Strike in Pakistan threatens mango exports

Pakistan’s mango exports, which will start next week, are at increasing risk from the ongoing strike by goods transporters in Karachi. Fruit exporters fear a disruption to mango shipments, beginning May 20, as talks between the Sindh government and the associations of transporters have reached a deadlock.

“Perishable fruit and vegetable exports are taking a severe hit due to this strike. Now mango exports are also under threat,” commented Ahmad Jawad, Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FPCCI) Standing Committee on Horticulture Exports.

Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association former chairman Waheed Ahmed voiced fears that the situation could particularly harm the crop of Sindhri, a popular mango variety grown in Sindh orchards, which was in the middle of its season.

The strike has also badly disrupted ongoing exports of garlic and potatoes. According to fruit exporters, it has created a congestion of containers at Karachi Port and their clearance will take a long time, even after the end of the strike. They urged the Sindh government to immediately intervene and end the strike at the earliest moment.

source: tribune.com.pk

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