The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is going to send a high-profile trade delegation to Sri Lanka, REAP Senior Vice Chairman Rafique Suleman has said on Saturday.
Speaking at a meeting with REAP managing committee members and leading rice exporters, REAP Senior Vice Chairman said REAP’s managing committee has decided to send a high-profile delegation to Sri Lanka for the follow-up of a recent visit by REAP to Sri Lanka, in which the association has requested Sri Lankan authorities for reduction of import duties on Pakistani long grain rice.
During the meeting rice exporters informed REAP office bearers about the challenge faced by rice export trade in important rice buying countries, such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippine, Saudi Arabia etc.
Reap will also send high-profile delegations to Indonesia and the Philippines, the REAP Senior Vice Chairman said.
A REAP delegation that visited Sri Lanka in Last December met with the Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen in Colombo and urged Sri Lanka to slash import tax slapped on their shipments to Colombo and to double the imports of Pakistani basmati rice.
