HALAL FOODS find NEW MARKETS

by Szabolcs Veres

In Islam, a halal meal is a meal that contains only the permitted foods of Islam. The word itself refers to what is permitted or legal under Sharia, that is, according to traditional Islamic law.

In addition, the term halal is related to Islamic dietary laws, especially meat processed and prepared according to these requirements. In short, this means that halal meat must come from a supplier that applies halal practices during preparation.

The significantly increased demand for halal in the food and beverage market in recent years was primarily in Asia, Africa and Europe.

This was the main reason why significant technological changes in the production of halal products took place in the countries of Central Asia. It was the

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Exports from Brazil to the 22 countries of the Arab League of nations generated record revenue of $17.7 billion in 2022, the highest since 1989, Reuters reported. Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa predominately buy agro products like meat and grains from Brazil. Arab nations paid an average around $2,172 per tonne of Brazilian chicken in 2022, higher than $2,022 Brazil's other clients disbursed, the Chamber said. The data highlights Brazil's importance as a halal food supplier to the Arab world, where buyers pay a premium for meat produced according to Muslim dietary requirements.

first time that the countries of Central Asia managed to find an effective way to establish a common halal standard.

In Central Asia, in addition to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan also exports halal food in significant quantities. The main destination of Uzbek halal exports is Malaysia. Today, not only Muslim countries show interest in halal products. Nowadays, many non-Muslim countries (Brazil, India, Argentina, France, Great Britain, etc.) also import halal products from Central Asia.

The author is a researcher at the Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University

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