ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to table a list of 233 sensitive items under South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) before the Indian trade authorities, during two-day Commerce Secretaries level talks commencing on November 14, 2011.
An 11-member delegation, led by Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood, will leave for New Delhi on Saturday to discuss what is being branded as an 'open agenda', and the top item is expected to be 'Most Favoured Nation' (MFN) status to India and removal of non-tariff and para-tariff barriers by India, according to an official.
The two sides will discuss ways and means to enhance bilateral trade, within three years, from current level of $2.7 billion to $6 billion per annum. According to sources, Pakistan and India will cooperate for highly ambitious preferential trade relations under the framework of Safta. The Commerce Secretaries will lay down specific timelines to normalise all trade relations, including dismantling of all non-tariff barriers," sources said. Liberalisation of business visa regime will be concluded by November. The new business visa regime would allow multiple entries and could be for a period of one year.
The list of 233 sensitive items (20 percent of total list of tradable items under Safta) are: portland cement, white, whether or not artificially coloured, carpets of manmade textile materials, woven, madeup, apples, dried cherries provisionally preserved but unsuitable of immediate consumption, fruits and nuts provis preserved but unfit for immediate consumption, strawberries, fresh peaches, including nectarines, electrical insulators, of glass, woven fabrics, containing 85 percent of acrylic staple fibres, unbleached or bleached, matches, fresh or dried lemons, "citrus limon, citrus limonum" and limes "citrus, fowls (gallus domesticus), whole, fresh or chilled, fowls (gallus domesticus), whole, frozen, fowls (gallus domesticus), cuts & offal, fresh/chilled, retreaded pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on buses or lorry, woven fabrics of synthetic filaments, woven fabrics of polyster staple fibres 170/m2, printed, woven fabrics of acrylic staple fibres, mixed manmade filaments, woven fabrics of artificial staple fib,85 percent, mixed with manmade fi, dried woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres, 85 percent, mixed with manmade fibres, printed woven fabrics of arti staple fib, 85 percent mixed w/wool/fine animal hair, yarn dyed - woven fab of arti staple fib, 85 percent mixed w/wool/fine animal hair, printed - woven fabrics of artificial staple fib - woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres, unbleached or bleached, nes - machines and apparatus for the manufacture of flat panel displays - particle board of wood nes - beans, frozen - bananas including plantains, fresh or dried - paper, kraft, in roll/ sheet, bl, 95 percent chemical pulp, carpets of wool or fine animal hair, woven, madeup, nes - ephedrine and its salts - pseudeophed rine (INN) and its salts - paper, sack kraft, creped or crinkled, in rolls or sheets - floor, coverings of coconut fibres (coir) - cut corduroy fabrics of manmade fibres, o/t narrow fabrics - woven warp pile fab or manmade fib, epingle (uncut), o/t terry & nar fab - full-length or knee-length stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. f - apricots nes, o/w prep o preserved whether or not sugared, sweet end o spiritd - vermouth & o th grape wines flav with plants or arom subst in cntr 21 - sections, T, i/nas, nfw than hot rolled, drawn or extruded, of a height <80mm - angles, shapes etc, iron/ nas, cold formed from flat - film and sheet etc, non-cellular etc, of cellulose derivatives nes - men's/ boys' trousers and shorts, of wool or fine animal hair, knitted - pantyhose and tights of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted, measur - pantyhose and tights of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted, measur - women's/ girls' ensembles, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - corselettes and parts thereof, of textile materials - low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid - binapacryl (ISO) - unbleached or bleached - of yarns of different colours - unbleached or bleached - of yarns of different colours - of yarns of different colours - trailers for agricultural purposes - woven fabrics of oth syn staple fib - brewery machinery - of wool or fine animal hair - other, not of pile construction, not made up - of wool or fine animal hair - of silicomangan ese steel - men's/ boys' swimwear, of other textile materials, knitted - Ski suits, of textile materials, knitted - women's/girls' garments nes, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - women's/ girls' slips and petticoats, of manmade - men's/ boys' underpants and briefs, of manmade fibres, knitted - women's/girls' dresses, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - women's/girls' trousers & shorts, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - women's/girls' suits, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - women's/girls' ensembles, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - women's/girls' panties, bathrobes, etc, of cotton, not knitted - women's/ girls' blouses and shirts, of silk or silk waste, not knitted - women's/ girls' skirts, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - women's/girls' dresses, of artificial fibres, not knitted - track laying tractors - trucks nes - pedestrian controlled tractors - safety airbags with inflator system and parts thereof, for tractors, m - in containers holding 2 litres or less - maize (corn) oil and its fractions: crude oil - woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres, unbleached - palm hearts nes, o/w prepo presvd, whether o not sugard, sweet o spiritd - ground-nut oil, crude - cottonseed oil and its fractions: crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed - low erucic acid rape or colza oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid - high erucic acid rape or colze oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid - plums and soles, fresh - drill pipe, seamless, of stainless steel, of a kind used in drilling f - women's/ girls' overcoats & sim articles, of impreg, ctd, etc, tex wov fab - men's/boys' swimwear, of synthetic fibres, knitted - men's/ boys' night-shirts and pyjamas, of other textile materials, knitted - women's/ girls' ensembles, of cotton, not knitted - women's/ girls' suits, of cotton, not knitted - women's/ girls' ensembles, of other textile materials, not knitted - men's/boys' bathrobes, dressing gowns, etc of cotton, not knitted - women's/ girls' skirts, of other textile materials, not knitted - women's/ girls' garments nes, of man-made fibres, not knitted - pneumatic tires used - high erucic acid rape or colze oil "fixed oil which has an erucic acid - mandarins (tang & sats) cle mentines & wilkgs & simcitrus hybirds, fresh/ dried - leguminous vegetables frozen nes - woven fabrics of polyester staple fib, 170 g/m2, dyed - plain weave polyster staple fibre fab, 170g/m2, printd - woven fabrics of oth syn staple fib, mixed with man-made filaments, nes - choc & food prep cntg cocoa in blocks, slabs/ bars, not filld, not over 2kg - carpets of wool or fine animal hair, tufted - motorcycle saddles - women's/ girls' night-dresses and pyjamas, of cotton, not knitted - women's/ girls' swimwear, of synthetic fibres, knitted - men's/boys' ensembles, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - women's/ girls' blouses & shirts, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - track suits, of cotton, knitted - shawls, scarves, veils and the like, of artificial fibres, not knitted - women's/ girls' briefs and panties, of cotton, knitted - women's/ girls' dresses, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - woven fab of acrylic staple fibres, mixd w/wool/ fine animal hair, nes - woven fab,>/=85 percent of synthetic filaments, unbleached or bleached, nes - cherries, fresh - wheelchair parts nes - reception apparatus for television, black and white or other monochrom - ski suits, of textile materials, not knitted - men's/ boys' underpants and briefs, of other textile materials, not knitted - garments made up of impreg, coatd, covered or laminated textile knitted fab - women's/ girls' bathrobes, dressing gowns, etc, of cotton, knitted - bed linen, of man-made fibres, printed, not knitted - footwear, outer soles and uppers of leather, covering the ankle, nes - men's/ boys' trousers and shorts, of synthetic fibres, knitted - refined sugar, in solid form, contain g added flavour or colour matter - woven fabrics of artificial staple fib - household or campg appliances, i/s, for htg or blgs, nes, for liquid fuel - animal fats & oils & fract hydrogenatd, inter/ re-esterifid, etc, refd/ not - shawls, scarves, veils and the like, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - chassis fittd w engines for the vehicles of headg Nos 87.01 to 87.05 - grape must nes, unfermented, other than that of heading No 20.09 - float glass etc in sheets, wired - handles for knives, of base metal - women's/ girls' swimwear, of other textile materials, knitted - track suits, of other textile materials, knitted - men's/ boys' garments nes, of cotton, not knitted - woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres mixd w man-made filaments, nes - grapefruit, fresh or dried - woven fab of polyester staple fib - machines and apparatus for the manufacture of boules or wafers - chain, skid, iron or steel - engines, spark-ignition reciprocating, displacing not more than 50cc - film and sheet etc, non-cellular etc, of cellulose acetate - ceramic laboratory wares, hardness>9 on Mohs scale - women's/ girls' night-dresses and pyjamas, of man-made fibres, not knitted - sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) in aqueous solution - fruits & edible nuts uncook, steam/ boil (water) sweetend/ not, frozen, nes - wheat, strach - ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength - men's/ boys' night-shirts & pyjamas, of other textile materials, not knitted - women's/ girls' jackets, or wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - women's/ girls' skirts, of cotton, not knitted - apricots, dried - angles, shapes etc, iron/ nas, cold formed from flat - woven fabrics of both synthetic staple fib, 170g/m2, dyd - fabrics, knitted or croached, or cynthetic fibres, or yarns of differ - men's/ boys' bathrobes, dressing gowns etc of cotton, knitted - men's/ boys' night-shirts and pyjamas, of cotton, knitted - women's/ girls' night-dresses and pyjamas, of cotton, knitted - sesame oil & its fractions whether/ not refind, but not chemically modified - sets of different knives/ sets of different art knives predominant) - veneered panels and similar laminated wood with blockboard, laminboar - electrical capacitors, fixed, tantalum, nes - men's/ boys' swimwear, of textile materials not knitted - women's/ girls' suits, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - babies garments & clothing accessories of synthetic fibres, not knitted - women's/ girls' garments nes, of cotton, not knitted - men's/ boys' suits, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - paper, corrugated, in rolls or sheets - motorcycles with other than a reciprocating piston engine - oranges, fresh or dried - paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purpo - men's/ boys' suits, of wool or fine animal hair, not knitted - rum and tafia - furniture of bamboo or rattan (excl. seats and medical, surgical, dent - women's/ girls' trousers and shorts, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - plain weave polyest staple fib fab, 170g/m2, unbl/bl - women's/ girls' night-dresses and pyjamas, of man-made fibres, knitted - garments nes, of man-made fibres, knitted - stoves, heaters, grates, fires, wash boilers, braziers and similar app - full length or knee-length stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. f - retreaded pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on motor cars "in - woven weft pile fabrics of man-made fibres, nes - men's/ boys' bathrobes, dressing gowns, etc of oth textile materials, knitted - women's/ girls' jackets, of synthetic fibres, not knitted - trailers and semi-trailers nes - grill, netting, welded junctions, zinc plated/ coated - veneered panels and similar laminated wood, of bamboo, not containing - sections, L, i/ nas, nfw than hot rolld, drawn, or extrudd, of a height <80mm - woven fabrics of artificial staple fib, aluminous cement (ciment fondu) - shawls, scarves, veils and the like, of silk or silk waste, not knitted - vegetables nes & mixtures provis presvd but not f immediate consumption - men's/ boys' underpants and briefs, of cotton, knitted - cotton sed oil-cake & oth solid residues, whether or not ground or pellet - cotton-seed and its fractions refined but not chemically modified - men's/ boys' night-shirts and pyjamas, of cotton, not knitted - footwear, outer soles of rubber/ plast uppers of leather covg ankle nes - women's/ girls' briefs and panties, of manmade fibres, knitted - uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or - women's/ girls' slips and petticoats, of other textile materials, knitted - polishes, creams & similar preparations for maintenance of woodwork - milk not concentrated and unsweetened not exceeding 1 percent fat - carpets of wool/ fine animal hair, of woven pile construction, made up, nes - cheese, grated or powdered, of all kinds - electrical capacitors, fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer, nes - women's/ girls' swimwear, of textile materials, not knitted - women's/ girls' night-dresses & pyjamas, of other textile materials, knitted - men's/boys' garments nes, of man-made fibres, not knitted - strawberries, uncookd o steamd o boild in water, sweetnd o not, frozen - tomato juice unfermented, spirited, whether or not sugard or sweet - women's/ girls' jackets, of cotton, not knitted - tablecloths and serviettes, of paper - gin, and geneva - men's/ boys' ensembles, of cotton, not knitted - wadding of man-made fibres and articles thereof, o/t sanitary articles - parts and accessories for machines and apparatus of a kind used solely - cheese nes - fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglome - yoghurt concentrated not, sweetened not, flavoured contg fruit cocoa - men's/ boys' night-shirts and pyjamas, manmade fibres, knitted - women's/ girls' trousers & shorts, of other textile materials, not knitted - grape wines nes, incl fort & grape must, unfermented by add alc in ctnr - milk not concentrated & unsweetened exceeding 1 percent not exceeding 6percent fat - light-weight coated paper used for writing, printing or other graphic linseed oil, crude - women's/ girls' panties, bathrobes, etc, of man-made fibres, not knitted - cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, cntg tobacco substitutes.