<div id="readability-page-1">SAO PAULO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The world's largest meat company JBS will double production output in its new chicken processing plant in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah by the end of 2026, according to a statement ‌on Thursday. JBS's bet in Saudi Arabia underpins a strategy to increase local food production, while ​supporting Saudi Arabia's resolve to reduce reliance on food imports, a ‍step also taken by a rival Brazilian food producer. The ⁠plant, which JBS ⁠built from the ground and started operations last year, allowed the company to quadruple ‌its overall production capacity in Saudi ​Arabia, where it makes and sells beef and chicken products under the Seara brand. Last October, JBS rival MBRF signed ⁠an investment deal with Saudi Arabia's ‍Halal ​Products Development Company (HPDC) to boost their local joint venture, paving the way for a listing of that JV on the Riyadh ‍stock exchange by 2027. MBRF is also building a food factory in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's second-largest city, with capacity to process about 40,000 tons of meat products per year starting in mid-2026. In an interview, Joao Campos, CEO of JBS's Seara division, told Reuters the company's ​Seara ‍brand was introduced to Saudi consumers in 2021, and now is a top-three brand by market share in the country. Another ​move to grow JBS's presence in Saudi Arabia involves the Arabian Company for Agricultural and Industrial Investment, which will produce products for the Seara brand going forward, Campos said. The executive declined to discuss JBS' production capacity in Saudi Arabia, where it also runs a plant in Dammam that makes beef ​burgers and other chicken products. JBS has invested $85 million in Saudi Arabia since 2021. From the company's Jeddah plant, JBS already exports meat products to countries like Kuwait, Oman ‍and the United Arab Emirates. (Reporting by Ana Mano; Editing by Aurora Ellis)</div>

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JBS，全球最大的肉类公司，计划到 2026 年底将其在沙特阿拉伯吉达的新鸡肉加工厂的产量翻倍。此举支持沙特阿拉伯增强本地食品生产和减少对食品进口依赖的目标。该工厂自去年开始运营，已经使 JBS 在该地区的生产能力增加了四倍。自 2021 年以来，JBS 在沙特阿拉伯投资了 8500 万美元，并向邻国出口产品。2021 年推出的 Seara 品牌现已成为沙特阿拉伯前三大品牌之一

全球最大的肉类加工商 JBS 计划将其在沙特的新工厂的产量翻倍