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Wheat supply position improves
KARACHI (April 21
2004): The overall supply position of wheat flour
has improved in all the parts of Sindh during the
past one week though reports keep coming in of bad
quality of wheat flour being sold in Jati, Diplo,
Mirpursakhro, Sujjawal, Badin, Mirpurkhas and some
towns of Hyderabad district.
Reports reaching here from Thatta said that the
new Sindh wheat crop has begun arriving in
substantial quantity and is being bought in large
quantities by the private sector "Atta Chakkis".
However, complaints of quality of flour from
different villages in Sujjawal and Jati keep
coming in.
Overall improvement in the supply of wheat flour
has been witnessed in Dadu district.
Reports from Naushero Feroz and Sukkur also speak
of substantial supplies of wheat flour in the
market.
District officials said arrival of new Sindh wheat
crop in the market has helped in improving wheat
flour supply in most areas of the province.
The flour, which was stored for black market has
also come into the market because the hoarders no
longer see it profitable.
However, reports from Sukkur and Jacobabad said
that large-scale purchases of wheat were being
made by the traders having links in Quetta, Chaman
and Zahidan to send wheat to Afghanistan and Iran
where it is being sold at much higher prices than
in Pakistan.
Officials in Quetta have confirmed that there were
reports of attempts to smuggle wheat to
Afghanistan, but this has been checked
effectively, while reports from the NWFP said that
the efforts to stop smuggling of wheat from the
border into Afghanistan were still not very
effective.
Courtesy Business Recorder
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Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
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