Filipino sausages for the Persian Gulf – Business – News – Islam and Muslims in Russia and in the world
October 16, 2009 – 11:17 pm
increase supply Halal meat products in the Gulf countries planned to Philippine company RFM Corp. In particular, in this region will be sent to the party of sausages at a cost of $2 million
RFM Corp. intends to continue to expand presence on the world market of food for Muslims. Already, the products of this company can be found on the shelves of major stores two hundred countries of the Persian Gulf.
Last year, RFM Corp. received an international certificate confirming that the production not fully compliant with Islam.
While the world’s leading consumer of Halal products are in Asia, RFM Corp. decided to work just in the markets of the Gulf. The fact that the region imports 90% of food products, in value terms, this amounts to 43.8 billion dollars at the moment 70% of the market is controlled by Brazil and India.
Over the last 5 years, world food market grew by 5%, and the market halal products – 9%, said emeat.ru. Analysts attribute this to the rapid growth of population of Muslim countries. Today, Muslims account for 25% of the world’s population and live in 232 countries around the world.
