BEEFYKenyan goat meat: chilled halal Galla goat carcasses
Kenya's white meat goat. Priced per kg FOB Nairobi and flown to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the Gulf in 4–5 hours.
حلالHalal slaughter at an approved export abattoir
Also called the Borana or Somali goat: a tall, long-legged white goat raised by pastoral communities across Kenya's arid north. Hardy and heat-tolerant, it thrives where few breeds can. Kenya is the world's second-largest goat meat exporter, and the UAE and Saudi Arabia are its main buyers.
In 2021 the UAE took about 7,240 t of Kenyan goat meat and Saudi Arabia about 1,400 t.
Specifications
- ProductWhole chilled carcass, halal, wrapped in white cloth, weighed and labelled
- Raised inIsiolo, Garissa, Tana River and the northern rangelands
- ShippingChilled, held at about 1 °C in transit; flown from Nairobi (JKIA)
- SeasonSupplied all year; Gulf demand peaks in Ramadan and the Hajj season
- FatGoat carries less carcass fat than lamb, for a lean, firm meat
- Live weightMature bucks up to 70 kg, does up to 55 kg
- PricePer kg of carcass weight, FOB Nairobi (JKIA). Air freight to your airport on a separate line at the day's rate.
- MinimumFrom about 1 MT per shipment for a trial; weekly programmes from 5 MT.
Sources: Nation (Galla goat); DAGRIS; JKUAT; Langston University goat handbook; World Bank WITS (goat meat exports 2021, 2023). Carcass range: Beefy supply.
