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Pak-Afghan fresh fruit trade increases
PESHAWAR: The import of fresh fruits from Afghanistan to Pakistan via Torkham and Kurram Agency has increased to 245,000 metric tonnes during the first eight months of the current fiscal year.
According to a press release issued by the Customs Department on Thursday, in the previous fiscal year 2014-15, around 168,000 metric tonnes of fresh fruit was import to Pakistan from Afghanistan, showing an increase of 46 percent.
As a result of this result, the value of import of fresh fruit from Afghanistan has increased to Rs 11 billion as against Rs 5 billion in the last fiscal year. The duty and taxes on the imports of fresh fruit has also jumped from Rs 643 million to Rs 1.8 billion during the current fiscal year, reflecting an increase of 182 percent over the last year. Among the import, grapes remained the top commodity as around 162,000 metric tonnes of grapes were imported from Afghanistan, showing an increase of 42 percent. The import of apple has also witnessed tremendous increase, which is 32,000 metric tonnes against the last year's import of 8,000 tonnes, showing an increase of 297 percent.
Similarly, the import of pomegranate increased from 8,000 metric tonnes to 11,000 metric tonnes this year. As for exports from Pakistan to Afghanistan, it has increased by 13 percent as against the last fiscal year from Peshawar. The export of Kino has increased from 7 metric tonnes to 784 metric tonnes.
The export of banana, showing an increase of 45 percent, has jumped from 32,000 metric tonnes to 46,000 metric tonnes. As a whole, the export of fresh fruit from Pakistan to Afghanistan via Torkham has increased from 73,000 metric tonnes to 196,000 metric tonnes, reflecting an increase of 168 percent.
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Pak-Afghan fresh fruit trade increases
PESHAWAR: The import of fresh fruits from Afghanistan to Pakistan via Torkham and Kurram Agency has increased to 245,000 metric tonnes during the first eight months of the current fiscal year.
According to a press release issued by the Customs Department on Thursday, in the previous fiscal year 2014-15, around 168,000 metric tonnes of fresh fruit was import to Pakistan from Afghanistan, showing an increase of 46 percent.
As a result of this result, the value of import of fresh fruit from Afghanistan has increased to Rs 11 billion as against Rs 5 billion in the last fiscal year. The duty and taxes on the imports of fresh fruit has also jumped from Rs 643 million to Rs 1.8 billion during the current fiscal year, reflecting an increase of 182 percent over the last year. Among the import, grapes remained the top commodity as around 162,000 metric tonnes of grapes were imported from Afghanistan, showing an increase of 42 percent. The import of apple has also witnessed tremendous increase, which is 32,000 metric tonnes against the last year's import of 8,000 tonnes, showing an increase of 297 percent.
Similarly, the import of pomegranate increased from 8,000 metric tonnes to 11,000 metric tonnes this year. As for exports from Pakistan to Afghanistan, it has increased by 13 percent as against the last fiscal year from Peshawar. The export of Kino has increased from 7 metric tonnes to 784 metric tonnes.
The export of banana, showing an increase of 45 percent, has jumped from 32,000 metric tonnes to 46,000 metric tonnes. As a whole, the export of fresh fruit from Pakistan to Afghanistan via Torkham has increased from 73,000 metric tonnes to 196,000 metric tonnes, reflecting an increase of 168 percent.
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