Pakistan may not achieve its target of kinnow production to export this year, owing to attack of virus in some parts of citrus producing areas. The spots of ring which appear on the skin of kinnow due to virus may also hurt the export. "This virus and ring hits in those orchards where excellent yield is ready for harvesting", Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Trading, Ahmad Jawwad said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.
He claimed that more than $100 million were added to the national exchequer every year however, it seemed to be difficult now to achieve due to fatal virus. The CEO said that a proper analysis would come by the end of December and if the virus hit on vast scale it would hurt the export as well as domestic consumption.
He estimated the product prices may also shoot up in these circumstances. "During the current year Indonesia has agreed to do away with 25 per cent import duty on Pakistani kinnow to reciprocate Pakistani government gesture of making a downward revision on import duty on palm oil.