Pakistan

REAP asked incentives for rice sector

Published June 4, 2016 Updated June 4, 2016 07:26pm

KARACHI: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has asked for incentives and government support to rice; which is a major export sector of the country.

In a statement here on Saturday, REAP's patron-in-chief Abdul Rahim Janoo, Chairman Chaudhry Muhammad Shafique and Senior Vice Chairman Noman Ahmed Shaikh said this important sector earning more than $ 2.2 billion. They further said that despite very challenging circumstances since last couple of years, rice exporters had contributed a lot to the national economy.

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