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potential is seen in the concentrates market. The livestock in- dustry requires a total of 60,000 tonnes of premixes and 10% or 6,000 tonnes is manufactured by feed mills.”
Iran produced around 11 million tonnes of feed in 2019.
Are there any efforts to increase production raw mate- rials, such as corn and barley? What is the forecast here? “Nowadays, 80% of animal feed raw materials are imported and self-sufficiency cannot be achieved in the near future, but imports could be decreased by increasing productivity as well as by reducing the production conversion coefficient of the milk, meat, and eggs. Iran produces 17% of its required corn domestically and the rest is imported. Iran is the sixth- largest importer of corn in the world. In the case of barley, we import 50% of our needs. Also, we import 40% of soybean meal and the remaining 60% are provided through soybean crushing. In terms of oil seeds, the government has planned to plant alternative crops.”
Iranian feed mills produce about 65,000 tonnes of poultry premixes.
of sanctions on the purchasing power of Iran’s population, they can consume enough protein products.”
What is the situation regarding feed additives and pre- mixes, such as amino acids? Are there any problems in this area because of currency exchange fluctuations? “In 2019, Iran imported 99,000 tons of amino acids, supple- ments and feed additives worth EUR 300 million from 41 countries. We had no problems with currency fluctuations when importing feed additives. However, we are facing seri- ous challenges in transferring money due to the sanctions on Iran’s banking sector. The most common poultry concentrates sold and used are at 2.5% and 5%. The total demand for these types of concentrates is 380,000 tonnes, about 150,000 tonnes of which are manufactured by Iran’s animal feed mills. Poultry premixes in Iran are mainly mineral and vitamin sup- plements of which about 65,000 tonnes are produced by Ira- nian feed mills. Farmers prefer to buy mineral and vitamin supplements separately and mix them on site. A considerable
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How are the things going with feed exports? How much is going to be exported this year and what is the forecast? “In 2019, animal feed exports grew by 139% in physical terms and 135% in monetary terms. Today, animal feed products are exported to 18 countries in the region. Export volume amounted to 240,000 tonnes, but the potential of export sup- plies to the regional countries is estimated to be more than 1 million tonnes. We have proposed a plan to the government to give a one-year usance to foreign customers. Moreover, preferential tariffs should also be considered for Eurasia, Iraq and the Gulf States such as Qatar, Oman and Kuwait. In addi- tion, we have invited FAMI-QS Co, GMP + Co, and other certi- fication companies from all over the world to upgrade the standards in the Iran feed industry. What’s more, ranking of factories is underway, which will eventually enable us to pro- duce more quality feed and lead to bigger exports.”
About IFIA
IFIA, based in Tehran, and the official member of Interna- tional Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), is Iran’s largest or- ganisation devoted exclusively to representing the busi- ness, legislative and regulatory interests of the Iran animal feed industry and its suppliers. Members include more than 600 domestic companies, among others livestock feed and Additive feed manufacturers, integrators, phar- maceutical companies, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies which supply other products, services and suppliers to feed manufacturers. IF- IA’s company members are manufacturing more than 80 percent of Iran’s Compound and Industrial Feed.
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