Ejaz Qadir & Sons, Lahore 20-AQD-EQS
• Madni Enterprises, Karachi 21-AQD-ME
• Munir & Meat Co. Peshawar 22-AQD-MMC
• Punjab Agric Meat & Co. Lahore 23-AQD-PAMCO
• S M Enterprises, Lahore 24-AQD-SME
• TATA best Food, Karachi 25-AQD-TBF
• Seven Star International, Karachi 26-AQD-SSI
• Shahbaz International, Lahore 27-AQD-SI
• Hilal Meat Processing, Islamabad 28-AQD-HMP
 List of Registered Slaughter Houses
• Name Of Slaughter Houses Registration No.

• Prime Food (Pvt) Ltd Noshera, KPK (Pvt) Ltd 29-AQD-PF

• Muzzamil Food, Lahore 30-AQD-MF
• Meat World (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi 31-AQD-MW
• Fauji Meat Ltd, Karachi. 32-AQD-FML
• Al Raheem Farming Meat Karachi 33-AQD-ARFMP
• Gaba Trading company, Gujranwal 34-AQD-GTC

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