Pakistani rice trade delegation to visit Mozambique in August

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Pakistani rice trade delegation to visit Mozambique in August

1:37 CAT | 18 Apr 2016

Federation Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has decided to send a rice trade delegation to Mozambique to explore new export opportunities. It was decided in the third meeting of FPCCI Standing Committee on “Rice Exports” held on Wednesday at Federation House, Karachi. The meeting was chaired by Rafique Suleman, Chairman FPCCI Standing Committee on Rice Exports and presided by Abdul Rahim Janoo immediate past Senior Vice President FPCCI.

The main focus of the meeting was to discuss the new range of seeds recently developed and handed over to National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) respectively. During the meeting Rafique Suleman announced to invite Director General of Department of Plant Protection as well as senior representatives from NIBGE and PARC on FPCCI platform to discuss the development of new seeds as well as plant quarantine.

“It was also decided that FPCCI Standing Committee on Rice Exports will lead a trade delegation to Mozambique in the month of August with co-ordination of Shaikh Khalid Tawab, Senior Vice President FPCCI and Honorary Consul General, Mozambique,” he added. He informed that Mozambique was one of the leading rice importing countries and importing some 0.4 million tons annually, out of which Pakistan’s share was some 20 percent or 0.1 million tons, therefore it had decided to send a trade delegation of Pakistani rice exporters to explore that market.

It was also decided to write letters to Chief Minister, Sindh and Nisar Khuhro to set up a meeting to discuss the issues of market committee faced by Rice Exporters of Pakistan which was the main cause of falling rice exports in the country, he said. He informed that last year Philippine had given three samples of non basmati rice seeds to PARC and one seed to NIBGE for production in Pakistan. As the one-year has completed, it has decided to invite the heads of both institutes to know about the expected production of Philippine’s seeds in Pakistan.

Source: Business Recorder