T.BADAMJUNAI ABOUT MEAT SUPPLY

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry T.Badamjunai gave on Wednesday a report to the cabinet on supply of consumer goods and their market prices.


Herdsmen have declined meat sales due to handouts from the Human Development Fund (HDF) and to 70 thousand togrog stipends for students, and meat price soared because of transport high expenditure, which is rooting from the fuels price and currency rate's boost and illegal export of meat at some borders, he said mentioning that, with aim to improve the meat supply at the domestic market, parliament approved a law on exempting meat sales from the VAT.

Some 20 meat factories intend to sale the reserved meat from January 15 by MNT 1,000 cheaper of the present market price. In accordance with the cabinet resolution, a monthly expanded fair of meat has started.
T.Badamjunai said eight billion togrogs have been placed in local budgets for allowing to sell the reserved meat for 2011-2012, and more than 16 thousand tons of meat has been reserved nationwide.

B.Khuder

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