A two-member Mexican rice quarantine delegation comprising of Olegario Barrera and Richardo Mendoza held talks with the Pakistani authorities on the prospects of removal of ban on the import of rice from Pakistan to Mexico. The visit of the delegation has been co-ordinated by the efforts of TDAP.
Pakistani rice exporters have hoped for the revival of Mexican market for the Pakistani rice and with the specific Mexican quarantine experts' visit to Pakistan. It is being expected that rice export from Pakistan to Mexico would soon be reinstated after addressing all the concerned quarantine related issues being faced by the two countries. Mexico has been the potential market for the Pakistani rice in the recent years.
According to the spokesperson of the TDAP during the visit, the delegates were taken to Green Industrial Products where they were apprised about the rice processing, storage, inspection, packing and treatment/ fumigation. The delegates were also taken to a rice farm in Chiniot and visited Iqbal Rice Mills where they were informed about the rice production, quality and care maintenance besides its storage and packing and cargo facilities. Meanwhile TDAP hosted a dinner in honour of the Mexican delegates.
It has been noticed that Mexico has been a vibrant market for the Pakistani rice exporters and according to the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan exported rice worth US $15.7 million to Mexico in 2013-14. Mexico had imported around 16,000 tones of Pakistani rice in the first half of 2013 and 7400 tones in 2012 which shows an increase of rice export to Mexico in the first semester of 2013.
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