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Increased costs of transportation and fodder from other countries are another factor.
Prices of sheep and goats have gone up by almost 100 per cent, especially with the higher demand since the holy month of Ramadan.
A 10kg goat is sold at Dh400, almost double the price last year, and a sheep of the same weight, which cost Dh400 last year, is now being sold for Dh800.
Mohammed Ali, a Pakistani livestock trader in Ras Al Khaimah, said in the past few years, most of the goats and sheep in the market were being imported from Somalia. The imports have declined because of the instabilities in the African country. Animals imported from other countries are a bit more expensive.
Another livestock trader, Hassan Majid, said, “We are now importing most of the livestock from Syria and Iran, incurring higher costs on transportation as the fuel prices have increased. We had to increase the prices of the livestock to cover the procurement costs.”
There is always a shortage in the supply of local sheep, especially during summer, he said, and added the increased prices in the market have encouraged the local owners also to jack up the prices of their animals.
Abdullah Najib, also a trader of sheep, said besides the high transportation costs, the prices of fodder have also increased by almost 30 per cent in the recent past .
Yusuf Habirah, who slaughters a goat every year at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, said he was surprised to find the price of an Iranian goat (Jaziri type) at Dh800, which used to cost only Dh400 last year.
“The high prices of sheep and goats, especially in Ramadan, has badly affected many of us with big families who use them for iftar meals,” he added.
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