SENIOR ZIMBABWE MEAT INDUSTRY FIGURES CALL FOR COSTS REDUCTIONS TO AID EXPORTS
October 1st, 2014
The Zimbabwean government has been urged by a major domestic meat processor to take steps that will make local meat more price-competitive and attractive to external markets as it prepares to undertake a meat export drive.Chief executive of Colcom, Theo Kumalo, argued that the government needed to address the problem of high stock feeds, which continue to inflate costs.“Colcom understands Government’s wish to encourage exports. The issue however is the ability to be price-competitive, especially to distant markets and against pig producers in other countries ...
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