Speaking to AgriLand, he outlined that Friesian bulls – weighing between 400kg and 500kg – along with continental bulls – weighing between 500kg and 600kg – are being sought to fill the contract.
Buying is set to commence this week, with Horgan explaining that the bulls will set sail in the middle of July. Bulls must be under 24 months of age to be eligible for this contract, he added.
It is expected that about 4,000 head of cattle will travel to Libya as part of this order.
Horgan indicated that this contract could form the basis of “regular” and “consistent” shipments of Irish cattle to Libya.
He also told AgriLand that Curzon Livestock – a company with decades of experience in the livestock exporting business – was in the process of negotiating a contract for the Turkish market.
Curzon Livestock, which is headquartered in Douglas, Co. Cork, specialises in the trading and transport of livestock globally.
Calf exports
Meanwhile, there has been a huge increase in the number of calves exported from Ireland by live export means during the first five months of the year, figures from Bord Bia show.
Overall, there were 128,673 calves exported from Irish shores during 2018 so far. This figure represents an increase of 34,345 calves compared to the corresponding period during 2017, when 94,328 calves were exported.
Bord Bia figures also indicate that the total number of calves exported during the same period in 2015 and 2016 stood at 79,191 and 65,784, respectively.
Such energy sources can be used to support the economies and UN sustainable development programmes in the Great Green African Belt region (from the Red Sea in the East to the Atlantic Ocean to the West of the continent). The Malaysian company also showcased technology used in the processing of sewage and water associated with the oil production process, thereafter converted to alternative energy and agricultural fertilizer, both contributing to addressing problems associated with global warming.
The revelation was made by Libya’s Presidency Council Minister of Health Omar Bashir al-Tahir after signing a receipt for the supplies in a meeting with China’s Chargé d’affaires Wang Qimin at the Chinese embassy for Libya.
The LIA statement released on Sunday said that ‘‘as the initial explorations resulted in a production capacity of up to 25,000 barrels per day and with the extension of the agreement, this figure is likely to increase with the completion of exploration of other wells in the plot’’.
The information office of the prime minister said in a statement that Serraj met in Tripoli with the delegation of economic chambers of the Arab Maghreb Union, and stressed the importance of activating the institutions of the union.
The proposal is a key feature in a three-pronged plan that also includes tackling a subsidy program and a mechanism to help offset the impact of economic reform efforts on the population, the central bank said in a statement on its website. No other details about the plan were provided in the statement.
Ben Rajab has been serving as a senior official in the NOC’s marketing department and has been a member of Libyan delegations at recent meetings of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The Libya Economic Dialogue meeting was the 8th such meeting which was attended by two members of the Presidency Council (PC), Ahmed Maitig and Fathi Majbri, together with Tripoli-Central Bank of Libya Governor (CBL), Saddek Elkaber. Majbri is the PC member in charge of the budget and economic affairs.
Libya is a major oil producer and was once one of the wealthiest countries in the region, but its economy has been crippled by conflict and political division over the past five years.
SocGen will pay $585 million to resolve charges with U.S. and French law enforcement agencies related to the Libya investigation and $275 million for violations arising from helping rig benchmark interest rates including the London InterBank Offered Rate. The bank will also pay about $475 million to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to settle the Libor probe, according to a statement on Monday from the regulator.
Negotiations to close investigations of Legg Mason’s Permal Group are expected to be completed “shortly,” the Baltimore-based asset management firm said in a filing on Wednesday.
Among a dozen public and closed panels, one session was dedicated to Libya’s reintegration into the world economic system. The panel brought together the foreign minister for the Libyan Government of National Accord, Mohamed Siala, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the head of the Russian contact group for intra-Libyan resolution, Lev Dengov.
The confirmation came indirectly in a clarification statement issued yesterday. The clarification statement said that with reference to what was issued by the CBL on 24 May (which it had not officially published) regarding suspending disbursements of public funds except for salaries and subsidies and urgent disbursements that would reduce burden on citizens.
The justice ministry's lawsuit department said in a statement Monday that it won an lawsuit before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris filed by Portuguese company Way 2 B against the Libyan Department for Development of Administrative Centers, claiming a financial compensation of 60 million Euros (69 million dollars) for damages suffered in Libya during the 2011 uprising.
Production had fallen to less than 150,000 bpd on Wednesday after unusually hot weather caused the power supply problem.
The NOC said that the shipment is the first of its kind to Italy since the Zueitina gas plant stopped operating four years ago.
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