Tatarstan enterprises are leaders in selling halal products in Russia

Two Naberezhnye Chelny enterprises, ZAO Chelny-broiler and OOO Chelny-khleb became the leaders in production and selling of halal products.

In 2005, Chelny-khleb produced 16,330 tones of halal products; in 2008 the figure went up to 21916 tones.

Halal production of Chelny-broiler in 2008 made up 1722.7 tones (4.3 percent of total production). The assortment of halal products is very wide, from flesh to smoked products and dainty.

“The figures show the growth of halal market,” said the main expert of the Committee for Halal Standard under the Tatarstan Muslim Religious Board, Faat khazrat Mukhametov. “Selling halal products in Tatarstan is profitable and many enterprises try to sell it here in the republic. Many producers have entered recently into the Tatarstan market. The republic is the leader in both production and selling of halal products”, the official site of the Tatarstan Muslim Religious Board reports.