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THE agreement between Islamabad and Beijing to set up a green channel at the Sost-Khunjerab border for agricultural and allied products should ease bilateral cross-border trade.
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agreement → set → trade
Priority customs processing, risk-based inspections and faster clearance of perishables should cut delays and the cost of moving goods.
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processing → base → goods
The question is if it will help Pakistan’s agricultural exports.
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it → help → exports
The two customs administrations will share information, including risk alerts, which should speed up inspections without loosening oversight.
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which → share → oversight
Quick clearance matters most for farm produce, which spoils if held up, costing growers money and competitiveness.
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which → matter → money
Reliable access to the Chinese market could help farmers and exporters find new buyers and earn more foreign exchange.
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farmers → help → exchange
The trade gap shows how much remains to be done.
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much → show → ?
Last year, Pakistan Customs collected a record Rs15bn in revenue on imports through Khunjerab, while exports to China and Central Asia via the route came to just Rs2.8bn.
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exports → collect → Rs2.8bn
The two figures measure different things and cannot be compared directly.
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figures → measure → things
But they do show how little we export through this corridor.
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we → show → corridor
Pakistan needs to identify which agricultural products it can export, meet Chinese quality standards, and build dependable supply chains.
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it → need → chains
Fruit and vegetables from Gilgit-Baltistan and other northern areas stand to gain from better access.
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Fruit → stand → access
However, exporters need cold storage, refrigerated transport, grading and packaging facilities, and predictable logistics.
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exporters → need → storage
The Khunjerab Pass is generally open for trade and travel from April to November; heavy snow shuts it in winter.
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snow → shut → winter
Both countries should work towards keeping it open year-round.
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countries → work → it
A green channel is of little use if exporters cannot count on the route for regular deliveries throughout the year.
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exporters → count → year
The initiative can also be seen in the wider context of CPEC.
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initiative → see → CPEC
Pakistan has tended to treat its economic relationship with Beijing mainly as a source of infrastructure investment and imports.
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Pakistan → tend → investment
Market access, local business participation and two-way trade deserve equal weight.
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access → deserve → weight
There is no doubt that exchanging customs documents electronically should remove procedural bottlenecks and also curb under-invoicing of Chinese imports, which remains a serious drain on the exchequer.
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which → be → exchequer
Beijing’s reported exports exceed Pakistan’s recorded imports from China by around $5bn, a gap that points to large-scale misdeclaration at the border and heavy revenue losses.
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that → report → border
It is time this too was fixed.
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this → fix → ?
Honest valuation would shield local producers and manufacturers from unfair competition and factory closures.
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valuation → shield → competition
The green channel is a useful step, but it should be judged by results: growth in Pakistani exports, the number of businesses reaching the Chinese market, and the income of domestic producers.
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it → judge → producers
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