A Saudi trade official stated that the Kingdom boasts six major farms for producing camel milk, stressing that the product has bright prospects, Gulf News reported.
Saad Al Jalban, the head of a national camel committee at the Federation of Saudi Chambers, unveiled that the camel milk sells for 20 dollars per litre at the world markets.
“A company in one country sells one litre of the camel milk for 18 to 20 dollars,” he told Saudi TV Al Ekhbariya.
Crucially, powdered camel milk is so expensive to the extent that its price is actually four times higher than the cow milk, according to Al Jalban.
“They were approached by merchants, particularly from China, who have bought the product for two years. We’re talking about a qualitative market,” he added.
Saudi Camels
Camels were a primary means of transportation across vast distances offering a good company to combat the isolation of long journeys. This long companionship has inspired poets and writers to document the camel’s unwavering loyalty to humans through tales, poems and proverbs. Today the camels remain one of the basic elements of Saudi Arabia’s history and civilization.
At the end of 2023, the Saudi Cabinet officially named the year 2024 ‘the Year of the Camel’, celebrating the unique cultural value of camels in the Arabian Peninsula from the dawn of history up to the present day.
“Camels have long occupied a special place in the societies of the Arabian Peninsula, including the kingdom of Saudi Arabia; they were a means of transportation across vast distances, crossing mountains, valleys, and deserts, similar to ship movements within the sea waves,” Ithra said in a statement.
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