According to the General Manager of Ulaanbaatar city and Head of the Mayor’s Office Gantumur Togmid, sales for reserved meat have begun from March 9 through 279 sales points. Therefore, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and Governor’s Office of Ulaanbaatar are obligated to prepare a total of 20,000 tons of reserved meat for the capital city consumption. Among these, 12,000 tons of meat have been reserved so far. The Government decided to keep the reserved beef price at MNT 7,700 per kilogram, mutton at MNT 6700 per kilogram, and goat meat at MNT 6,200 per kilogram. However, the stores that sell the meat have added 200 MNT per kilogram. Citizens will be provided sufficient meats until July if the Government can distribute an average of 260 kilograms of meat for each market, said Mr. Gantumur To g mi d.He added, “In 2019, 4,000 tons of reserved meat has been prepared nationwide. As a result, there was a shortage of meat. But there will be no deficits this year. Moreover, there is an opportunity to stock up on the remaining 8,000 tons of meat in the near future. The meat packed in bags of 2-3 kilograms.”

Published Date:2020-03-11