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Exports to China, UAE decline
June 25, 2016
Editorial Board
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Managing Editor
English Editor
Maryam Editor
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Advocate Zaheer Minhas
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Pakistan's exports to China and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have declined
by 13.71 percent and 24.5 percent in the financial year-2015-16, respectively.
According to sources, China has abandoned its policy to store raw cotton and
yarn that comprises major portion of Pakistan export basket. China's policy
shift has also affected international price of yarn.Pakistan's exports to UAE
have declined due to decrease in the exports of petroleum products,
chemicals, jewellery and rice. South Africa has imposed anti-dumping duty
on Pakistani cement companies, whereas, the demand from Afghanistan for
cement has shifted to Tajikistan. Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)plus Pakistani products have duty free access in 28 member states of
European Union (EU) since 1st January, 2014. As a result of these
concessions Pakistani exports to EU grew by 22 percent in 2014. In 2015 also
Pakistani export to EU grew by 11 percent in Euro terms. However exports to
Britain after Brexit may dampen exports.
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Dr.Hidayat Ullah
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Dr.Abdul Basir
Assistant Professor, University of
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Zahid Mehmood
PSO,NIFA Peshawar
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Pakistan's exports to China and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have declined by 13.71 percent and
24.5 percent in the financial year-2015-16, respectively. According to sources, China has
abandoned its policy to store raw cotton and yarn that comprises major portion of Pakistan
export basket. China's policy shift has also affected international price of yarn.Pakistan's exports
to UAE have declined due to decrease in the exports of petroleum products, chemicals, jewellery
and rice. South Africa has imposed anti-dumping duty on Pakistani cement companies, whereas,
the demand from Afghanistan for cement has shifted to Tajikistan. Generalised Scheme of
Preferences (GSP)-plus Pakistani products have duty free access in 28 member states of
European Union (EU) since 1st January, 2014. As a result of these concessions Pakistani exports
to EU grew by 22 percent in 2014. In 2015 also Pakistani export to EU grew by 11 percent in
Euro terms. However exports to Britain after Brexit may dampen exports.
The sources said Pakistan's export market lacked diversification and was concentrated only in a
few regions and countries with 51 percent of exports confined to six countries/ regions like EU,
US, UK, China, Afghanistan and Middle East. Pakistan has not been able to tap its export
potential in the regional market and was facing tariff and non-tariff barriers in markets like Iran
and India, they said.
Investment in exporting sectors has remained disturbingly low, as a cut-throat competition with
emerging players like Bangladesh and Vietnam have made margins in the exporting business
fairly unattractive. Sources said that rice being the second largest export item of Pakistan was
given priority in the Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2015-18. To promote and develop rice
exports, a Rice Development Council is being established. Basmati rice has been selected as one
of the focus products for short term turn around in exports.
The sources said that Ministry of Commerce had recently signed Memorandum of Understanding
with Indonesia for export of one million tons of rice over the next four years. Trade
Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) organises participation of Pakistani rice exporters in
all the leading international food fairs and organises trade delegations to the export markets.
Federal government has also contacted Chinese Government for enhancing export of rice and an
exercise is under way to identify/register rice processing plants for export of rice to China. A gift
of rice (15,000 MT) was being sent to Cuba, sources further revealed, and added that that was
more than a gift to the Cuban people. "It was a marketing effort which will expose the Cuban
consumer to our rice and be our first step in the Cuban domestic rice market," it added.
According to documents, provincial governments are providing transport rebate of $90 per ton to
the private sector for enhancing export of surplus wheat stocks of Provincial Food Departments
of Punjab and Sindh.
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He acknowledged that the cost of Chinese agricultural products was comparatively high and
Beijing, because of the constant shrinking of its cultivable land, had turned into the largest
importer of agricultural goods in the world since 2012.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2016
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Lindsay Venn 43 year old was born in Mitchell's Plain says taking care of all the team Qhubeka's culinary
needs at the prestigious race is the highlight of his career.(Leighlounge)
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In a gesture of friendship, Bangladesh has started sending 10,000 metric tons of rice to Nepal for
the earthquake victims.Nearly 8,000 people were killed and about 21,000 injured in the
earthquake that hit the Himalayan country on April 25 last year. An estimated 4,00,000 people
have been affected by the disaster.The first convoy of nine rice-laden trucks was sent out by Mir
Khairul Alam, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dinajpur. The trucks left on Friday afternoon from
LSD warehouse of Bangladesh Food Control Department at Phulhat in Dinajpur town.
Our trucks will carry the rice up to Phulbari point of Nepal, while trucks from Nepal will carry
the load to Kakarvita, said the DC.
