ISLAMABAD: The ministry of industries has decided to develop agro-export processing zones in Sindh.

“The main processing centre is being set up in Karachi to maximize the exports of agriculture products, which would help earn huge foreign exchange,” an official source told PPI.

He said the work on the Karachi agro-export processing zone is in progress and expected to be completed during the current year. Under this project, collection, grading, processing, packing and cold storage facilities would be provided in the main processing centre in Karachi.

The government would provide a number of facilities to the investors to invest in the agriculture export processing zone, said the source.

Small export processing zones would also be set up in various towns of Sindh to collect agro products from the rural areas and shift them to the main processing zone for export purpose.

These processing zones would be established in Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Skrand, Naushero Feroze and Ghotki.

The source said that these small processing zones would preferably be set up along the main highways to ensure easy access and smooth transportation of refrigerated cargo to the main processing zone in Karachi.

The government is taking various measures to attract investors and enhance Pakistani exports especially in the agriculture sector, he said.

Courtesy Daily Times