The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) here on Tuesday urged upon the government of Afghanistan to facilitate Pakistani exporters in promoting trade with Central Asian Republics, which is a huge market for Pakistani products.
"Pakistan has provided many facilities to importers of Afghanistan under the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) and it should reciprocate by extending the same facilities to Pakistani traders," ICCI President, Zahid Maqbool said while chairing a meeting of businessmen at ICCI.
He said that Afghanistan slaps many tariff and non-tariff barriers on Pakistani exporters, depriving them from enhancing exports of fruits, cement, pharmaceutical products, ready made garments, leather jackets to Central Asian Republics (CARs). He called for removal of all these barriers to give a fair treatment to Pakistani businessmen. He said that hurdles are also created for Pakistani importers who want to import steel aluminium, minerals, industrial raw materials, LPG, fresh and dry fruits from CARs.