Local sheep prices face ‘collapse’ amid Saudi import ban

Local sheep prices face ‘collapse’ amid Saudi import ban

AMMAN — The Kingdom’s sheep breeders and exporters fear major financial losses in light of Saudi Arabia’s ban on importing sheep from Jordan. 

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Agriculture reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) among cattle in the village of Dhulail.

This led Saudi Arabia to impose a temporary ban on sheep imports in February. The ban was lifted in May after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) declared the end of the FMD outbreak in Jordan.