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Pakistani fruits and vegetable being sold at
throwaway prices in Dubai
KARACHI (April 09 2004): Dubai market has of late
become a dumping place for fruits and vegetables
where quality Pakistani products are sold at
throwaway prices.
This was stated by Fruits and Vegetable Processors
and Exporters Association (FVPEA) Chairman Mateen
Siddiqui, who has just returned from a visit to
the Gulf at the head of a six-member sale mission
organised by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
He said that the Dubai market was totally
dominated by the Indians, who ranged from owners
of big supermarkets and chain stores and salesmen.
"They all promote Indian fruits and vegetable,
though inferior in quality as compared to the
Pakistani products," he said.
Citing an example, he said that a carton of five
kilograms of mangoes from India was selling at 50
dirham against the quality Pakistani mango, which
hardly fetched two dirham for a kilogram.
Mateen pointed out that there were a large number
of fruit and vegetable importers of Pakistan
origin, who told the visiting delegation that they
did not bother about the quality, but were
interested in quantity and cheaper price because
they worked on commission.
"The more will be quantity the more will be their
commission," they argued.
He said these importers selected quality fruits
from a carton or a wooden crate and supplied these
to the big markets, while the balance was sold in
the open market and proceeds sent to the supplier.
Mateen said these importers used their own packing
to supply fruits to big super markets.
In Dubai and Bahrain markets, fruits and vegetable
were generally sold in auction and hence the
importers did not quote any price, he said.
He said Pakistani importers dumped their green
stuff in these markets and received export
proceeds after the goods had been sold in auction.
However, in other countries like Saudi Arabia, the
importers placed orders and negotiated the rates
with the exporter, he said.
The exporters sales mission was sponsored by the
EPB to explore the possibility of export of
200,000 tonnes of surplus potato.
Mateen said that the delegation received some
orders, while a few countries had expressed
interest in buying Pakistani quality potato.
The delegation, during its visit, held meetings
with big importers, who said that they would try
to sell the commodity in the local market.
Courtesy Business Recorder
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