Pakistan - Chile Agriculture Agreement Signed

Chile is ready to open its market to Pakistani agricultural products months after both the governments opened their diplomatic missions in Santiago and Islamabad.
The Chilean Minister of State, Ms Maria Cecilia Levia and Federal Minister for Agriculture, Sikandar Hayat Bosan, signed the agreement this week.
Experts of both the countries have already met and discussed some of the issues involved in SPS and products have also been identified for trade. Export of rice, wheat, spices, dry legumes and grains, dry fruit and fresh fruit, including mango and vegetables, were identified from the Pakistani side.
The Chilean side is interested in exporting apples, pears, table grapes, kiwi, fruit, citrus, stone fruit, blueberries, avocados and dry fruit.
The Chilean government has liberalised trade and intends that Chile become one of the 10 leading exporters of agri-products in the world.