Amritsar January 9:
Even as Pakistan is yet to take a call on resuming onion export to India, Indian exporters recommenced the supply of vegetables to the neighbouring country after one-day halt to protest against Pakistan’s move.
Deputy Commissioner (Customs) RK Duggal said a total of 190 vegetable-laden trucks crossed over to Pakistan from the Attari-Wagah border, which comprised tomatoes, ginger, soyabean and garlic. However, there was no report regarding the resumption of onion export from Pakistan, he added.
According to Indo-Pak Exporters Association chairman Om Prakash Arora, they had restarted the supply of vegetables through Attari-Wagah land route. He said onion traders in Pakistan had given them an assurance that they would make all efforts to dispatch the consignment that had already been contracted for.
He said Pakistan exporters were holding talks with their government in Islamabad and a positive outcome was expected by Monday. Manav Taneja, another exporter, said 170 trucks loaded with vegetables crossed over to Pakistan today. Of these, 150 trucks were loaded with tomatoes while the remaining carried chilli and soyabean across the border, he added. Rajesh Setia, a trader from Amritsar, said they were in a tight spot in view of uncertainty looming large over onion import from Pakistan.
He also reiterated that they had cleared the vegetable stock, including tomatoes, bound for Pakistan. Indian exporters said they didn’t want to resort to “tit-for-tat” policy and would like the business between the two countries to flourish. They rued that a sudden ban on onion export by Pakistan had hit them hard as not even contracted quantity of onion had been released by the authorities there. Meanwhile, reports pouring in from Pakistan suggest that they are yet to take a call on India’s request for the resumption of onion export through the Wagah border.
“Efforts are also being made to get the Pakistani authorities to clear consignments that had already been contracted for,” officials said. Customs officials and traders in Lahore, from where the consignments were being sent to India, too confirmed that the ban had not yet been lifted adding that they were awaiting stand of the Commerce and Foreign Ministries that would decide on India’s call for resumption of exports.
Even as Pakistan is yet to take a call on resuming onion export to India, Indian exporters recommenced the supply of vegetables to the neighbouring country after one-day halt to protest against Pakistan’s move.
Deputy Commissioner (Customs) RK Duggal said a total of 190 vegetable-laden trucks crossed over to Pakistan from the Attari-Wagah border, which comprised tomatoes, ginger, soyabean and garlic. However, there was no report regarding the resumption of onion export from Pakistan, he added.
According to Indo-Pak Exporters Association chairman Om Prakash Arora, they had restarted the supply of vegetables through Attari-Wagah land route. He said onion traders in Pakistan had given them an assurance that they would make all efforts to dispatch the consignment that had already been contracted for.
He said Pakistan exporters were holding talks with their government in Islamabad and a positive outcome was expected by Monday. Manav Taneja, another exporter, said 170 trucks loaded with vegetables crossed over to Pakistan today. Of these, 150 trucks were loaded with tomatoes while the remaining carried chilli and soyabean across the border, he added. Rajesh Setia, a trader from Amritsar, said they were in a tight spot in view of uncertainty looming large over onion import from Pakistan.
He also reiterated that they had cleared the vegetable stock, including tomatoes, bound for Pakistan. Indian exporters said they didn’t want to resort to “tit-for-tat” policy and would like the business between the two countries to flourish. They rued that a sudden ban on onion export by Pakistan had hit them hard as not even contracted quantity of onion had been released by the authorities there. Meanwhile, reports pouring in from Pakistan suggest that they are yet to take a call on India’s request for the resumption of onion export through the Wagah border.
“Efforts are also being made to get the Pakistani authorities to clear consignments that had already been contracted for,” officials said. Customs officials and traders in Lahore, from where the consignments were being sent to India, too confirmed that the ban had not yet been lifted adding that they were awaiting stand of the Commerce and Foreign Ministries that would decide on India’s call for resumption of exports.
