Sit-ins cause disruption to kinnow export
Exporters unable to send containers to port due to lack of transport vehicles
ISLAMABAD:
As protests and sit-ins continue in different parts of Karachi in the wake of killing of 11 coal miners in Mach, the export of kinnow is facing disruption.
Export of the citrus fruit remained suspended on Friday as some major roads of the city were blocked for the fourth consecutive day. Exporters are likely to face hefty financial losses due to the lack of transport vehicles for carrying kinnow export containers to the seaport, said All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) Patronin-Chief Waheed Ahmed in remarks to The Express Tribune.
Protests suspend kinnow exports
January 9, 2021
KARACHI: Kinnow exports were suspended due to a sit-in (dharna) on roads in Karachi, interior Sindh, and Punjab, traders said on Friday.
More than 400 containers with kinnow are standing on the roads in Sindh and Punjab.
Exporters would sustain huge losses if containers did not reach the ports, said Waheed Ahmed, patron-in-chief of Pakistan Fruits and Vegetablesâ Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association.
kinnow worth $4.6 million were being transported in these 400 containers and the reefer containers needed connection with electricity otherwise the fruits would be rotted.
Exporters were already facing problems, as they were paying four times higher freight rates amid a shortage of reefer containers and ships, he added.
KARACHI: Kinnow exports are going slow in the ongoing season, mostly because of lack of acceptance in Afghanistan and Iran market through land routes, an industry official said on.