The letter, dated February 13, 2023, included a request for approval to provide 700,000 live rams in time for the Feast (Eid) of Sacrifice. Commenting on the matter, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Fawzi Wadi, told the Libya Herald that his ministry studied all aspects related to the import of Eid sacrifices. This included the target countries for importing sheep, the specifications that are required to be available in them, and the mechanisms of supply through companies specialized in importing livestock. These would cover a large part of the Libyan market’s need of more than one million sacrifices, which the locally reared sheep would have a role in covering with about 300,000 heads. Wadi said there is a need for the facilitation of several banking procedures to open documentary credits for livestock breeders.
