ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan is fighting its case in the European Union against the Indian move to get Basmati rice registered as its product, the commodity is still not registered as a local product in the country...
However, there are no rules of the Geographical Indications (Registration and Protection) Act, 2020, enacted in March this year; as a result, Basmati is not yet a protected product in Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to pick one of the international law firms short-listed for fighting Pakistan’s case in the European Union to protect the country’s long-grain aromatic Basmati rice after India applied for ‘an exclusive’ GI (Geographical Indications) tag for the brand name...
Both Pakistan and India had earlier in the late 1990s and the early 2000s jointly won the legal battle against an attempt of...
LAHORE: From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India’s shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive long-grain rice now at the centre of the latest tussle between the two rivals...
India has applied for an exclusive trademark that would grant it sole ownership of the basmati title in the European Union, setting off a dispute that could deal a major blow to Pakistan’s position in a vital export market...
The approval of 11 new and imported rice seed varieties — seven hybrids and four open-pollinated — by the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council last week heralds new realities for the crop...
The high-yielding imported hybrids are in, and basmati — a premium local variety — seems to be on its way out...
TO the relief of farmers, the domestic rice market is finally looking up...
The paddy prices (basmati) have risen by almost 50pc over a year — from Rs1,500 per maund to current Rs2,200 per maund — and are still climbing...
A SLUMP in basmati rice exports is having a damaging effect on Pakistan’s economy...
Pakistan’s basmati rice exports have declined by 40pc in the past four years, from 1...
RICE contributes 9pc to the national export proceed and 3...
1pc to the agriculture GDP of Pakistan...
LAHORE: Pakistani rice exporters have formally challenged India’s claim on Geographical Indicator (GI) of Basmati rice in the European Union in a bid to prevent financial loss worth billions of rupees to the exchequer and local farming community...
The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) formally filed a Notice of Opposition on Monday (Dec 7) in the EU against Indian claim on the GI of Basmati acting on behalf of rice...
LAHORE: The European Commission has accepted the ‘Reasoned Statement’ submitted by the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) against India on Geographical Indication (GI) of Basmati...
The exporters’ body announced on Monday that the statement opposing India’s claim to Basmati rice GI was accepted last Friday (March 5)...
Pakistan recently sought technological help from China to develop and introduce hybrid rice varieties in all the four ecological zones of the country...
The objective was to arrest the decline in the production of rice, the country’s second main staple...
HAMBURG: The lowest price offer in the tender from Iraq’s state grains buyer to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of rice was $427 a tonne c&f free out for rice to be sourced from Pakistan, traders said on Tuesday...
The offer was made for 40,000 tonnes from Pakistan, they said...
WASHINGTON: “It’s a relationship you’ve got to have but it is tough,” says former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice while describing the US-Pakistan partnership...
In an interview to MSNBC, Ms Rice acknowledged that Pakistan was more stable than before, although it still faced some major issues...
KARACHI: The Philippines has offered to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan to help it meet its goal of importing an aggregate volume of 805,200 tonnes of rice under its minimum access volume (MAV) for this year...
The CSQ is broken down as the following: China 50,000 tonnes, India 50,000 tonnes, Pakistan 50,000 tonnes, Australia 15,000 tonnes, El Salvador 4,000 tonnes, Thailand 293,100 tonnes and Vietnam 293,100 tonnes...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has signed an agreement with Indonesia to export one million tonnes of rice estimated at around $400m over four years, the Ministry of Commerce said in statement on Thursday...
The agreement for export of rice will be implemented by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and Indonesia’s Bulog (State Logistic Agency)...
LAHORE: At least 600 containers of Pakistani rice are stuck up at Kenyan ports as the customs authorities there have subjected the consignment to 100 per cent scrutiny and verification against the norms...
Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) Chairman Sameeullah Chaudhry says the Kenya Bureau of Standards and Customs started full verification and sampling of rice containers reaching Mombasa port, Kenya, for inspecting...