Bangladesh’s lone meat-processing company said on January, 21 it was in line to launch the country’s first-ever meat exports, sending halal or Islamic-certified products to the Middle East. The Bengal Meat Company said it was expecting clearance for export to Dubai in the next few weeks as it looks for a share of the global market in halal products, estimated at 1.2 trillion dollars annually. Initially, the export will be approximately 50,000 dollars worth of meat every day

Bangladesh has one of the world’s biggest livestock populations with goat and cattle the mainstays, according to Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). But the country has never exported meat and the current plan came about only after the government offered a 20 per cent export subsidy.