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21-05-2012 |
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Opening Border Will Ease Tea Export To Pakistan: UPASI |
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COIMBATORE, May 21 (Bernama) - Opening the Wagah-Attari border will provide an ideal route for tea export to Pakistan besides saving a considerable amount of time, United Planters Association of South India (UPASI) has said.
Shipments could easily take more than two weeks while land route could transport teas in a week, Press Trust of India quoted UPASI as saying.
A decision on opening the Wagha-Attari border may be made at the policy level and another policy that could bring positive changes to India-Pakistan trade is to have a functional SAARC Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA), the association said.
South India's tea exports to Pakistan reached 23 million kg last year and the figure is expected to rise to 50 million kg in a few years time, UPASI added.
Source : bernama.com
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