Case of dairy sector

• Two processing plants which cover party of the urban needs: a broad range of dairy products (pasteurized cold milk, UHT, yoghurts, cream, goat milk cheese …)
• Mauritania's Dairy Company (Société Laitière de Mauritanie (Tiviski) / partner of the French dairy company Candia
• Top Lait (a dairy production company)
• Production does not cover national demand
• Import of milk and dairy by-products is important
• Strong seasonal variation of production
• Niches: camel milk and cheese
  

Key reforms

• Focus on the increased role of the private sector in production, processing and marketing activities
• Liberalization of prices and internal and external trade
• Development of hydraulic infrastructures
• Improvement of animal health (Epidemiological surveillance networks to prevent key epizooties, regular vaccination campaigns)
• Construction of slaughterhouses in Nktt

General Constraints

• Poor cattle productivity
• Phytosanitary and zootechnical standards / exports EU (ex: non eradication of the foot-and-mouth disease)
• Poor national processing capacities
• Shortage of investment in infrastructures et equipment (slaughterhouses, cold chains, refrigerated trucks…)
• High marketing costs: transport, tax
• Insufficient technical capital
• High cost of intrants (cattle feed, veterinary products)

Specific Constraints-1

Leather and hides sector :

• Profitable only through limitation of on feed export to develop local processing of red meat
• Costs of water, energy and transportation
• Poor slaughtering conditions limit products quality
• The sector fiscal system is inappropriate, its global rate is set at 7.1%

Packaged red meat:

• Export of packaged red meat is conditioned is subject to health safety and hygiene barriers for access to the North African and European markets(tests done at international laboratories)
• Processing of red meat (frozen or refrigerated) requires major investments (involvement of the private sector)
• Air and maritime transport costs

Specific Constraints -2

Market for cattle export on feet : (Senegal and Mali)

• Does not generate much revenue for bovines and small cattle (no foreign currencies)
• Not controlled and not subjected to taxation
• Not structured/ urban entrepreneurs

Dairy sector:

• Does not satisfy the national demand / By-products are not competitive on the market of neighboring countries (fragility of products, transportation costs and import taxes)

Anticipated short and medium term Reforms

• Creation of a regulation and institutional framework as incentive for the development of private investment
• Reform of the fiscal and incentive measures to attract more private investments in the sector (development of promising outlets)
• Enforcing hygiene control : definition and measures of controlling safety and market quality standards of products and intrants on the market