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Iran Beef
Facts about beef in Iran
- an average Iranian person eats less than 15 pounds of beef a year.
- During 2013/14 meat imports to Iran fell by almost 3 times to 90-000 tons and are expected to further drop later this year.
- According to the head of Iranian National Assoc. of Breeders- meat imports currently make up around 10% of the populations needs.
- According to INAB head- at this point the consumption of meat in Iran per capita is about 13kg.
- In total the country annually consumes about 1 million tons of meat from cattle.