BEIJING: Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to China Moin-ul-Haque says Pakistani and Chinese governments are making joint efforts to bring more Pakistani seafood and agro products through Karakoram Highway to the Chinese market. He stated this while commenting on Pakistan\u2019s first-ever land containerized seafood cargo which successfully arrived in Xinjiang through Karakoram Highway. \u201cWe are working together to bring more Pakistani seafood and agro products through this land route to the Chinese market,\u201d he said. As the world\u2019s second-largest consumer market, China embraces more high-quality Pakistani products exported to it.
\nAmbassador Haque said that facilitating trade and exports of Pakistan\u2019s high-quality products through the Khunjerab border was Pakistan and China\u2019s shared objective.
\nLast week, a truck loaded with cold chain containers from Pakistan arrived at Kashgar city in Northeast China\u2019s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region via a cross-border land route.
\nThis is the first time that seafood containers from Pakistan have been transported by road from Karachi to Kashgar city along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
\nAccording to a representative from the Pakistani transport company, it was the first attempt at a bilateral cross-border road transport business in partnership with a Chinese firm.
\n\u201cThe cost and price of cold chain transport of the route is under assessment, our Chinese partners are also exploring more opportunities to import more commodities from Pakistan,\u201d he added. The representative noted that the shipment cost by truck was far below that of air transport, and had simpler customs clearance procedures.
\nIn addition, shipment by road shortens transport time to eight days, which is suitable for small-scale and point-to-point logistics, while the sea transport from Karachi Port to Yangshan Port in Shanghai takes nearly a month.
\nAccording to the report, the container truck entered China via the Karakoram Highway, the only land route linking Pakistan with China, undergoing customs check at the Khunjerab Port, the world\u2019s highest port. \u2014 DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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