Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Report, by Ingredient, By Livestock – Opportunities & Forecast, 2025-2032
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Size & Insights
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Size is forecast to grow at robust CAGR of 6.5% between 2025 and 2032 primarily driven by government increasing focus on self-sufficiency to meet demand, growing consumption of meat, booming hospitality and tourism industry in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Drivers
Government’s focus to increase self-sufficiency in meat
The demand for animal feed market in Saudi Arabia is primarily driven by the rising government initiatives to support local meat producers owing to government’s target of achieving 90% self-sufficiency in poultry sector by 2030. In addition to this, the Saudi government is providing import subsidies for 31 livestock feed ingredients such as distillers dried grains with soluble and corn gluten feed to reduce the production cost of livestock products including poultry meat, dairy, table eggs, among others.
Saudi government introduced various agencies such as Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization and Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for animal feed ingredients to support nationwide growth, further boosting the Saudi Arabia animal feed market. Saudi Food and Drug Authority is responsible for establishing regulation, licensing and standards concerning processed, unprocessed animal feed products. The agency is also responsible for food safety regulations and labeling requirements for imported and locally produced food and feed products. The government is also incentivizing by mandating that in government food supply contracts over 70% of the content in food supply contracts
Growing consumption of meat
KSA has one of the highest chicken per capita consumption of around 49 kg per person globally, and per capita consumption is projected to grow further during the forecast period. As the government is focussing on diversifying KSA economy from oil based to non-oil based, the government extensively diversifying the economy and developing its tourism and hospitality industry, as per the Ministry of Tourism, the expect total number of outbound tourist reached 10.3 million in 2023, and this figure is projected grow significantly driven demand for meat from HORECA eventually driving demand for animal feed in KSA.
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Segment Analysis
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market by Feed Type Insights:
Corn which is one of the major ingredient in feed, the demand for corn is primarily met through imports and as per the FAS, import of corn is projected to touch 4.5 MT in 2024. Large companies like ARASCO usually prefer to use palm kernel cake over soyabean owing to its lower price and regular supply from Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market by Animal Type
The poultry segment generates the largest revenue and is also projected to grow in the coming years due to the increasing consumption of poultry meat compared to other animal protein alternatives in KSA. Saudi government assists domestic poultry farms in increasing local chicken meat production and targeting more than 90 percent self-sufficiency by 2030 end. The cost of chicken meat production is high in Saudi Arabia due to high dependence on imported feed, equipment and vaccines. The government provides production support to poultry producers such as interest-free loans and rebates on purchasing certain poultry equipment.
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Major Players & Competitive Landscape
Several leading companies are operating in the market include ARASCO, Almarai, National Feed Company, Tanmiah Food Group, Al-Watania Poultry, United Feed Company, Middle East Feed Mill, Nafa Feeds, among others.
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ARASCO is the largest animal feed processor which manufactures various livestock feed, poultry feed and aqua feed in Saudi Arabia. The annual production capacity of ARASCO is around 4 million metric tonnes per annum.
Recent Development & Market News
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- In 2020, Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture introduced animal feed policy with the budget of USD 320 million. The ministry planned to provide direct payment instead of providing import subsidies to poultry and livestock producers.
- In 2020, Saudi Arabia Grain Organization signed an contract to purchase 1.68 million MT for 3 months (July to September) 2020 of barley which was lesser as compared to previous year i.e., approx. 1.91 million MT.
Scope of the Report
Report Coverage |
Details |
Market Revenues (2024) |
USD Million |
CAGR |
6.5% |
Market Base Year |
2024 |
Market Forecast Period |
2025-2032 |
Base Year & Forecast Units |
Revenues (USD Million) |
Market Segment | By Animal Type, By Feed Type |
Regional Coverage | Saudi Arabia |
Companies Profiled | ARASCO, Almarai, National Feed Company, Tanmiah Food Group, Al-Watania Poultry, United Feed Company, Middle East Feed Mill, Nafa Feeds among others; a total of 7 companies covered. |
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Research Report Segmentation
The Saudi Arabia Animal Feed market has been segmented on the basis of Animal Type and Feed Type. Based on Animal Type, the market is segmented into Poultry, Ruminant, Dairy, Aqua, and Others. Based on Feed Type, the market is segmented into Concentrates, Roughages, Supplements and Complete Feeds.
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market by Animal Type
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- Poultry
- Ruminant
- Dairy
- Aqua
- Others
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market by Feed Type
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- Concentrates
- Roughages
- Supplements
- Complete Feeds
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Leading players
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- Almarai
- National Feed Company
- Tanmiah Food Group
- Al-Watania Poultry
- United Feed Company
- Middle East Feed Mill
- Nafa Feeds
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Saudi Arabia Animal Feed market [UP2583-001001]
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market size was estimated at USD XX billion in 2024
The market is primarily driven by government increasing focus on self-sufficiency to meet demand, growing consumption of meat, booming hospitality and tourism industry in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia Animal Feed Market Size is forecast to grow at robust CAGR of 6.5% between 2025 and 2032
Major players are ARASCO, Almarai, National Feed Company, Tanmiah Food Group, Al-Watania Poultry, United Feed Company, Middle East Feed Mill, Nafa Feeds, among others.
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- Published Date: Dec-2024
- Report Format: Excel/PPT
- Report Code: UP2583-001001
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