World’s Biggest Camel Producer Targets Middle East, Asia Exports
- War-torn Somalia is home to an estimated 7.2 million camels
- Livestock shipments brought $384 million revenue in 2015
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Somalia, home to a third of the world’s camels, is targeting new export markets as it looks to boost foreign-exchange earnings from its livestock trade.
The Horn of Africa nation has expanded its port facilities for shipping live camels, cattle and goats, begun supplying Egypt and will soon start exports to Malaysia in a bid to boost revenue that reached $384 million in 2015, the most in two decades. Somalia has already sold 5.5 million animals in 2016, according to Mohamed Omar, director-general of the Ministry of Livestock.