Iran apple exports to Pakistan to be resumed after 16 years of hiatus

TEHRAN (Iran News) –Iran and Pakistan signed a trade and quarantine agreement and they decided to resume export of Iran’s tree to Pakistan after 16 years of halt. The agreement was signed between Iran’s Agriculture Jihad Ministry and Pakistan’s Ministry of National Food Security and Research. According to the reports, both sides signed an agreement on cooperation in resolving problems regarding the quarantine for broadening trade of agro products. Both sides also decided that export of Iranian apple is resumed officially after 16 years of halt. According to the agreement, Iran will export apple, kiwi, date, pistachio, raisin and almond to Pakistan and in return and based on the earned forex, Iran imports orange, tangerine and mango from Pakistan while import of rice and spice from Pakistan is another part of the agreement. During the ceremony for signing the agreement, Iran’s agriculture ministry official Mr. Moharram Soltani said that Iran’s apple exports to Pakistan have seen ...