Namibia has applied to Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Services Department to export meat to Hong Kong. If approved, Namibia will be the first African country to export meat to Hong Kong.
Henry Chan, Namibia’s honorary consul in Hong Kong said “Namibian cows feed on grass rather than corn. They also walk freely in ranches.” Chan alo adds that the beef has organic certifications and will be mid-top priced. In fact, Namibian beef have been available in Europe for a long time already.
The Hong Kong beef market is tough to break into. Hongkongers don’t like chilled beef as it tastes like frozen meat, importing fresh beef from Asian countries are expensive because of high transportation costs.
Currently Hong Kong imports fresh beef only from the mainland but customers have been seeing meat prices soar – mainly due to the monopoly of the supplier Ng Fung Hong, which local retailers are campaigning to abolish.
Source: SCMP
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