A Chinese Company operated in Gwadar North Free Zone, Hangeng, has sent 81 tons of donkey meat, bones and hides to China in recent week.

The three consignments, with a net weight of 27 tons each were exported to China after meeting all required standards, custom clearance, export protocols and prescribed procedures, Gwadar Pro reported on Friday.

A Hangeng official told Gwadar Pro that all donkey meat was dispatched in frozen condition through ships.

Under the agreed protocols, the Hangeng facility operates within a strictly controlled “only exit by air or sea” policy in the Gwadar Free Zone to ensure no by-products enter the local Pakistani market. Pakistan’s first China-led top-notch construction of modern slaughterhouse for donkey meat and hide was completed at a cost of $50 million last year.

In China, there is a significant market demand for donkey meat and hides, particularly as donkey hides serve as a crucial raw material for Ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicinal product.

Pakistan, the world’s third-largest donkey-owning country, has a population of approximately 5.8 million donkeys.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China