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Giasuddin Ahmed, director of the Department of Disaster Management, Abu Raihan Mia, ADC
(General), Abdul Kadir, district food controller and Mokhlesur Rahman, district relief and
rehabilitation officer in Dinajpur, were also present on the occasion.
The total shipment of 10,000 metric tons of rice will be completed by this month by road via
Banglabandha port in Tentulia, Panchagarh, added the DC, thanking the Indian government for
allowing Bangladesh transit facilities for the shipment.
Around 5,500 metric tons of rice is coming from Dinajpur and the rest from Thakurgaon.
This food assistance for the earthquake-affected people of Nepal is being sent out as per the
directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Talking to The Daily Star, rice millers of Dinajpur said they feel proud to be a part of this
friendly gesture to the people of Nepal.
We thank Sheikh Hasina for her decision ... this [gesture] will strengthen the bond between
Bangladesh and Nepal, said Mosaddeque Hossain, President of Dinajpur Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
Earlier, Bangladesh sent rice to Sri Lanka as humanitarian assistance
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BEIJING: Pakistan, the second largest exporter of rice to China, holds every opportunity to gain
a sizable share in the market for halal food as well as fruits, primarily mangoes, through
enhanced competitiveness in terms of quality and price, a Chinese official said.Chinese Ministry
of Agricultures Department of International Director for Asia and African Affairs Ye Anping
said Pakistan and China need to enter into livestock-agriculture quarantine - agreements paving
way for exports of meat and many of the other agricultural products from Pakistan to China.
In reply to a question, he said trade balance of agricultural products between the two countries is
presently tilted towards Pakistan as only in the year 2015 China imported agri-products, rice
constituting 85 per cent, worth $430 million from Pakistan and exported fruits along with
vegetables worth $320 million to it.
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AfricaRice research center has trained 28 Rice farmers in handling and maintenance of thresher
Machines specially fabricated for paddy harvest and production.The intervention by AfricaRice
research center, an Africa Development Bank funded project, focuses on food security and
poverty alleviation through capacity building to boost local production of Rice, Maize and Wheat
in Africa.The beneficiaries, who are predominantly youths, were selected from 5 local
government areas and were taught with nitty-gritty of business development.Speaking at the
ceremony marking the end of the training, AfricaRice monitory and evaluation specialist, Mr.
Attiogbevi-Sonado Kafu-Ata, told journalists that the three weeks capacity building targeted at
empowering young Rice farmers would check restiveness in Northern Nigeria.
Kafu-Ata posited that investment in Rice production in Nigeria was part of Support to
Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa (SARD-SC) on Rice, Maize
and Wheat designed for 11 African countries.He hinted that the African Development Bank
funded project is being implemented by SARS-SC, a multi-national consortium through three
international research centers including IITA, ICARDA and AfricaRice and were entrusted with
cardinal trust of providing technology, capacity building and monitor the workability of the
agricultural empowerment initiative and would be run for 5 years between 2012 and 2017 across
the 11 countries.
The benefiting countries include Benin, Nigeria, Cote dIvoire, Niger, Senegal, Sierra-Leone,
Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Madagascar.Managing director, Kano state agricultural
development Authority, Prof. Muhammed Danaji, said Kano state government has commenced
registration of 10,000 Rice farmers to benefit from Central Bank of Nigeria Rice anchor
borrowers program.Danaji reiterated that the federal government intervention will enable
registered Rice farmers get high quality seeds, fertilizers, chemicals and significant capital for
production saying that the initiative would further improve massive production of rice locally.
At the end of the training AfricaRice disbursed 6 thresher machines to the local government
areas where participants originated from.
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Fire in all three factories has been declared third-degree by the authorities
KARACHI (Dunya News) Two factories and a rice storehouse have caught fire on Friday in
different areas of Sindhs capital while Fire Brigade has an insufficient number of 25 functioning
vehicles.A tire factory in Gulbai area caught fire and rescue workers are struggling to claim
control of the situation.
Locals have said that they had called authorities in Gulbai at around 11:00 am but Fire Brigade
dispatched one vehicle after 1:00 pm that too did not have water.
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Fire Brigade had put fire out in a rice godown in Hawksbay earlier this morning however, due to
water shortage the storage was in flames again.
Reportedly, the department concerned has only 25 vehicles for a city of over 20 million
population while majority of the vehicles, parked at stations have given out.
On the other hand, a garment factory in SITE area was ablaze in the morning and the department
responded with three vehicles after learning about the news however, gauging requirement of the
scene, more were called later on until there were around a dozen there.
Despite the efforts, fire was not put out and it intensified as nylon and other kinds of
inflammable cloths were there in the warehouse. Firefighters are yet to take control of the
situation.
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Fire in all three factories has been declared third-degree by the authorities.
Reportedly, Pakistan Navy personnel are helping the firefighters to extinguish the fire
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