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Beyond beef, the Saudi meat market is large, with all meat imports valued, on average, at US$1.9 billion annually over the past five years, says Wandile Sihlobo.
Everything is now in order for Saudi Arabia to import beef from South Africa, following the lifting of a 20-year ban on the country's meat imports late last year.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has not featured prominently in South Africa's beef export markets in the past, with only small volumes last exported in the early 2000s. But the renewed access to this market is critical to South Africa's ambition to expand beef exports, as the Saudi beef market is sizable at over US$647 million in 2021, according to data from Trade Map.
