Pakistan, Afghanistan Strike Trade Deal

Pakistan, Afghanistan sign trade agreement

The deal slashes tariffs on eight agricultural items to 27pc for one year.

Pakistan, Afghanistan strike trade deal

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday inked a preferential trade agreement (PTA), aimed at reducing tariffs on different products. At present, tariffs on agreed products stand at 60%, but both sides will slash levies up to 22% under the new agreement. It is termed a historic achievement by Afghanistan and Pakistan. The two governments have been locked in a row over the role of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Islamabad alleges that Kabul refr…

Preferential Trade Agreement: Pakistan, Afghanistan reduce tariffs on 8 agricultural products

ISLAMABAD: In a major move toward normalising ties, Pakistan and Afghanistan have signed a Preferential Trade Agreement to reduce tariffs on eight agricultural products, the Afghan embassy in...

Pakistan, Afghanistan ink preferential trade agreement

Under the deal, tariff rates on each of 4 export items from both countries slashed from 60% to 27% - Anadolu Ajansı

Afghanistan and Pakistan sign preferential trade deal to slash

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan and Pakistan have signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to reduce tariffs on eight agricultural products, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad announced on Wednesday, in a rare move of economic cooperation between the two neighbors with often-tense ties. The agreement, signed by senior commerce officials from both countries, will reduce customs duties

The Opium Balloon: Taliban Crackdown Moves Opium Market to Pakistan - TalkingDrugs

Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have sought to completely eradicate the opium market by banning poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. The ban, enacted in April 2022, has successfully decreased opium production by an estimated 95% by 2023. While there were roughly 233,000 hectares of planted poppies to produce opium in 2022, cultivation dropped to as low as 10,800 hectares in 2023. Despite opium cultivation marginally rising to 12,800 h…