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any idea of cement prices in india?
USD 6 for a 50 Kg bag
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any idea of cement prices in india?
any idea of cement prices in india?
okay, so according to that, if duties are 10% or less, its quite profitable...
it will become even more profitable when dollar rises against PKR...
6USD is around 530PKR. A 50kg bag in pakistan has a retail price of 380PKR or so. 390 is for the best quality...
So if ur telling me the prices in india correctly, its quite profitable.
One of the most major import we can have from Pakistan is cement and beleive me we need cement worth billions.
Whenever you have time go through this interview of our former trade minister done by a Pakistani journalist. You will know what mainly holds trade down and India is no way cheating. He clearly states the potential of trade
between us is 10 billion.
You can't import cement from any where else and it is a fact.... Pakistan's cement is cheapest.
While we can produce every thing better... what you wish to export to us.
Still i don't reject the idea of trade.. what i reject is the idea of sneaking through backdoors, cheating and stealing...i.e. smuggling, transit aid, bribing corrupt govt. to destroy local industry etc. etc.
Journalists my foot.. they have their objectives and they have no understanding of economics or geopolitics.
many pharmaceuticals companies are importing products from india and marketing them here in pakistan. That is how trade is happening. apart from that there are other small trading companies who just simply buy products from indian companies and get them in paksitan and distribute...
You can't import cement from any where else and it is a fact.... Pakistan's cement is cheapest.
While we can produce every thing better... what you wish to export to us.
Still i don't reject the idea of trade.. what i reject is the idea of sneaking through backdoors, cheating and stealing...i.e. smuggling, transit aid, bribing corrupt govt. to destroy local industry etc. etc.
Journalists my foot.. they have their objectives and they have no understanding of economics or geopolitics.
I don't think a trade between India and Pakistan will ever work for Pakistan. The reason is the difference in mentality of Pakistanis and Indians. Let me share my personal experience with you in this regard. Even though I am Pakistani born, I have been living in the USA for last 35 + years, mostly in New York area.
Here in New York we have a neighbourhood of Desis called JACKSON HEIGHTS area. At any given time, day or night you could go to an Indian Store in Jackson Heights area and find them full of Pakistani people / customers. I will give anyone a thousand dollars to go to a Pakistani store and find me one INDIAN customer in a Pakistani Store. An Indian Hindu would drive 50 miles to an Indian store then to buy same groceries from a Pakistani store next door to his house.
I have never understood the reason for this prejudice and bigotry. If there is open trade between Pakistan and India, Pakistanis will buy the Indian goods without a single thought but an Indian Hindu would rather die than to buy Pakistani product. Maybe some of our illustrious Indian FRIENDS can shed some light on this Phenomenon.
Peace.
Let me clear a big misconception about MFN which is misunderstood by media and common joe altogather. The theory of MFN in world trade is the threashold for application of duties and tarrifs and thus building barriers. For example if a country say A has declared country B as MFN and the terrif rate that A charges on B's imports is 60% then in WTO, country A has the liberty to not allow anyother country to pay a lesser terrif than MFN. So if India has declared Pakistan as MFN, it does not mean that India has done it in love of Pakistan. It is to their advantage. And thus it is not necessary that Pakistan should also declare India as MFN because Pakistan may have a lower terrif structure for India and higher for another country say Namibia for example. That would mean that Pakistan's benifit will be to declare Namibia as MFN not India. I hope this clears up some doubts.First reciprocate with a MFN status and the removal of non trade barriers will come off when Pakistan does the same.
Pakistan must protect her national/indigenous industries. So what if Pakistan is doing what is in her interests.
I don't know why Indian media is so "shocked" about Pakistan acting in self-defense.
Let me clear a big misconception about MFN which is misunderstood by media and common joe altogather. The theory of MFN in world trade is the threashold for application of duties and tarrifs and thus building barriers. For example if a country say A has declared country B as MFN and the terrif rate that A charges on B's imports is 60% then in WTO, country A has the liberty to not allow anyother country to pay a lesser terrif than MFN. So if India has declared Pakistan as MFN, it does not mean that India has done it in love of Pakistan. It is to their advantage. And thus it is not necessary that Pakistan should also declare India as MFN because Pakistan may have a lower terrif structure for India and higher for another country say Namibia for example. That would mean that Pakistan's benifit will be to declare Namibia as MFN not India. I hope this clears up some doubts.