Halal sector benefitting from investments from Muslim regions including the UAE.
Maputo: The sale and consumption of halal products, including food and beauty products, in Mozambique is growing in line with the global demand for halal-certified goods, president of the Halal Commission of Mozambique (Comissão Halal de Moçambique) Maulana Ibraimo Issa told Salaam Gateway.
He said Mozambique halal traders and manufacturers were profiting from a global market Statista expects to grow from $1.4 trillion in 2017 to $2.6 trillion by 2024. While definitive halal sales data in Mozambique is not available, Issa said there was “plenty of evidence” of local market expansion. This included an increase in the number of companies seeking and securing halal certification and the south-east African country’s growing Muslim population.
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