INDIAN COTTON TRADE TO PAKISTAN THREATENED BY HEIGHTENED KASHMIR TENSIONS
October 1st, 2016
Indian cotton exports to Pakistan are expected to drop sharply after rising political tensions between the two neighbours over the Kashmir issue and the availability of more competitive cotton from West African countries and United States, WTiN has been told.
“There are concerns of [Indian and Pakistan] putting a stop to each other’s trade,” said Atif Dada, chairman of the Karachi Cotton Association, in Karachi. Even in normal times there have been several bureaucratic and security issues impeding imports of cotton from India, especially overland, he told ...
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