Kenya offers flower growing technology to Pakistan
Kenya has offered the transfer of flower growing technology to Pakistan to enable the country to export flowers and earn precious foreign exchange.
Ambassador of Kenya, Mishi Masika Mwatsashu called on the Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Friday. The Minister expressed that Kenya and Pakistan are trading partners and both should see maximum opportunities to explore potential trade.
The ambassador appreciated the efforts being made by government of Pakistan to organize exhibitions and trade fairs in Kenya. Pakistan imports mainly tea from Kenya , constituting 55 percent of total consumption of tea in Pakistan , and exports manly rice there. It was proposed that Pakistan could learn from Kenyan expertise of producing flowers, which is a big source of income for them.
Pakistan has a fertile terrain, suitable for producing flowers and the Kenyan experience in this field would help Pakistan to a larger extent. Once the technology of growing flowers is transferred, Pakistan can earn a handsome amount of foreign reserves through export of flowers. The Ambassador showed interest in importing pharmaceuticals and surgical instruments from Pakistan.
The Ambassador of Iran, Masha Allah Shakeri also called on Makhdoom Amin Fahim. The Ambassador stated that after kinnow, Pakistani mango is also gaining ground in the Iranian market. staff report Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has floated a second tender for the sale of 25,000 bales of cotton 2008-09 crop of grade III, plus 1-1/16.
A TCP official said here Friday that tender will be opened on July 14, 2009 at TCP head office. It may be noted that TCP has 192,698 bales of cotton, procured under government’s instructions to stabilise the market. The corporation has so far sold 1000 bales of cotton at a rate of Rs 3,440 per maund against the tender of 15,000 bales through a bidding held on June 11, 2009. app
- Daily Times