PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT ANNULS INSPECTION FEE RISES – BUT MAY INTRODUCE HIKES LATER
May 26th, 2015
The Pakistan government has reversed a decision to increase a health certification fee charged for assessing meat and meat products, three weeks after it was issued, after meat exporters opposed the move. The federal ministry of national food security and research reversed on April the average 150% increase made on March 31. Exporters argued that the fee hike would hurt overseas sales of meat and meat products from Pakistan by increasing prices. “The hard work of the associations (including meat, poultry and exporters associations) paid off and better sense ...
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