Pakistan: To export kinnow, potatoes to Iran
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Vice President and Regional Chairman Riaz Khattak has said that Pakistan is engaging with Iran to increase trade between the two countries.
FPCCI Regional Standing Committee Chairman Ahmad Jawad said, “We are looking forward to the Iranian Agriculture Ministry allowing the import of kinnows and potatoes formally from Pakistan in the upcoming season, which will start from December 1.”
The FPCCI also said that the Iranian Embassy should intervene so that official trade may start immediately, which it said, is the need of the hour.
Jawad also said that Pakistan’s horticulture sector has immense potential.
Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost called for urgency in increasing the trade with Pakistan as well as starting work on bilateral projects.
“The bilateral trade between Afghanistan and Iran even during sanctions was $2.5 billion while with Pakistan, the volume was not more than half a billion dollars,” he said.
Mehdi further added that Pakistan should facilitate banking transactions immediately so that trade can improve. He criticised the fact that cooperation between the two countries has not increased in three decades even though other countries have increased their trade relations with Iran.
Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/162003/Pakistan-to-export-kinnow,-potatoes-to-Iran
