巴基斯坦参议院敦促对印度进口棉征税

 

Pak Senate body urges duty on cotton imports from India

Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Wednesday recommended the imposition of Regulatory Duty (RD) on the import of cotton bales from India. The committee, which met under the chairmanship of Senator Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, observed that import of cotton lint from India via Wagha border despite sufficient stock in the country would adversely affect cotton growers.

The committee urged the Finance Ministry to direct Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) to impose RD on import of cotton from India, Pakistani newspapers have reported. A senior official of Ministry of Commerce informed the committee that presently approximately 400,000 cotton bales are available in the country.

Shah said that arrival of new cotton crop in the market has already started therefore import of cotton from India will substantially add to the existing cotton stock. Cotton Commissioner Dr Khalid Abdullah informed the committee that Pakistan is importing extra long staple cotton from the US and some other countries and wondered why the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) is urging for import of cotton from India.

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巴基斯坦参议院敦促对印度进口棉征税

巴基斯坦参议院国家食品安全和研究常务委员会周三建议对从印度进口的棉花征收监管税(RD)。在参议员Senator Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah的主持下，委员会观察到皮棉通过瓦嘎边境从印度进口到国内，不顾该国足够的棉花会对棉花种植者产生不利影响。

委员会敦促财政部指挥联邦调查局 (FBR)对从印度进口的棉花征收监管税，巴基斯坦报纸报道。商务部的一位高级官员告诉委员会,该国目前大约有40万包棉花是可用的。

Shah说,市场上新棉花作物的到港已经开始，因此从印度进口棉花将大大增加现有的棉花库存。棉花专员Khalid Abdullah博士告诉委员会,巴基斯坦从美国和其他一些国家进口额外的长绒棉,不知道为什么巴基斯坦纺织厂协会(APTMA)敦促巴基斯坦从印度进口棉花。