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A poultry market in Najran, Saudi Arabia. “Poultry, being the cheapest source of protein, always gets the highest attention,” says Entaj CEO Raja Alharbi

IPO for Saudi poultry producer Entaj off to a flying start

The initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Arabian poultry producer Entaj is already oversubscribed, barely 24 hours after the book-building exercise began. Starting the exercise on Sunday and pricing the shares at between SAR46 and SAR50 each, the books were covered “within hours”, CEO Raja Alharbi told AGBI. The IPO could raise more than SAR450 […]

Gauchos on a cattle farm in Paraguay. Banco Continental lends to SMEs in the country's agricultural sector

Opec Fund and Dubai bank partner on Paraguay loan

The Commercial Bank of Dubai has partnered with the Opec Fund for International Development to provide a $50 million syndicated loan to Banco Continental to support lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in Paraguay. The Opec Fund will contribute $25 million from its own resources and Commercial Bank of Dubai will provide a $25 million […]

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Poultry firm Balady to boost Saudi output by 200m chicks a year

Saudi Arabia’s Balady Poultry Company is to invest SAR1.14 billion ($303 million) over five years to expand its business. The plans involve establishing two hatcheries with a combined capacity of 200 million chicks a year. In a statement to the Saudi stock exchange, Balady said it aims to establish a facility with the capacity to […]

Entaj produces various poultry products, including fresh, frozen and cut-up chicken and is listing on Tadawul

Saudi poultry producer to list 30% stake on Tadawul

Poultry producer Arabian Company for Agricultural and Industrial Investment (Entaj), plans to list a 30 percent stake on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul). The Capital Market Authority, the kingdom’s market regulator, approved the offering of 9 million shares on Tadawul in September 2024. The offering price will be set following the end of the institutional bookbuilding […]

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Livestock imports from Qatar and Egypt banned by China

China has banned imports of sheep and goats from Egypt and animals and meat products from Qatar and nine other countries after outbreaks of highly infectious disease in those countries.  The ban, which includes processed and unprocessed products, comes after China’s General Administration of Customs issued a series of announcements outlining the outbreaks in several countries based […]

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