Uvurkhangai /MONTSAME/ Uvurkhangai aimag is going to establish a meat processing factory jointly with Hai Chuan Group of Guizhou province, China and Jarves Mongolia Company of USA. During Prime Minister J.Erdnebat's visit to China, Governor of Uvurkhangai aimag G.Ganbold signed a memorandum with the parties on establishing the factory and supplying its product to international markets. Governor G.Ganbold was interviewed on the matter.

-Why China has been chosen to collaborate and how is the work going?

Uvurkhangai aimag used to maintain cooperation with foreign countries in culture, health and tourism sectors. Therefore, the Governor’s action plan in 2016-2020 indicated to bring more economic activities in foreign relations, making beneficial to the aimag. China is the closest country, with which business could be profitable. We established relations with Guizhou province and put forward a request to support the aimag on establishing the meat processing factory and increasing green space. Guizhou province' authorities connected us with four of the largest meat factories, one of which was Hai Chuan group.

The group has a leading position in meat processing and production on the Chinese market. Jarvis Mongolia of USA is a company which supplies 85 per cent of global meat processing machinery and has built over 1000 meat factories in China in the last few years.

Hai Chuan Group and Jarvis Mongolia have a cooperation for a long period and we previously had talks with ‘Jarvis Mongolia’ Company about having a 'healthy livestock area' in Uvurkhangai aimag and agreed to develop trilateral cooperation. The cooperation issue was raised at the Government and Ministerial level and was solved within three months. During the PM’s visit, Mongolian and Chinese ministers in charge of agriculture talked about establishing the healthy animal area.

-When is the factory planned to start operations?

A meat processing factory building owned by Just Agro Company in Uvurkhangai aimag had been under collateral for MNT3 billion to the State Bank and the Government has freed the collateral, transferring the factory building to the local property. We will expand the factory, renovate equipment and start operations of thermal processing factory, producing ham, sausage and canned meat products. Further, when the healthy animal area is established, we will have a possibility to export fresh meat to the Chinese market. Hai Chuan Company will make marketing of fresh meat supply to the Chinese market with labels of the company. Therefore, there will be no problem concerning the sales and price.

-Will animal and meat be supplied from local herders, won't they?

Of course. As the meat factory is being built in Uvurkhangai aimag, which would be a healthy animal area, local herders will have more possibility to sell their animals and meat. Uvurkhangai aimag and surrounding 4-5 soums of other aimags have 35 per cent of the total livestock population of Mongolia.

What measures are being taken to make livestock healthy, free of animal diseases?

We vaccinated 70000 heads of livestock when smallpox spread in neighboring aimags in December. We are paying attention to use high quality medicine and vaccination and 20-40 veterinarians will be involved in 6-month to 1-year trainings in Guizhou province.
B.Ooluun

Published Date:2017-05-29