KABUL: (MEP) Tajikistani flour is taking place of Pakistani flour in the markets of Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce has decided to send a high level delegation comprising officials and businessmen to Afghanistan to address issues that are responsible for Pakistan losing its traditional flour export market in Afghanistan.
The decision was taken at a high level meeting on Tuesday, which was attended by officials from Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Ministry of Finance, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Ministry of Science and Technology and representatives of provincial food departments of Sindh and Punjab, the Pakistan’s The Express Tribune news reported.
In the meeting, Punjab government sought federal government’s intervention to recover the market as Pakistan has huge quantity of surplus wheat and flour.
Four reasons were singled out in the meeting affecting the market of Pakistani flour in Afghanistan.
Non-availability of fortified wheat, a lobby is actively spreading information against Pakistan’s wheat, all time high prices of flour/wheat and certain taxes on both sides of the border.
According to the media, it was decided that a delegation to be sent to Afghanistan to discuss the issue with Afghan authorities, importers and other concerned stakeholders.
