By Fakhar Hayat Jutt
ISLAMABAD, Jun 17, Diplomatic Star (DS): Pakistan’s High Commission to Singapore Rukhsana Afzaal Thursday said that Pakistan, being the 6th biggest maker of new natural products on the planet, could possibly turn into a sourcing objective for import of foods grown from the ground for Singapore.
The high commission, in a joint effort with Singapore Business Federation (SBF), Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Association (PFVA), coordinated an online class on “FYI: Pakistan Your Sourcing Destination for Fresh Produce.”
The online class was coordinated in compatibility of the Prime Minister’s vision for boosting monetary strategy. This was third of a progression of online courses pointed toward projecting Pakistan’s potential in different regions and second under the ‘South Asia Edition of FYIstival’ facilitated by SBF.
The past online courses were directed in November 2020 and May 2021 zeroing in on Pakistan’s Agro-food and Tech and Packaged Food, separately.
The high official highlighted the promising fate of Pakistan as an arising economy and said that agro-food area had an enormous potential for reciprocal collaboration and worth expansion from food preparing and bundling to coordinations, quality confirmation and normalization.
She additionally invited the accessibility of Pakistani mangoes without precedent for Singaporean business sectors because of a supported Mango Diplomacy crusade by the Mission.
Bad habit Chairman (South Asia Business Group) Shamsher Zaman, in his invite comments accentuated the promising capability of Pakistan to ascend as one of the top worldwide economies in the coming decade.
He asked the Singaporean merchants to upgrade the import of leafy foods from Pakistan to address the filling needs in Singapore.
Collaborator Director (TDAP) Maryam Mumtaz and Marketing Representative, Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Association Fawad Zafar gave exhaustive introductions on the leafy foods trades capability of Pakistan and the accomplishments made in the course of recent years.
They likewise featured the actions taken to improve the quality, bundling, showcasing, circulation and supply of leafy foods.
In his finishing up comments, Director (TDAP) Asim Tauqeer liked the endeavors of SBF and the High Commission in looking for send out improvement openings for Pakistan.
He guaranteed the members of TDAP’s proceeded with help for such undertakings later on.
The online course was trailed by B2B gatherings among likely shippers and exporters of leafy foods from the two sides.
