The government has issued permits for import of thirteen thousand tonnes of tomato and onion from completely different countries to stabilize the value of commodities in West Pakistan, that shot up once devastating floods broken crops and communication links.

“Today, government has issued permits for import of 13000 tonnes of tomato and onion and a lot of permits ar expected to be granted,” aforementioned Waheed Ahmad, Patron-in-Chief All West Pakistan Fruit & Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association. In a video message shared on Thursday, Waheed Ahmad aforementioned vegetable dealers would import on imperative basis each of those things from Turkey, Egypt, China and metropolis. Import of tomato and onion from Afghanistan and Persia was already current and it had been expected that stability in costs of those things can come back presently, he hoped. He aforementioned the transit amount of products from completely different countries varied from one another and hopefully the new import can reach in markets in a very amount of around period once that visible reduction in costs was hoped. The Patron-in-Chief appreciated the choice taken by government to cut back taxes and levies on import of tomato and onion to zero from August thirty one to New Year's Eve, 2022 and aforementioned the order would profit general lots in purchase of essential commodities at cheap costs.