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‘Mafraq exported 73,000 sheep in first two months of year’
By JT - Feb 26,2019 - Last updated at Feb 26,2019
The Mafraq Agriculture Department on Tuesday said that 73,000 heads of sheep have been exported to the Gulf states since the beginning of the year, adding that the number of sheep and goats raised in the Kingdom has risen over the past few years (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun)
AMMAN — A total of 73,000 heads of sheep have been exported to the Gulf states since the beginning of this year from the north-eastern governorate of Mafraq, an official said on Tuesday.
Mafraq Agriculture Department Director Hussein Zyoud said that all exported sheep undergo laboratory testing in accordance with the importing country’s regulations, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
In 2016, the Kingdom exported some 450,000 head of sheep, over 70 per cent of which were destined for Saudi Arabia.
Results of a livestock census conducted by the Department of Statistics (DoS) in 2016 indicated that the number of sheep and goats in Jordan rose by 13.8 per cent compared with 2015.
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