Egypt Receives Shipments of Sudanese Stranded Cattle through Qastal Crossing

The Ministry of Supply began receiving the first shipments of calves and cattle stranded in Sudan as a result of the ongoing war there, through the Qastal land crossing with an amount of 40,000 head of cattle.

Sources in the Ministry of Supply told Al-Mal newspaper that these shipments were received through the Qastal land crossing between Egypt and Sudan, noting that the crossing can receive 80 trucks per day.

The sources added that the suspended quantities in Sudan will be received successively, on a daily basis, until the end of all the quantities in Sudan.

The sources continued: The calves and live cattle will be transferred from the Qastal land crossing to the Abu Simbel quarry in preparation for a veterinary examination on them to ensure that they are free of any diseases, then they will remain in the Egyptian pastures and fed with municipal fodder.

Earlier, Ali Al-Moselhi, Minister of Supply said during the opening of the wheat harvest season in eastern Awainat that Egypt now has 4,000 head of cattle on the Sudanese borders, waiting for them to enter Egyptian territory as soon as possible.

Al-Moselhi added that periodic meetings are being held with one of the Sudanese Companies to secure the arrival of the contracted quantities in light of the crises ongoing in Sudan.

Al-Moselhi explained that Egypt will import live meat from Djibouti in the coming days, stressing that this week a credit of about $10 million was opened in preparation for Eid al-Adha.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Supply offers a kilo of refrigerated Sudanese meat in the branches of consumer complexes at a price of 195 pounds per kilo.